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Dalilah Muhammad

Basic Information

  • Gender: Female
  • Born: 2/7/1990
  • Status: Active

Residences

  • Hometown: Queens, NY
  • High School: Benjamin N. Cardozo High School
  • College: University of Southern California

Athlete Info

  • Event: Outdoor Track & Field
  • Coach: Lawrence "Boogie" Johnson
  • Agent: Daniel Escamilla
  • Sponsor: Nike

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Records Held

World Record - 400m Hurdles - October 4, 2019 to June 27, 2021

Olympic Games

  • 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, gold (4x400m), silver (400mH)
  • 2016 Olympic Games, gold (400mH)

World Athletics Championships

  • 2019 IAAF World Outdoor Championships, gold (400mH), gold (4x400m)
  • 2017 IAAF World Outdoor Championships, silver (400mH)
  • 2013 IAAF World Outdoor Championships, silver (400mH)
  • 2007 IAAF World Youth Championships, gold (400mH), gold (medley relay)

Other Career Highlights

  • 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, silver (400mH)
  • 2019 USATF Outdoor Championships, gold (400mH)
  • 2017 USATF Outdoor Championships, gold (400mH)
  • 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials, gold (400mH)
  • 2015 USATF Outdoor Championships, seventh (400mH)
  • 2013 USATF Outdoor Championships, gold (400mH)
  • 2012 NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships, fifth (400mH)
  • 2011 NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships, sixth (400mH)
  • 2009 NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships, bronze (400mH)
  • 2009 USATF Junior Championships, gold (400mH)
  • 2009 Pan American Junior Championships, silver (400mH)

Personal

Interested in music, fashion...signed with Modeling Agency in 2019...Broke 400mH world record twice in 2019: once at Toyota USATF Outdoor Championships and again at World Championships in Doha, record stood for 16 years...2019 World Athletics and USATF Athlete of the Year…parents still live in childhood home in Queens…father is an imam and a chaplain for Islamic affairs at the New York City Department of Correction and mother is a child protective specialist…brother is a sergeant in the Army and older sister is a teacher.

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