Justin Gatlin
Event: 100m, 200m
Height: 6-1
Weight: 180
PR: 100m - 9.85 (2004); 200m - 20.0 (2005)
Born: 02/10/1982
Current Residence: Orlando, Fla.
High School: Woodham High School (Fla.) '00
College: University of Tennessee
Coach: Dennis Mitchell
Agent: Self
Sponsor:
Club:
Career Highlights: 2004 Olympic 100m gold medalist; three-time Olympic medalist; two-time World Outdoor Championships gold medalist; two-time Jesse Owens Award winner
USA Championships
2011 USA Outdoor runner-up (9.95)
2005 USA Outdoor 100m (10.08) and 200m (20.04) champion
2004 Olympic Trials 100m (9.92) and 200m (20.01) runner-up
Two-time USA Indoor 60m champion - 2003 (6.45); 2012 (6.47)
International Championships
2005 World Outdoor 100m (9.98) and 200m (20.04) gold medalist
2004 Olympic 100m gold medalist (9.85), 200m bronze medalist (20.03) and 4x100m gold medalist (38.08)
Two-time World Indoor 60m gold medalist - 2003 (6.46); 2012 (6.46)
Collegiate Championships
2002 NCAA Indoor 60m (6.59) and 200m champion (20.63)
2001 NCAA Outdoor 100m champion (10.08)
Two-time NCAA Outdoor 200m champion - 2001 (20.11w); 2002 (20.18)
Awards and Honors
2004 and 2005 Jesse Owens Award winner
About Justin
Gatlin made his return as one of the top American sprinters in 2011 after serving a doping suspension from 2006-10 and enters the 2012 outdoor season searching to complete his story of redemption. When Gatlin won gold medals in both the 100m and 200m at the 2005 World Outdoor Championships, he was just the second man in history to win both those races at the same World Championships and his winning margin of 0.17 seconds in the 100m was the biggest in World Championships history. At the USA Outdoor Championships in 2005 Gatlin became the first American sprinter to make the 100m, 200m double at the national championships since Kirk Baptiste in 1985. His personal best in the 100m of 9.85 to win the 2004 Olympic gold medal was the second fastest in Olympic history at that time. In just two seasons, when he then left to run professionally, Gatlin won six NCAA titles competing for the University of Tennessee. As a freshman for the Volunteers his time of 10.08 then matched a USA Junior record.
Results
2012: World Indoor 60m gold medalist (6.46); USA Indoor 60m champion (6.47); 1st at Jimmy Carnes Collegiate Invitational 55, (6.15); 1st at Florida Gator Invitational 55m (6.15); 2nd at USATF Classic 60m (6.57)
2011: USA Outdoor runner-up (9.95); 1st in Madrid (10.10); Semi-finalist in the 100m at the World Championships
2010: Best of 10.09 in Roverto, Italy
2006 - 2009: no results; doping violation
2005: World Outdoor 100m (9.98) and 200m (20.04) gold medalist; USA Outdoor 100m (10.08) and 200m (20.04) champion; 1st in 100m at Nike Prefontaine Classic (9.84w); 1st at London (9.89); 1st at Brussels (9.99); 1st at Monterrey (20.00)
2004: Olympic 100m gold medalist (9.85), 200m bronze medalist (20.03) and 4x100m gold medalist (38.08); Olympic Trials 100m (9.92) and 200m (20.01) runner-up ; 1st in 200m at Sea Ray Relays (20.21); 2nd at Payton Jordan USA Open in 100m (9.91w)
2003: World Indoor 60m gold medalist (6.46); USA Indoor 60m champion (6.45); 2nd at Verizon Millrose Games (6.54); 1st place 4x100m relay team (38.62) and 4x200m relay team (1:19.16) at Penn Relays; 1st at Zurich (9.97); 2nd in 100m (10.09) and 1st in the 200m (20.04) at Brussels; 1st at Moscow Challenge (10.05)
2002: NCAA Indoor 60m (6.59) and 200m champion (20.63); SEC Indoor 60m (6.54) and 200m (20.42) champion; SEC 100m champion (10.11); 2nd at NCAA Outdoors (10.22); SEC Outdoor 200m (19.86)
2001: NCAA Outdoor 100m champion (10.08) and 200m champion (20.11w); 4th in 60m (6.71) and 200m (20.65) at NCAA Indoor Championships; 1st in 200m (20.32), 2nd in 100m (10.26) and 4th in 110mH (13.88) at SEC Outdoor; 2nd in 60m (6.63) and 200m (20.58) at SEC Indoor
USA/World Rankings and Personal Bests
2011: Outdoor bests - 100m, 9.95 (No. 5 in the USA, No. 15 in the world); 200m, 20.20 (No. 6 in the USA, No. 14 in the world)
2010: Outdoor bests - 100m, 10.09 (No. 10 in the USA, No. 27 in the world)
2006 - 2009: no results; doping violation
2005: Outdoor bests - 100m, 9.88 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 2 in the world); 200m, 20.0 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 4 in the world)
2004: Outdoor bests - 100m, 9.85 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world); 200m, 20.01 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 3 in the world)
2003: Indoor bests - 60m, 6.45 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world); Outdoor bests - 100m, 9.97 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 5 in the world); 200m, 20.04 (No. 5 in the USA, No. 6 in the world)
2002: Indoor bests - 60m, 6.54 (No. 5 in the USA, No. 8 in the world); 200m, 20.42 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 2 in the world); Outdoor bests - 100m, 10.05 (No. 9 in the USA, No. 15 in the world); 200m, 19.86 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 3 in the world)