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Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (née McLaughlin, born August 7, 1999) is an American hurdler and sprinter who specialises in the 400 meters hurdles. She is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic champion with the Games record, and 2022 World champion with the current world record of 50.68 seconds. Setting four world records during 13 months, McLaughlin was the first woman to break the 52-second (June 2021) and 51-second (July 2022) barriers in the 400 m hurdles.[7] She won the silver medal at the 2019 World Championships. At all three Games, she also took gold as part of a women's 4 × 400 m relay team.

Sydney McLaughlin

McLaughlin at the 2018 NCAA Division I Championships
Personal information
Birth name	Sydney Michelle McLaughlin
Full name	Sydney Michelle McLaughlin-Levrone
Born	(1999-08-07) August 7, 1999 (age 23) New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.
Employer	New Balance[1]
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)[2]
Weight	132 lb (60 kg)
Spouse(s)	Andre Levrone Jr.
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	400 m hurdles 400 m
College team	Kentucky Wildcats (2018)[3]
Coached by	Bob Kersee (2020–)[4] Joanna Hayes (2018–2020)[5] Edrick Floréal (2017–2018)[6] Mike McCabe (2013–2017)
Achievements and titles
World finals	2019 Doha 400 m hurdles -  Silver 4×400 m relay -  Gold 2022 Eugene 400 m hurdles -  Gold 4×400 m relay -  Gold
Olympic finals	2020 Tokyo 400 m hurdles -  Gold 4×400 m relay -  Gold
Personal best(s)	400 m hurdles: 50.68 WR (Eugene 2022) 400 m: 50.07 (Gainesville 2018) 200 m: 22.39 (Gainesville 2018) 100 m: 11.07w (Knoxville 2018) Indoors 400 m: 50.36i AJR (College Station 2018) 200 m: 22.68i (College Station 2018)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing the  United States Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 400 m hurdles 2020 Tokyo 4×400 m relay World Championships 2019 Doha 4×400 m relay 2022 Eugene 400 m hurdles 2022 Eugene 4×400 m relay 2019 Doha 400 m hurdles Diamond League 2019 400 m hurdles World Youth Championships 2015 Cali 400 m hurdles

As a 15-year-old, she was the 2015 World youth champion. In 2016, McLaughlin was the youngest athlete since 1980 to qualify for the U.S. Olympic track team, having placed third at the U.S. Olympic Trials, with the current world under-18 best of 54.15 seconds, the then also world U20 record.[8] She holds the current world U20 record of 53.60 seconds, having achieved a junior personal best of 52.75 s (not ratified), with both marks set in 2018. Only one other woman also broke the 52-second barrier and McLaughlin-Levrone is the only one who broke the 51-second barrier, leaving her with nearly one second advantage on the world all-time list. She holds six out of the seven fastest times on this list. She was the 2019 Diamond League champion.

Early life and background

Sydney McLaughlin was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, on August 7, 1999.[9] Her father, Willie McLaughlin, is a member of the Manhattan College Athletic Hall of Fame as a three-time All-American.[10] He was a semi-finalist in the 400 meters at the 1984 Olympic Trials.[8] Her mother, Mary Neumeister McLaughlin, was a 2:12 half-miler at Cardinal O'Hara High School in Tonawanda, New York, where she ran on the boys' team.[11][12][13] Her parents met as students at Manhattan College; there was no women's track team when Mary arrived in 1979, so she became the manager of the men's track team.[12][14]

Sydney grew up in Dunellen, New Jersey. In addition to being successful academically, she took up running at an early age, following brother Taylor and their older sister Morgan.[15] She is a member of the class of 2017 at Union Catholic Regional High School in Scotch Plains, where she was the first two-time Gatorade Player of the Year in Track & Field.[15][16][17] Her older sister, Morgan, ran for St. Peter's University. Her older brother, Taylor, ran for the University of Michigan, and won silver in the 400 meter hurdles at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships.[8][15] He and Sydney both qualified for the 2016 US Olympic team.[17] Her younger brother, Ryan, took after his older siblings as a track stand-out at Union Catholic.[18] He was the fifth member of the family to win a New Jersey county track title.[18][19]

