NORMAN Michael

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	400m
2019	Doha, QAT	SF (45.94)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	200m	400m
2021	-	1 x 1st
2019	1 x 1st	3 x 1st
2018	1 x 2nd	-

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
1	2021	400m	Doha, QAT	44.27
1	2019	200m	Rome, ITA	19.70
1	2019	400m	Brussels, BEL	44.26
1	2019	400m	Stanford, CA, USA	44.62
1	2019	400m	Stockholm, SWE	44.53
2	2018	200m	Lausanne, SUI	19.88

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2021	400m	World Athletics Continental Tour	Walnut, CA, USA	44.40
1	2021	400m	World Athletics Continental Tour	Eugene, OR, USA	44.67
3	2021	400m	World Athletics Continental Tour	Szekesfehervar, HUN	44.65

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2019	200m	World Challenge	Osaka, JPN	19.84

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Playing basketball, listening to music. (teamusa.org, 06 Oct 2019)

Athlete

Communications - University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

English

Quincy Watts [personal], USA; Caryl Smith Gilbert [personal]

His mother Nobue Saito competed in sprints during high school in Japan. (reuters.com, 24 Jul 2019; trackandfieldnews.com, 19 Apr 2019)

He suffered an injury during the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Qatar, causing him to miss out on a place in the 400m final. (au.sports.yahoo.com, 02 Oct 2019)

He took up athletics at age 12. (asianews.eu, 22 Jun 2019)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. He would also like to work as a sports broadcaster. (reuters.com, 24 Jul 2019; nbclosangeles.com, 22 Jul 2019)

"Trust the process." (Instagram profile, 08 Feb 2020)

He received the 2018 Bowerman Award from the US Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association [USTFCCCA]. The award is given to the year's best student-athlete in US collegiate athletics. (ustfccca.org, 21 Dec 2018)

He was named National Collegiate Athletic Association [NCAA] 2018 Male Track Indoor and Outdoor Athlete of the Year. (ustfccca.org, 13 Mar 2018, 13 Jun 2018)

He was named US National Boys Track and Field Athlete of the Year for 2014/15 and 2015/16. (playeroftheyear.gatorade.com, 01 Jul 2016, 03 Jun 2015)