Finished 5th at 2018 European Ch. Gold at 2019 U23 European Ch. In 2021 season - 1st at FBK-Games, 3rd at Paavo Nurmi Games, 4th at Golden Spike Continental Tour events. He was introduced to running by his brothers. 'One day I went with them to a running event to cheer them on, but the coach encouraged me to take part. I ran and I won and I fell in love with the sport.'
Finished 7th at 2019 WCh. Gold at 2019 PanAm Games. Silver at 2018 NACAC Ch. Gold at 2018 NCh, silver in 2019. In 2021 season - 2nd at Stockholm Bauhaus Galan Diamond League event, 3rd at Herculis. He initially played basketball before his high school athletics coach convinced him to try the sport. His motto is 'Do something today that your future self will thank you for.'
First-time Olympian. Finished 6th at 2019 WCh. In 2021 season - finished 4th at Stockholm Bauhaus Galan Diamond League event, 5th at Doha. He has been crowned U23 cross-country national champion in Spain. 'Athletics is a lifestyle. It's effort, patience and companionship. You have to live athletics in order to understand it.'
Bronze at 2016 OG. Finished 8th at 2019 WCh, 14th in 2015. Gold at 2015 PanAm Games. Silver at 2015 NACAC Ch. Gold at 2021, 2018, 2016 NCh. Finished 3rd at 2021 Gyulai Istvan Memorial Continental Tour event. His wife Ariana MURPHY [nee WASHINGTON] has competed in athletics and won gold in 4x100m relay representing the USA at 2017 WCh. He has volunteered as a coach at the University of Akron.
Finished 42nd at 2016 OG. Finished 31st at 2019 WCh, 38th in 2017. Gold at 2021, 2019 NCh. Finished 3rd at 2021 British Grand Prix Diamond League event. Born in Sudan, he and his family fled to Egypt when he was age six to escape civil war. The family moved on to Australia about four years later and settled in Toowoomba, Queensland.
First-time Olympian. Finished 17th at 2018 European Ch. Placed 5th at 2019 U23 European Ch. Placed 9th at 2017 Junior European Ch. Finished 9th at 2021 Herculis Diamond League event. Placed 9th at 2019 Meeting de Paris. In 2019, he began studying mechanics and energetics at the University of Bordeaux, France.
Finished 12th at 2018 European Ch. Silver at 2017 U23 European Ch. In 2021 season - 4th at FBK-Games Continental Tour event, 3rd at Doha Diamond League event. Won at 2020 Memorial Borisa Hanzekovica Continental Tour event. He was inspired to take up the sport after a school assembly focusing on the rivalry between British athletes Sebastian COE (GBR) and Steve OVETT (GBR).
First-time Olympian. DNS at 2017 WCh. In 2021 season - finished 1st at USATF Grand Prix Continental Tour event, 2nd at USATF Golden Games. In 2019 season - placed 3rd at Meeting de Paris, 4th at Herculis Diamond League event. In 2018, he was named Conference USA Male Track Athlete of the Year while representing the University of Texas at El Paso in USA.
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