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Leroy Russel Burrell (born February 21, 1967) is an American former track and field athlete, who twice set the world record for the 100 m sprint.

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Leroy Burrell

Burrell in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Leroy Russel Burrell
Nationality	American
Born	(1967-02-21) February 21, 1967 (age 55) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	Sprints and long jump
College team	Houston Cougars (1985-1990)
Club	Santa Monica Track Club
Coached by	Tom Tellez[1]
Retired	1998[2]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	60 m: 6.48 s (1991) 100 m: 9.85 s (1994) 200 m: 20.12 s (1992) Long jump: 8.37 m (1989)
Medal record Men’s athletics Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona 4×100 m relay World Championships 1991 Tokyo 4×100 m relay 1993 Stuttgart 4×100 m relay 1991 Tokyo 100 m Goodwill Games 1990 Seattle 100 m 1994 St. Petersburg 100 m World Cup 1989 Barcelona 100 m

Early life

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Burrell grew up in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, and attended Penn Wood High School, where he single-handedly won the state championship by winning the 100 m, 200 m, long jump, and triple jump. Suffering from poor eyesight accentuated by a childhood eye injury, he was poor at other sports, but excelled on the track from an early age. He attended the University of Houston from 1986 to 1990, where he was a nine-time NCAA All-American and set the NCAA outdoor record in the long jump.[3][4]

Professional career

Burrell was plagued by injuries and bad luck throughout his career, particularly around major championships. He won gold in the 100 m ahead of Carl Lewis at the 1990 Goodwill Games in Seattle. He won the silver in the 100 m behind Lewis at the 1991 World Championships. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Burrell false-started in the 100 m final. When the race finally restarted, his reaction off the line was slow, and he finished fifth. He did manage to win a relay gold as part of the U.S. 4 × 100 m team.^{[citation needed]}

On May 19, 1990, Burrell ran a wind-assisted 200 m at College Station, Texas, in a time of 19.61 seconds. The wind speed was +4.0 m per second. This was the fastest time for the 200 m for over six years until the 1996 Olympic final in Atlanta, where Michael Johnson ran 19.32 seconds.

He first set the 100m world record in June 1991 with a time of 9.90 seconds. This was broken that September by Carl Lewis who ran 9.86 sec at the 1991 World Track and Field Championships where Burrell finished second in a new personal best time of 9.88 sec. In July 1994, Burrell set the world record for the second time when he ran 9.85 sec (a record that stood until the 1996 Olympics when Donovan Bailey ran 9.84 sec).^{[citation needed]}

Since his retirement in 1998, Burrell has replaced his old college mentor, Tom Tellez, as coach of the University of Houston's track and field team. Burrell has led UH to 14 men's Conference USA titles (nine indoor, five outdoor) and nine women's titles (four indoor, five outdoor). He was inducted into the Texas Track and Field Coaches Hall of Fame in 2014.[5]

In June 2022, Burrell stepped down as head coach at Houston and accepted the head coaching position for Auburn track and field.[6]

Personal life

Burrell married Michelle Finn, also a sprinter, in 1994, and they have three sons together: Cameron who was a sprinter for the Houston Cougars and died in 2021,[7][8] Joshua, and Jaden. On June 7, 2017, Cameron joined his father in the sub-10 second club. Burrell's younger sister Dawn also competed in track and field at the highest level, as a member of the 2000 US Olympic team and world indoor champion in the long jump.[9]

Statistics

Information from IAAF profile unless otherwise noted.[10]

World records

Includes former all-conditions world best in the 200 meters. All world records are former as of May 24, 2014.

Event	Time (s)	Competition	Venue	Date	Notes
60 m	6.48	Madrid indoor meet	Madrid, Spain	February 13, 1991	[note 1] [11][12]
100 m	9.90	U.S. Championships	New York, New York, U.S.	June 14, 1991	+1.8 m/s wind [note 2] [1][14][15]
	9.85	Athletissima Lausanne	Lausanne, Switzerland	July 6, 1994	+1.2 m/s wind [note 3] [16][17]
200 m	19.61	SWC Championships	College Station, Texas, U.S.	May 19, 1990	+4.1 m/s wind, w[note 4] [18]
4 × 100 m relay	37.79	Herculis Monaco	Monaco	August 3, 1991	[note 5] [19]
	37.67	Weltklasse Zürich	Zürich, Switzerland	August 7, 1991	[note 6] [20]
	37.50	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	September 1, 1991	Former CR[note 7] [21]
	37.40	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	August 8, 1992	Former OR[note 8] [22][23]
	37.40	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	August 21, 1993	Former CR[note 9] [24][25]
4 × 200 m relay	1:19.38	Koblenz meet	Koblenz, Germany	August 23, 1989	[note 10] [26]
	1:19.11	Penn Relays	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.	April 23, 1992	[note 11] [27][28]
	1:18.68	Mt. SAC Relays	Walnut, California, U.S.	April 17, 1994	[note 12] [29]

