Athing Mu - Wikipedia

American middle-distance runner (born 2002) Athing Mu-Nikolayev

Mu competing at the 2022 World Athletics Championships
Personal information
Born	(2002-06-08) June 8, 2002 (age 23)Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	124 lb (56 kg)
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	800 meters, 400 meters
College team	Texas A&M Aggies
Club	NikeTrenton Track Club (youth)
Coached by	Bobby Kersee (2023–2025)Milton Mallard (2021–2022)Al Jennings (youth)Bernice Mitchell (youth)
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	400 m: 49.57 AJR (Eugene 2021) 800 m: 1:54.97 NR (Eugene 2023) Indoors 400 m: 50.52i (College Station 2021) 800 m: 1:58.40i WJR (College Station 2021)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing the  United States Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 800 m 2020 Tokyo 4 × 400 m relay World Championships 2022 Eugene 800 m 2023 Budapest 800 m Pan American U20 Championships 2019 San José 800 m Youth Olympic Games 2018 Buenos Aires 800 m
Updated on July 24, 2022

Athing Mu-Nikolayev[1] (/əˈθɪŋmoʊ/;[2] née Mu; born June 8, 2002)[3] is an American middle-distance runner. She is the youngest woman to hold Olympic and world titles in an individual track and field event. At the age of 19, Mu won the gold medal in the 800 meters at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, breaking a national record set by Ajeé Wilson in 2017, and a continental under-20 record. She took a second gold as part of the women's 4 × 400 m relay. She was the 800 m 2022 World champion, becoming the first American woman to win the world championship title over the distance.[4]

Mu holds the world under-20 record in the women's indoor 800 m, which she set in early 2021. She also holds the world U20 best in the indoor 600 meters, set in 2019 when she was 16 years of age with the third fastest time run indoors.

Early life

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Athing Mu was born and raised in Trenton, New Jersey, and is the second youngest of seven siblings.[5] Her parents immigrated to the United States from South Sudan,[6] and her family is of Dinka descent.[7][8] She began competing in track at the age of 6. Mu did not join her high school track team, choosing to compete instead for Trenton Track Club. She graduated from Trenton Central High School in 2020.[5]

Career

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On February 24, 2019, Mu broke the American women's record at the 600 meter event at the 2019 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships with a time of 1:23.57. She bested the previous American women's record of 1:23.59 held by Alysia Montaño, and nearly broke the women's world record of 1:23.44, held by Olga Kotlyarova.[9]

2021

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On February 6, Mu ran indoor 50.52 s in the women's 400 meters, which was 0.3 seconds faster than Sanya Richards' official world under-20 record ratified by World Athletics.[10] However, Mu's time was slower than the 50.36 s set by fellow American Sydney McLaughlin, which was not able to meet the standards for world record ratification.[11] On February 27, she ran 1:58.40 in the 800 meters to set an indoor collegiate and world under-20 record.[12][13] She bested the previous collegiate record by more than two seconds. On April 17 in Waco, Texas, running outdoors, Mu set the 800 meter USA collegiate record with a time of 1:57.73.[14] At the 2021 NCAA Championships in Eugene, Oregon on June 12, 2021, she lowered her collegiate all-time record mark to 49.57 s in winning the 400 m, before anchoring the Texas A&M Women's 4 × 400 m relay squad to victory and a new collegiate record of 3:22.34 later in the day.[15][16]

Mu qualified for the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics at the US Olympic trials held in Eugene, Oregon by placing first in the event with a time of 1:56.07, a world-leading time and the second-fastest result in American history.[17] At the Tokyo Games, she won two gold medals for the women's 800 meters and women's 4 × 400 meters relay. In her individual event, Mu led from gun to tape in a dominant showing, finishing clear ahead of Keely Hodgkinson and compatriot Raevyn Rogers. She broke the American women's 800 meter record with a 1:55.21s performance and ended a 53-year Olympic win drought for the USA – the last American woman who won the event was Madeline Manning at the 1968 Mexico Olympics (first Olympic 800 m male or female win since Dave Wottle at the Munich 1972). Mu became also the youngest U.S. woman to win individual Olympic track and field title since Wyomia Tyus earned the 100 m title at the 1964 Tokyo Games.[18]

In her first post-Olympic race at the Prefontaine Classic, she improved upon her American 800 m record, setting a time of 1:55.04s despite running by herself over the final lap, also the all-comers' record, making her the second fastest U20 woman ever after Pamela Jelimo and putting her eighth on the world all-time list.[19][20]

In that record-breaking season Mu competed 36 times (including rounds) and triumphed in 35 races to be voted World Athletics Female Rising Star of the Year.[21][22]

