Wallace Spearmon

Infobox runner
runnername = Wallace Spearmon

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nationality =American
distance(s) =100 meters, 200 meters
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birthdate =Birth date and age|1984|12|24|mf=yes
birthplace =Chicago, Illinois, United States
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height =convert|1.91|m|ftin
weight =convert|79|kg|lb
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Wallace Spearmon, Jr., (born December 24, 1984) in Chicago, Illinois, USA is a sprint athlete. Spearmon is a graduate of Fayetteville High School and currently attends the University of Arkansas, where he competed collegiately for two seasons before turning pro.

While at Arkansas, he won the 200 meter dash (200m) NCAA Outdoor title in 2004 and 2005 as well as the NCAA Indoor 200m title in 2005. In August 2005, he won the silver medal in the 200m at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics and in August 2007, he won the bronze medal at the 2007 World Championships.

His personal best in the 200m is 19.65 seconds, the fifth fastest time ever. Only world record holder Usain Bolt (19.30), Michael Johnson (19.32), his training partner Tyson Gay (19.62), and Xavier Carter (19.63) have run faster. Despite the fact that he normally runs a "slower" first half of his 200m races and goes on to pass people down the stretch, his 100m personal best is 9.96. He set that mark running in Shanghai on September 28 2007, beating 100m world champion Tyson Gay.

Spearmon won the 200m at the USA outdoor athletics championships in 2006 and finished second in 2007.

Spearmon initially finished in the bronze medal position in the 200m in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but was disqualified for stepping out of his lane. The second place finisher, Churandy Martina of the Netherlands Antilles, was also disqualified, giving Americans Shawn Crawford and Walter Dix the silver and bronze medals, respectively. [ [http://www.nbcolympics.com/trackandfield/news/newsid=239399.html#bolt+strikes+twice+with+another+wr?GT1=39003 NBC Olympics] ]

tatistics

:"As of September 9, 2008"

Personal bests

*All information from IAAF Profile cite web |title=Spearmon, Wallace biography |publisher=IAAF.org |url=http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/letter=0/athcode=199558/index.html |accessdate=2008-09-08 ]

References

External links

*iaaf name|id=199558|name=Wallace Spearmon Jr.
* [http://www.usatf.org/athletes/bios/Spearmon_Wallace.asp USA Track & Field: Wallace Spearmon]
* [http://www.flocasts.com/flotrack/search.php?q=wallace+spearmon Flotrack Interviews of Wallace Spearmon (video)]

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NAME = Spearmon, Wallace
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SHORT DESCRIPTION = American Olympic sprinter
DATE OF BIRTH = December 24, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH = Chicago, Illinois, United States
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