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Michael Norman

Michael Norman

Sport

Track & Field

Country

United States

USC Affiliation

Lettered 2017-18

Olympic Experience

'20 (G)

USC:

· Won the 2018 NCAA 400m title with a collegiate record of 43.61, which ranks 2nd on USC’s all-time list to USC Director of Track & Field Quincy Watts who ran 43.50 at the Barcelona Games in 1992

· Ran on USC’s winning NCAA 4x400m relay which set the then-collegiate record of 2:59.00

· Led team to a fourth-place finish at the 2018 NCAA Outdoor Championships

· 2018 winner of The Bowerman as the top collegiate track and field athlete

· 2018 USTFCCCA Men’s Track Athlete of the Year

· 2018 USTFCCCA Men’s Indoor Scholar Athlete of the Year

· 2018 Track & Field News collegiate Indoor Track Athlete of the Year

· 2018 won the NCAA Indoor 400m title with a time of 44.52, setting the USC, USA, NCAA and World record

· Also anchored USC’s NCAA title-wining 4x400m relay which ran 3:00.77 which broke the USC, NCAA, and World record

· Led USC to a second-place finish at the 2018 NCAA Indoor Championships

· 2017 NCAA second place in the 400m

· USC freshman 400m record-holder


USA:

· 2024 USATF Championships…2nd in the 400m

· 2023 USATF Championships competed in the 100m dash

· 2022 World Championships 400m champion…also won gold with the 4x400m relay

· 2022 USATF Championships won the 400m title

· 2021 Olympics (2020 Tokyo) 400m finalist…won gold with the 4x400m relay

· 2021 won his first U.S. 400m title on June 20 to qualify for his first Olympics

· 2019 second in the 400m at the USATF Championships

· Competed at the 2019 World Championships in the 400m and placed 22nd

· 2017 USATF Championships seventh-place finish in the 400m

· 2016 USATF Championships 5th in the 200m and 20th in the 400m

· 2016 World U20 Championships – 1st in the 200m with a meet record of 20.17 and 1st in the 4x100m with a world U20 leading time of 38.93


PROFESSIONAL:

· 2021 Boston World Indoor Tour Gold 400m champion

· 2021 Doha Diamond League 400m champion

· Ran a world leading and personal best of 10.86 in the 100m and became the second athlete (first American) to run a sub-10 100m, sub-20 200m and sub-44 400m

· 2019 Diamond League overall 400m champion

· 2019 Brussels Diamond League 400m champion

· 2019 Eugene Diamond League 400m champion

· 2019 Stockholm Diamond League 400m champion

· 2019 Rome Diamond League 200m champion

· 2018 Paris Diamond League 200m champion


PERSONAL:

· Parents Michael and Nobue Norman…one sister Michelle

· His mother, Nobue, was born in Japan

· Was the Gatorade Player of the Year for Track & Field in 2015 & 2016

· Is engaged to former USC volleyball player Jenna Adams

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