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Walter Dix

Event: Sprints
Height: 5-9
Weight: 190
PR: 100m - 9.88 (2010); 200m - 19.69 (2007)
Born: 01/31/1986
Current Residence: Ft Lauderdale, Fla.

High School: Coral Springs High School (Fla.) '04
College: Florida State University '08
Coach: John Smith
Agent: Dix Management, Llc.
Sponsor: Nike
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Career Highlights: 2008 Olympic Games 100m and 200m bronze medalist; 2011 World Outdoor Championships 100m and 200m silver medalist; four-time USA champion

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USA Championships
2011 USA Outdoor 100m (9.84) and 200m (19.95) champion
2010 USA Outdoor 100m champion (10.04) and 200m (20.14)
2008 Olympic Trials 200m champion (19.86) and 100m runner-up (9.80)

International Championships
2011 World Championships silver medalist – 100m (10.08) and 200m (19.70)
2008 Olympic Games bronze medalist – 100m (9.91) and 200m (19.98)

Collegiate Championships
Two-time NCAA Outdoor 100m champion – 2005 (10.21); 2007 (9.93)
Three-time NCAA Outdoor 200m champion – 2006 (20.30); 2007 (20.32); 2008 (20.40)
2006 NCAA Indoor 200m champion (20.27) and 60m runner-up (6.62)
2006 NCAA Outdoor 100m runner-up (10.18)
2005 NCAA Indoor 200m runner-up (20.37)

Awards and honors
18-time NCAA Division I All-American
NCAA 200m record-holder
USA men’s 100m junior record holder

About Walter
Competing for Florida State, Dix is just the second athlete ever to win the NCAA 200m outdoor championship three times. In 2007 he was also the first sprinter to win the 100m, 200m and 4x100m at the NCAA Outdoor Championships since 1969. He was the top high school sprinter in the nation for the 2004 season, running Olympic standard times in the 100m and 200m.

Results
2011: 1st in 200m at Pre Classic (20.19); 1st in 200m at Doha (20.06); 1st in 200m at Luzern (20.02)
2010: 1^st at Pre Classic at 200m (19.72); 1^st at Lausanne (19.86); 1^st at Gateshead (20.26); 1^st at Seminole Twilight Invite in 100m (9.98) and 200m (19.89); 1^st at Notwil (9.88PR)
2009: 1st at Seminole Invite (10.00); Injury
2008: 4^th in 100m at NCAA Outdoor (10.22)
2007: 3^rd at USA Outdoor Championships 100m (10.09); 4^th at Tyson Invitational Indoor 60m (6.67); NCAA East Regional champion in 100m (10.05) and 200m (19.69PR)
2006: 1st at NCAA Outdoors in 200m (20.30); 1st in Atlanta (20.25); 1st in Greensboro (10.12)
2005: 4th in 100m at USA Outdoor Championships (10.29); 4^th in 200m at NCAA Outdoors (20.44); 1^st in New York (10.06 – American Junior Record); 6th in 60m at NCAA Indoors (6.70); 1st in 100m at NCAA Outdoor East Regional (10.22w); 1st at 200m at NCAA Outdoor East Regional (20.23w); 1st in 100m at ACC Outdoor Championships (10.22); 1st in 200m at the ACC Outdoor Championships (20.41)
2004: 6^th in 200m qualifying at Olympic Trials (21.19)

USA/World Rankings and Personal Bests
2011: Outdoor bests – 100m, 9.94 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 14 in the world); 200m, 19.70 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 2 in the world)
2010: Indoor bests – 60m, 6.58 (No. 7 in the USA, No. 14 in the world); Outdoor bests – 100m, 9.88 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 5 in the world); 200m, 19.72 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 2 in the world)
2009: Outdoor bests – 100m, 10.0 (No. 5 in the USA, No. 13 in the world)
2008: Indoor bests – 60m, 6.63; 200m, 20.70 (No. 11 in the USA); Outdoor bests – 100m, 9.91 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 13 in the world); 200m, 19.86 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 2 in the world)
2007: Indoor bests – 60m, 6.63 (No. 14 in the USA); 200m, 20.73 (No. 3 in the USA); Outdoor bests – 100m, 9.93 (No. 2 in the USA); 200m, 19.69 (No. 2 in the USA)
2006: Indoor bests – 60m, 6.59 (No. 10 in the USA); 200m, 20.27 (No. 1 in the USA); Outdoor bests – 100m, 10.12 (No. 13 in the USA); 200m, 20.25 (No. 9 in the USA)
2005: Indoor bests – 60m, 6.60 (No. 10 in the USA); 200m 20.37 (No. 2 in the USA); Outdoor bests – 100m, 10.06 (No. 6 in the USA); 200m, 20.18 (No. 6 in the USA)
2004: Outdoor bests – 100m, 10.28; 200m, 20.62