"All of our kids are fairly talented," Willie said when Sydney was 14. "But (Sydney's) a little special. We saw it coming. It was just a matter of time."[11]

Early career

At the national junior championships in 2014, McLaughlin placed a close second behind Shamier Little in the 400-meter hurdles; her time of 55.63 s was a national high school freshman record and a world age-14 best.[11][20] She would have qualified to represent the United States at the 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships, but was a year too young to be eligible.[21] McLaughlin also set a world age group best of 13.34 s in the 100-meter hurdles over 76.2 cm (2 ft 6 in) hurdles that summer.[20]

In 2015, she improved her 400-meter hurdles best to 55.28 s at the national youth trials; the time was an age 15 world best, and ranked second on the all-time world youth list behind Leslie Maxie's world youth best (and national high school record) of 55.20 s set in 1984.[21] She qualified for the World Youth Championships in Cali, Colombia, where she won gold in 55.94 s; she finished the year as the world youth and junior leader in the event.[22]

2016

McLaughlin won the 400-meter hurdles in 54.46 s at the New Balance national outdoor high school championships; the time broke Maxie's prep record and world youth best, as well as Lashinda Demus's American junior record of 54.70 s.[23] In addition, she ran on Union Catholic's team in the Swedish medley relay, running a fast 50.93 s split for 400 meters as the team set a new high school record of 2:07.99.[23] She won the USATF junior championship in 54.54 s the following week; in recognition of her accomplishments, she was named Gatorade National Girls Athlete of the Year.[16][24]

McLaughlin placed third in the 400-meter hurdles in 54.15 s at the US Olympic Trials, setting a new world youth best and world junior record and qualifying for the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro before her senior year in high school.[22][25][26] She was the youngest athlete to make the American Olympic track and field team since Carol Lewis and Denean Howard qualified for the boycotted Moscow Olympics in 1980.[27] At the Games, she placed fifth in her semi-final heat, failing to advance to the finals.[28]

2017

She was part of an American record setting quartet that broke the indoor distance medley relay world record with a time of 10:40.31, set at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix on January 28 at Boston's Reggie Lewis Center. The splits for the four legs were: 3:18.40 (1200 m) by Emma Coburn, 52.32 (400 m) by McLaughlin, 2:01.92 (800 m) by Brenda Martinez, and 4:27.66 (1600 m) by Jenny Simpson.[29] Later that indoor season on March 12, McLaughlin lowered her own national 400-meter record to a 51.61 s at the New Balance Nationals in New York City.[30]

In April, McLaughlin opened her outdoor season by breaking the 300 m hurdles national high school record at the Arcadia Invitational, running 38.90 s. The record was previously held by Lashinda Demus who achieved 39.98 s in 2001. The record was the first ever attempt over 300 m hurdles for McLaughlin as high school track meets in New Jersey do not contest the 300 m hurdles. Her time was a North American record and number 2 all-time worldwide behind Zuzana Hejnová who ran 38.16 in 2013.[31] Later that month, McLaughlin ran the fastest ever high school girls relay split (400 m) during the Championship of America high school girls 4 x 400 at the 123rd Penn Relays. After taking the baton at the back of an eight-team field, she posted a split of 50.37 s, passing five teams to lead her Union Catholic relay team to a third-place finish in 3:38.92.[32] McLaughlin bettered this mark at the New Balance Nationals Outdoor Meet on June 18. Taking the baton in sixth place on the final handoff, she passed five runners to lead Union Catholic to victory, posting a split of 49.85 seconds.[33]

McLaughlin was named the Gatorade National Female Athlete of the Year in 2015–16 and 2016–17. She was the first athlete to repeat in the then-15-year history of the award. At the age of 17, she was on the cover of Sports Illustrated when she won the award the second time in July 2017 and the magazine said she "ranks as one of the most dominant high school athletes ever."[19]

University of Kentucky

In November 2016, McLaughlin signed a National Letter of Intent to attend the University of Kentucky and compete for their track and field program.[34][35]

In March 2018, she set the world junior 400-meter record of 50.36 s at the 2018 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships. On May 13, McLaughlin broke the collegiate and NCAA record in the 400 m hurdles, running 52.75 s to win the event in her first SEC championship appearance.[36]

Professional career

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In June 2018, after one year at Kentucky, she forfeited her eligibility to compete in college to turn professional, and signed a sponsorship deal with New Balance in October of the same year.[37][38] After a bidding war, she got an estimated $1.5 million in annual base pay from New Balance. Instead of hiring an agent specializing in athletes, McLaughlin contracted with William Morris Endeavor, a firm that typically represents Hollywood stars.[39]

She is coached by controversial[40][41] track coach Bob Kersee, whose successes have mainly been with female athletes.