2022

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At the World Championships in Eugene, Oregon in July, Mu this time barely held off Hodgkinson to take the women's 800 m gold with a world-leading time of 1:56.30. She won by 0.08 s after a tight finish on the home stretch, with Mary Moraa trailing in third. Thus, Mu became the first American woman to win the 800 m world championship title, and the youngest woman in history to own Olympic and world titles in an individual track and field event. She also extended her outdoor win streak to nearly three years as she hadn't lost an outdoor race (in any round, at any distance) since September 2019.[4]

2023

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At the 2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Mu competed in the 1500 m and placed second.[23] As the winner of the previous year's iteration, she automatically qualified for the year's world championships in the 800 m. Although whether she would compete was in doubt, at the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Mu competed in the 800 m and placed third to Mary Moraa and Keely Hodgkinson. She had only run one 800 m race all season prior to this. At September's 2023 Prefontaine Classic, she won the Diamond League final in a time of 1:54.97 to set an American record and defeat Moraa and Hodgkinson.[24]

2024–2025

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After a nine-month hiatus, Mu returned to competition at the 2024 United States Olympic trials. During the 800 meters final, she tripped and fell, and finished in last place. As a result she would not compete to defend her Olympic gold from three years prior.[25] She raced the 800m again at the Holloway Pro Classic in Gainesville, Florida one month later and placed 5th in 2:00.29.[26]

At the 2025 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Mu was eliminated in the semifinal round of the 800 meters, finishing fourth in her heat with a season's best of 1:59.79.[27]

In December 2025, it was announced that Mu parted ways with her coach Bobby Kersee, relocating to Dallas.[28]

Personal life

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Mu got engaged in September 2024. She was married in March 2025, and she later changed her name to Athing Mu-Nikolayev.[29][30]

Achievements

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All information taken from World Athletics profile.

Personal bests

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Event	Time	Venue	Date	Notes
400 meters	49.57	Eugene, OR, United States	June 12, 2021	AU20R
4 × 400 m relay split	48.32	Tokyo, Japan	August 7, 2021	fourth leg[31]
400 meters indoor	50.52 i	College Station, TX, United States	February 6, 2021
600 meters indoor	1:23.57 i	New York, NY, United States	February 24, 2019	AU18B WU20B AB
800 meters	1:54.97	Eugene, OR, United States	September 17, 2023	NR
800 meters NCAA	1:57.73	Waco, TX, United States	April 17, 2021	CR
800 meters indoor	1:58.40 i	Fayetteville, AR, United States	February 27, 2021	CR WU20R
1500 meters	4:03.44	Eugene, OR, United States	July 8, 2023
One mile indoor	4:37.99 i	College Station, TX, United States	January 15, 2022

International competitions

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Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time	Notes
2018	Youth Olympic Games	Buenos Aires, Argentina	2nd	800 m	2:05.23
2019	Pan American U20 Championships	San José, Costa Rica	1st	800 m	2:05.50
	Pan American Games	Lima, Peru	11th (sf)	800 m	2:07.30
	The Match Europe v USA	Minsk, Belarus	8th	400 m	54.34
			7th	800 m	2:06.68
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	1st	800 m	1:55.21	AU20R NR
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:16.85	WL SB
2022	World Championships	Eugene, OR, United States	1st	800 m	1:56.30	WL
2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	3rd	800 m	1:56.61	SB

Circuit wins

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• Diamond League
  • 2021 (800 m): Eugene Prefontaine Classic (1:55.04 MR AU20R NR)
  • 2022 (800 m): Rome Golden Gala (1:57.01 WL)
  • 2023 (800 m): Eugene Prefontaine Classic (1:54.97 MR NR)

National championships

[edit] Representing Trenton Track Club (2008–2020), Texas A&M (2020–2021), and Nike (2021–Present)

