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Rai Benjamin

Basic Information

  • Gender: Male
  • Born: 7/27/1997
  • Status: Active

Residences

  • Hometown: Mount Vernon, NY
  • High School: Mount Vernon High School
  • College: University of Southern California

Athlete Info

  • Event: Indoor Track & Field, Outdoor Track & Field
  • Coach: Quincy Watts; Joanna Hayes
  • Agent: Mark Wetmore
  • Sponsor: Nike

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Olympic Games

  • 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, gold (4x400m), silver (400m Hurdles)

World Athletics Championships

  • 2019 IAAF World Championships, gold (4x400m), silver (400m Hurdles)
  • 2013 IAAF World Youth Championships

Other Career Highlights

  • 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, gold (400mH)
  • 2019 Toyota USATF Outdoor Championships, gold (400mH)
  • 2018 NCAA Outdoor Championships, gold (400mH, 4x400m)
  • 2018 NCAA Indoor Championships, gold (200m, 4x400m)
  • 2018 NCAA Outdoor Championships, gold (400mH, 4x400m)
  • 2017 NCAA Outdoor Championships, silver (400mH, 4x400m)
  • 2016 NCAA Outdoor Championships, sixth (400m)

Personal

Rai was born on July 27, 1997...He is the son of Winston Benjamin and Jeanette Mason...He is a Political Science major at USC...When he isn’t sprinting and hurdling, Rai can often be found playing Fortnite, or enjoying the LA restaurant scene...At the NCAA championships he clocked 47.02 in the 400mH final, the second-fastest time in history....In the Tokyo Olympic 400m hurdles final, the greatest and deepest race in track and field history that stunned the world, Benjamin set an American record with a 46.17 for silver behind Karston Warholm’s world record 45.94.

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