Name: Lashawn Merritt
Sport: Track & Field
Discipline: 400m
Height: 6’2”
Weight: 182
Current Residence: Bradenton, Fla.
College: East Carolina
Olympic Experience:
- 2008 Olympic Games, 400m and 4x400m gold medalist
- 2012 Olympic Games, withdraws from the 400m preliminary heats with a hamstring injury
Career Highlights:
- 2004 USATF Verizon Youth Athlete of the Year
- Two-time World Outdoor 400m silver medalist
- Four-time World Outdoor 4x400m gold medalist
- 2009 World Outdoor champion
Fun Facts: As just a high school senior, he ran what was then the second-fastest indoor 400m time ever of 44.93 ... Turned pro as an 18-year-old after his freshman indoor season at East Carolina
Learn more:
USA Track & Field