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time	Notes
2013	USATF Junior Olympic Championships	Greensboro, North Carolina	3rd	800 m	2:19.47	SB
			1st	1500 m	4:48.58	SB
2017	NSAF Indoor Nationals	New York, New York	7th	400 m	58.30	SB
			1st	Mile	4:59.48	PB
	NSAF Nationals	Greensboro, North Carolina	10th	400 m	57.17	SB
			2nd	800 m	2:07.70	SB
			1st	Mile	5:02.55	PB
	AAU Junior Olympic Nationals	Ypsilanti, Michigan	1st	800 m	2:07.99	SB
			1st	1500 m	4:33.04	PB
2018	NSAF Indoor Nationals	New York, New York	1st	400 m	54.98	SB
			1st	800 m	2:06.59	SB
	NSAF Nationals	Greensboro, North Carolina	1st	400 m	54.12
			1st	800 m	2:04.51	SB
	AAU Junior Olympic Nationals	Des Moines, Iowa	2nd	200 m	24.07	(-2.7 m/s)
			1st	400 m	52.83
			1st	800 m	2:07.54
			1st	1500 m	4:38.78
2019	USATF Indoor Championships	New York, New York	1st	600 m	1:23.57	WL CR AU18B WU20B AB
	NSAF Indoor Nationals	New York, New York	2nd	800 m	2:05.86	PB
	NSAF Nationals	Greensboro, North Carolina	2nd	400 m	51.98	PB
	USATF U20 Championships	Miramar, Florida	1st	800 m	2:05.59
	USATF Championships	Des Moines, Iowa	5th	800 m	2:01.17	PB
2020	USATF Indoor Championships – HS	Albuquerque, New Mexico	4th	800 m	2:14.18	(HS athletes)
2021	NCAA Division I Indoor Championships	Fayetteville, Arkansas	2nd	400 m	51.03
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:26.68
	NCAA Division I Championships	Eugene, Oregon	1st	400 m	49.57	CR AU20R
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:22.34	CR
	U.S. Olympic Trials	Eugene, Oregon	1st	800 m	1:56.07
2022	USATF Championships	Eugene, Oregon	1st	800 m	1:57.16
2023	USATF Championships	Eugene, Oregon	2nd	1500 m	4:03.44
2024	U.S. Olympic Trials	Eugene, Oregon	9th	800 m	2:19.69

Sources:[32][33]

Awards

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• World Athletics Awards

Rising Star (Women)：2021[34][35]

References

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1. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
2. ^ Azzi, Alex (June 28, 2021). "Athing Mu dominates women's 800m at Olympic Trials". On Her Turf. Archived from the original on July 26, 2021.
3. ^ "Athing MU – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
4. ^ a b Azzi, Alex (July 24, 2022). "Athing Mu becomes first American woman to win 800m, keeps win streak alive". NBC Sports. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
5. ^ a b "Athing Mu". teamusa.org. Archived from the original on March 6, 2019. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
6. ^ Athing Mu World’s Fastest Young Female in Track & Field History, 2x Gold Medalist at 20 - The Pivot The Pivot Podcast
7. ^ "Athing Mu's father holds interview in native Dinka language". Facebook - SBS Dinka interview. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
8. ^ "Athing - Name origin and meaning". myheritage.com. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
9. ^ Gault, Jonathan (February 24, 2019). "A Star Is Born: 16-Year-Old Athing Mu Breaks American Record, Just Misses WR to Win 600 at 2019 USA Indoors in 1:23.57". LetsRun.com. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
10. ^ Mulkeen, Jon (February 7, 2021). "Mu breaks world U20 indoor 400m record, Iapichino leaps 6.75m". worldathletics.org. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
11. ^ Lindstrom, Sieg (February 13, 2021). "A&M Frosh Athing Mu Cranking Out Record Times". trackandfieldnews.com. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
12. ^ Dutch, Taylor (February 28, 2021). "Athing Mu Smashes the Collegiate Indoor Record in the 800 Meters". runnersworld.com. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
13. ^ Mulkeen, Jon; Ramsak, Bob (February 28, 2021). "Mu breaks world U20 indoor 800m record in Fayetteville". worldathletics.org. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
14. ^ "Athing Mu Breaks 800m Collegiate Record". kbtx.com. April 18, 2021. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
15. ^ "Results: Women 400 M (Quarterfinals)". Flash Results. May 29, 2021. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
16. ^ "Athling Mu at Texas A&M". Track & Field Results Reporting System (TFRRS). Retrieved June 14, 2021.
17. ^ "Athing of Beauty: Mu Runs #2 Time in U.S. History to Win Women's 800 by Daylight". LetsRun.com. June 28, 2021. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
18. ^ "Athing Mu coached by Bobby Kersee, joins Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone". NBC Sports. November 2, 2022. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
19. ^ "Diamond League | Eugene, OR (USA) | 20th – 21st August 2021 – Result lists" (PDF). Diamond League. August 21, 2021. p. 5. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
20. ^ "Athing Mu caps an incredible year with a 1:55.04 American record". LetsRun.com. August 22, 2021. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
21. ^ Pounds, Tyler (December 1, 2021). "Mu Wins Prestigious World Athletics Rising Star Award". 12thman.com. Retrieved December 27, 2024.
22. ^ Bishop, Greg (July 23, 2022). "Driven by Joy, Athing Mu Has Learned to Dominate Track's Most Brutal Race". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved July 23, 2022.
23. ^ Mull, Cory (August 3, 2023). "Athing Mu's Team Has Made No Decision Yet About 800m Future At Worlds". FloTrack.org. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
24. ^ Gault, Jonathan (September 17, 2023). "World Records, American Records, & More: 8 Thoughts on a Wild Day 2 of the 2023 Prefontaine Classic". LetsRun.com. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
25. ^ "Olympic champion Mu falls in US trials & will miss Paris". BBC Sport. June 25, 2024. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
26. ^ Wafula, Abigael (July 20, 2024). "Kenya's Dorcas Ewoi wins as Athing Mu fades to fifth at Holloway Pro Classic". Pulse Sports Kenya. Retrieved December 27, 2024.
27. ^ LetsRun.com (August 2, 2025). "The Athing Mu–Bobby Kersee Experiment Has Failed: 6 Coaches Who Could Replace Kersee". LetsRun.com. Retrieved August 2, 2025.
28. ^ LetsRun.com (December 12, 2025). "Athing Mu and Bobby Kersee part ways". LetsRun.com. Retrieved December 13, 2025.
29. ^ Athing Mu-Nikolayev on Instagram
30. ^ "Athing Mu shares sneak peek into her bridal shower ceremony, months after engagement to secret boyfriend". SportsKeeda. February 10, 2025. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
31. ^ "Athletics - Final Results - Women's 4x400 m relay (Tokyo, 2020)". IOC. Archived from the original on August 7, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
32. ^ Athing Mu profile – Athletic.net
33. ^ Athing Mu profile – TFRRS
34. ^ "World Athlete of the Year Awards: Know all winners - the complete list". Olympics. Retrieved December 12, 2023.
35. ^ "Rising Stars winners Athing Mu and Erriyon Knighton show future of athletics is in great hands". RunBlogRun. December 12, 2021. Retrieved December 12, 2021.