Personal bests

Sprints

Event	Time (s)	Wind (m/s)	Competition	Venue	Date	Notes
55 m	6.09	n/a	Houston indoor meet	Houston, Texas, U.S.	January 28, 1991
60 m	6.48	n/a	Madrid indoor meet	Madrid, Spain	February 13, 1991	Former WR[note 1] [11][12]
100 m	9.85	+1.2	Athletissima Lausanne	Lausanne, Switzerland	July 6, 1994	Former WR[note 3] [16][17]
200 m	20.12	−0.8	U.S. Olympic Trials	New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.	June 27, 1992
	19.61	+4.1	SWC Championships	College Station, Texas, U.S.	May 19, 1990	w[note 4] [18]
4 × 100 m relay	37.40	n/a	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	August 8, 1992	Former WR, OR[note 8] [22][23]
			World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	August 21, 1993	Former WR, CR[note 9] [24][25]
4 × 200 m relay	1:18.68	n/a	Mt. SAC Relays	Walnut, California, U.S.	April 17, 1994	Former WR[note 12] [29]

Jumps

Event	Mark (m)	Wind (m/s)	Competition	Venue	Date	Notes
Long jump	8.37	+0.4	NCAA Division I Championships	Provo, Utah, U.S.	June 2, 1989
Long jump indoor	8.23	n/a	NCAA Division I Indoor Championships	Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.	March 9, 1990

International championship results

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time	Wind (m/s)	Notes
Representing the  United States
1989	World Cup	Barcelona, Spain	2nd	100 m	10.15	+0.5
1990	Goodwill Games	Seattle, Washington, U.S.	1st	100 m	10.05	+1.1
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	2nd	100 m	9.88	+1.2	PB
			6th (qf 4)	200 m	21.21	−0.7
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	37.50	n/a	WR, CR[note 7] [21]
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	5th	100 m	10.10	+0.5
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	37.40	n/a	WR, OR[note 8] [22][23]
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	1st	4 × 100 m relay	37.40	n/a	WR, CR[note 9] [24][25]
1994	Goodwill Games	St. Petersburg, Russia	2nd	100 m	10.11	−1.9

National championship results

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time	Wind (m/s)	Notes
Representing the Houston Cougars and Santa Monica Track Club
1988	NCAA Division I Championships	Eugene, Oregon, U.S.	7th	Long jump	n/a	+4.1	8.06 m, w
			5th	100 m	10.31	+0.4
	U.S. Olympic Trials	Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.	6th (semi 2)	100 m	10.10	+4.9	w
1989	U.S. Indoor Championships	New York, New York, U.S.	1st	55 m	6.15	n/a
	NCAA Division I Indoor Championships	Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.	1st	Long jump	n/a	n/a	8.09 m
			2nd	55 m	6.11	n/a
	NCAA Division I Championships	Provo, Utah, U.S.	2nd	Long jump	n/a	+0.4	8.37 m, PB
			5th	100 m	10.19	+2.4	w
	U.S. Championships	Houston, Texas, U.S.	1st	100 m	9.94	+0.8	WL, PB
1990	NCAA Division I Indoor Championships	Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.	1st	Long jump	n/a	n/a	8.23 m
	NCAA Division I Championships	Durham, North Carolina, U.S.	1st	100 m	9.94	+2.4	w
	U.S. Championships	Norwalk, California, U.S.	4th	Long jump	n/a	+4.1	8.06 m, w
1991	U.S. Championships	New York, New York, U.S.	1st	100 m	9.90	+1.9	WR [1][14][15]
			2nd	200 m	20.42	−2.0
1992	U.S. Indoor Championships	New York, New York, U.S.	1st	60 m	6.55	n/a
	U.S. Olympic Trials	New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.	3rd	100 m	10.10	−0.7
			5th	200 m	20.16	+1.0
1993	U.S. Championships	Eugene, Oregon, U.S.	5th	100 m	10.15	+4.8	w
			4th	200 m	20.35	+2.5	w
1995	U.S. Championships	Sacramento, California, U.S.	5th	100 m	10.31	−1.2
1996	U.S. Indoor Championships	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.	4th	60 m	6.60	n/a	[32]
	U.S. Olympic Trials	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.	6th	100 m	10.07	+1.1	[32]
1997	U.S. Championships	Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.	6th	100 m	10.09	+0.2

Circuit wins

Overall

• IAAF Grand Prix: 1990[33]

100 meters

• IAAF Grand Prix: 1990[33]
  • Athens: 1990[33]

Notes

References

External links

• Leroy Burrell at World Athletics
• Leroy Burrell hall of fame bio at USATF
• Leroy Burrell bio at the Houston Cougars

Videos

• Carl Lewis & friends: The fantastic four in Barcelona 1992 by the Olympic Channel via YouTube

На других языках

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[de] Leroy Burrell

Leroy Russell Burrell (* 21. Februar 1967 in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania) ist ein ehemaliger US-amerikanischer Leichtathlet und Olympiasieger.

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- [en] Leroy Burrell

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[fr] Leroy Burrell

Leroy Russel Burrell né le 21 février 1967, est un athlète américain spécialiste du 100 mètres qui établit par deux fois le record du monde de cette spécialité avec 9 s 90 en juin 1991 puis 9 s 85 en 1994 à Athletissima Lausanne, ce dernier record n'est battu qu'en 1996.

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[it] Leroy Burrell

Leroy Russell Burrell (Filadelfia, 21 febbraio 1967) è un ex velocista statunitense, due volte primatista mondiale dei 100 metri piani.

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[ru] Баррелл, Лерой

Леро́й Ра́сселл Ба́ррелл (англ. Leroy Russel Burrell; род. 21 февраля 1967 года, Филадельфия, Пенсильвания, США) — американский легкоатлет-спринтер. Специализировался в беге на 100 метров.

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