Achievements

Information from World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.[42]

Personal bests

Surface	Distance	Time (s)	Date	Location	Notes
Outdoor	400 m hurdles	50.68	July 22, 2022	Eugene, OR, U.S.	World record
	300 m hurdles	38.90	April 9, 2017	Arcadia, CA, U.S.	AHSR AU20B North American record
	100 m hurdles	12.65	May 9, 2021	Walnut, CA, U.S.
	400 meters	50.07	March 30, 2018	Gainesville, FL, U.S.
	200 meters	22.39	March 29, 2018	Gainesville, FL, U.S.
	100 meters	11.07	April 13, 2018	Knoxville, TN, U.S.	w
Indoor	60 m hurdles	8.17	March 15, 2015	New York, NY, U.S.
	400 meters	50.36	March 10, 2018	College Station, TX, U.S.	AU20R[note 1]
	300 meters	36.12	December 8, 2017	Bloomington, IN, U.S.	Under-20 world best[45]
	200 meters	22.68	March 9, 2018	College Station, TX, U.S.
Youth and junior achievements
Outdoor	400 m hurdles	54.15	July 10, 2016	Eugene, OR, U.S.	World under-18 best
		53.60	April 27, 2018	Fayetteville, AR, U.S.	World under-20 record

International championships

Representing the  United States

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time	Notes
2015	World Youth Championships	Cali, Colombia	1st	400 m hurdles	55.94	CR
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	sf (17th)	400 m hurdles	56.22
2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	2nd	400 m hurdles	52.23	PB, #3 all-time
			1st	4×400 m relay	3:18.92	WL, (48.8 split)
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	1st	400 m hurdles	51.46	OR WR
			1st	4×400 m relay	3:16.85	SB
2022	World Championships	Eugene, USA	1st	400 m hurdles	50.68	WR
			1st	4×400 m relay	3:17.79	WL, (47.91 split)

Circuit wins and titles

• Diamond League 400 m hurdles champion: 2019[46]
  • 2019 (3) (400 mH): Oslo Bislett Games, Monaco Herculis, Zürich Weltklasse

National championships

Representing the Union Catholic Vikings (2014–2017), the Kentucky Wildcats (2018), and New Balance (2019–Present)

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time	Notes
2014	NSAF Indoor Nationals	New York, New York	11th	60 m hurdles	8.67	[47]
			4th	4×200 m relay	1:40.61	[48]
	NSAF Nationals	Greensboro, North Carolina	2nd	100 m hurdles	13.34	(+0.5 m/s wind), PB[49]
			7th	4×200 m relay	1:41.42	[50]
			1st	400 m hurdles	56.89	PB[51]
	USATF Junior Championships	Eugene, Oregon	2nd	400 m hurdles	55.63	PB
2015	NSAF Indoor Nationals	New York, New York	1st	60 m hurdles	8.17	PB[52]
	NSAF Nationals	Greensboro, North Carolina	1st	400 m hurdles	55.87	SB[53]
	U.S. World Youth Trials	Lisle, Illinois	1st	400 m hurdles	55.28	PB
2016	NSAF Indoor Nationals	New York, New York	1st	400 m	51.84	CR PB[54]
			1st	4×400 m relay	3:40.28	CR[55]
	NSAF Nationals	Greensboro, North Carolina	1st	400 m hurdles	54.46	CR PB[56]
	USATF Junior Championships	Clovis, California	1st	400 m hurdles	54.54
	U.S. Olympic Trials	Eugene, Oregon	3rd	400 m hurdles	54.15	PB
2017	NSAF Indoor Nationals	New York, New York	1st	400 m	51.61	CR PB[57]
	NSAF Nationals	Greensboro, North Carolina	1st	400 m hurdles	54.22	CR[58]
	USATF Championships	Sacramento, California	6th	400 m hurdles	53.82	PB
2018	NCAA Division I Indoor Championships	College Station, Texas	2nd	400 m	50.36	PB
			5th	4×400 m relay	3:30.08
			4th	200 m	22.80
	NCAA Division I Championships	Eugene, Oregon	1st	400 m hurdles	53.96
			4th	4×400 m relay	3:30.52
2019	USATF Championships	Des Moines, Iowa	2nd	400 m hurdles	52.88	SB
2021	U.S. Olympic Trials	Eugene, Oregon	1st	400 m hurdles	51.90	WR
2022	USATF Championships	Eugene, Oregon	1st	400 m hurdles	51.41	WR