External links

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• Athing Mu-Nikolayev at www.USATF.org
• Athing Mu-Nikolayev at World Athletics
• Athing Mu-Nikolayev at Diamond League
• Athing Mu-Nikolayev at Team USA (archive April 18, 2023)
• Athing Mu-Nikolayev at Olympics.com
• Athing Mu-Nikolayev at Olympedia
• Athing Mu-Nikolayev at TFRRS (Track & Field Results Reporting System)

v t e Olympic champions in women's 800 metres

1928:  Lina Radke (GER) 1960:  Lyudmila Shevtsova (URS) 1964:  Ann Packer (GBR) 1968:  Madeline Manning (USA) 1972:  Hildegard Falck (FRG) 1976:  Tatyana Kazankina (URS) 1980:  Nadiya Olizarenko (URS) 1984:  Doina Melinte (ROU) 1988:  Sigrun Wodars (GDR) 1992:  Ellen van Langen (NED) 1996:  Svetlana Masterkova (RUS) 2000:  Maria Mutola (MOZ) 2004:  Kelly Holmes (GBR) 2008:  Pamela Jelimo (KEN) 2012:  Caster Semenya (RSA) 2016:  Caster Semenya (RSA) 2020:  Athing Mu (USA) 2024:  Keely Hodgkinson (GBR)

v t e Olympic champions in women's 4 × 400 metres relay

1972:  Käsling, Kühne, Seidler, Zehrt (GDR) 1976:  Maletzki, Rohde, Streidt, Brehmer (GDR) 1980:  Prorochenko, Goyshchik, Zyuskova, I. Nazarova (URS) 1984:  Leatherwood, S. Howard, Brisco-Hooks, Cheeseborough, Diane Dixon, D. Howard (USA) 1988:  Ledovskaya, O. Nazarova, Pinigina, Bryzhina, Dzhyhalova (URS) 1992:  Ruzina, Dzhyhalova, O. Nazarova, Bryzhina, Nurutdinova, Shmonina (EUN) 1996:  Stevens, Malone-Wallace, Graham, Miles, Wilson (USA) 2000:  Miles Clark, Hennagan, Colander, Anderson (USA) 2004:  Trotter, Henderson, Richards, Hennagan, Robinson (USA) 2008:  Wineberg, Felix, Henderson, Richards, Hastings (USA) 2012:  Trotter, Felix, McCorory, Richards-Ross, Baker, Diamond Dixon (USA) 2016:  Felix, Francis, Hastings, Okolo, Ellis-Watson, McCorory (USA) 2020:  McLaughlin, Felix, Muhammad, Mu, Whitney, Jonathas, Ellis, Irby (USA) 2024:  Little, McLaughlin-Levrone, Thomas, Holmes, Hayes, Butler, Brown (USA)