400 m hurdles progression

Year	Time	Location	Date	Notes
2014	55.63	Eugene, Oregon, U.S.	July 6
2015	55.28	Lisle, Illinois, U.S.	July 1
2016	54.46	Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S.	June 19
	54.15	Eugene, Oregon, U.S.	July 10
2017	54.03	Egg Harbor, New Jersey, U.S.	June 2
	53.82	Sacramento, California, U.S.	June 25
2018	53.60	Fayetteville, Arkansas, U.S.	April 28
	52.75	Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.	May 13
2019	52.23	Doha, Qatar	October 4
2021	51.90	Eugene, Oregon, U.S.	June 27	WR
	51.46	Tokyo, Japan	August 4	WR
2022	51.41	Eugene, Oregon, U.S.	June 25	WR
	50.68	Eugene, Oregon, U.S.	July 22	WR

Personal life

McLaughlin is married to Andre Levrone Jr. (born March 9, 1995), who graduated from the University of Virginia in 2017 and played parts of three seasons as a wide receiver in the NFL before leaving the league.[59][60] Levrone and McLaughlin announced their engagement on August 25, 2021, at the Four Seasons Resort, Scottsdale.[61] They married at Early Mountain Vineyards in Madison, Virginia on May 5, 2022.[62]

McLaughlin is a Christian.[63]

Her hometown of Dunellen, New Jersey, named the track at the town's Columbia Park for McLaughlin on August 28, 2021.[64]

Notes

References

External links

• Sydney McLaughlin at World Athletics
• Sydney McLaughlin at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

Records
Preceded by Dalilah Muhammad	Women's 400 m hurdles world record holder June 27, 2021 – present	Incumbent
Awards
Preceded by Candace Hill	USA Track & Field Youth Athlete of the Year 2016	Succeeded by Jakobe Ford

На других языках

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[de] Sydney McLaughlin

Sydney McLaughlin (* 7. August 1999 in New Brunswick, New Jersey) ist eine US-amerikanische Leichtathletin, die sich auf den 400-Meter-Hürdenlauf spezialisiert hat. Sie wurde Weltmeisterin und Olympiasiegerin über diese Strecke und verbesserte mehrmals den Weltrekord.

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- [en] Sydney McLaughlin

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[es] Sydney McLaughlin

Sydney McLaughlin (Nuevo Brunswick, 7 de agosto de 1999) es una deportista estadounidense que compite en atletismo, especialista en las carreras de vallas y de relevos.[1]

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[fr] Sydney McLaughlin

Sydney McLaughlin (née le 7 août 1999 à New Brunswick) est une athlète américaine, spécialiste du 400 mètres haies.

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[it] Sydney McLaughlin

Sydney Michelle McLaughlin (New Brunswick, 7 agosto 1999) è un'ostacolista statunitense, campionessa olimpica dei 400 metri ostacoli, di cui è detentrice del record mondiale, e della staffetta 4×400 metri a Tokyo 2020.

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[ru] Маклафлин, Сидни

Сидни Мишель Маклафлин (англ. Sydney Michelle McLaughlin; род. 7 августа 1999 года) — американская легкоатлетка, выступающая в гладком и барьерном беге на 400 метров. Двукратная олимпийская чемпионка 2020 года, трёхкратная чемпионка мира. Рекордсменка мира в беге на 400 метров с барьерами.

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