v t e World champions in women's 800 metres

1983: Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) 1987: Sigrun Wodars (GDR) 1991: Liliya Nurutdinova (URS) 1993: Maria Mutola (MOZ) 1995: Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) 1997: Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) 1999: Ludmila Formanová (CZE) 2001: Maria Mutola (MOZ) 2003: Maria Mutola (MOZ) 2005: Zulia Calatayud (CUB) 2007: Janeth Jepkosgei (KEN) 2009: Caster Semenya (RSA) 2011: Caster Semenya (RSA) 2013: Eunice Sum (KEN) 2015: Maryna Arzamasova (BLR) 2017: Caster Semenya (RSA) 2019: Halimah Nakaayi (UGA) 2022: Athing Mu (USA) 2023: Mary Moraa (KEN) 2025: Lilian Odira (KEN)

v t e US National Championship winners in women's 800-meter dash
1927–1979Amateur Athletic Union	1927: Marcelle Barkley 1928: Rayma Wilson 1958: Flo McArdle 1959: Grace Butcher 1960–1: Pat Connolly 1962: Leah Bennett 1963–4: Sandy Knott 1965: Marie Mulder 1966: Charlette Cooke 1967: Madeline Manning 1968: Doris Brown 1969: Madeline Manning 1970–1: Cheryl Toussaint 1972: Carol Hudson 1973: Wendy Knudson 1974: Mary Decker 1975–6: Madeline Manning 1977: Sue Addison 1978: Ruth Wysocki 1979: Essie Kelley
1980–1992The Athletics Congress	1980–1: Madeline Manning 1982: Delisa Walton 1983: Robin Campbell 1984: Kim Gallagher 1985–6: Claudette Groenendall 1987: Essie Kelley 1988–9: Joetta Clark 1990: Meredith Rainey 1991: Delisa Walton-Floyd 1992: Joetta Clark
1993–presentUSA Track & Field	1993–4: Joetta Clark 1995–6: Meredith Rainey 1997: Kathi Rounds 1998–9: Jearl Miles Clark 2000: Hazel Clark 2001: Regina Jacobs 2002: Nicole Teter 2003–4: Jearl Miles Clark 2005–6: Hazel Clark 2007: Alysia Johnson 2008–9: Hazel Clark 2010–3: Alysia Montaño 2014: Ajeé Wilson 2015: Alysia Montaño 2016: Kate Grace 2017-9: Ajeé Wilson 20212020 OT: Athing Mu 2022: Athing Mu 2023-24: Nia Akins 2025: Roisin Willis
Notes	OT: 1928, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials in Olympic years, otherwise held as a discrete event. 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Distance:The event was over 880 yards in 1958, 1961–3, 1965–6, 1969–70 and 1973–4

v t e World best yearly performance in women's 800 metres

1976: Tatyana Kazankina (URS) 1977: Ileana Silai (ROM) 1978: Tatyana Providokhina (URS) 1979: Totka Petrova (BUL) 1980: Nadiya Olizarenko (URS) 1981: Lyudmila Veselkova (URS) 1982: Doina Melinte (ROM) 1983: Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) 1984: Irina Podyalovskaya (URS) 1985: Ella Kovacs (ROM) 1986: Doina Melinte (ROM) 1987: Sigrun Wodars (GDR) 1988: Inna Yevseyeva 1988: Nadiya Olizarenko (URS) 1989: Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) 1990: Sigrun Wodars (GDR) 1991: Svetlana Masterkova (RUS) 1992: Ellen van Langen (NED) 1993: Maria Mutola (MOZ) 1994: Maria Mutola (MOZ) 1995: Maria Mutola (MOZ) 1996: Svetlana Masterkova (RUS) 1997: Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) 1998: Maria Mutola (MOZ) 1999: Svetlana Masterkova (RUS) 2000: Maria Mutola (MOZ) 2001: Maria Mutola (MOZ) 2002: Jolanda Čeplak (SLO) 2003: Maria Mutola (MOZ) 2004: Tatyana Andrianova (RUS) 2005: Tatyana Andrianova (RUS) 2006: Janeth Jepkosgei (KEN) 2007: Janeth Jepkosgei (KEN) 2008: Pamela Jelimo (KEN) 2009: Caster Semenya (RSA) 2010: Alysia Montaño (USA) 2011: Caster Semenya (RSA) 2012: Francine Niyonsaba (BDI) 2013: Francine Niyonsaba (BDI) 2014: Ajeé Wilson (USA) 2015: Eunice Sum (KEN) 2016: Caster Semenya (RSA) 2017: Caster Semenya (RSA) 2018: Caster Semenya (RSA) 2019: Caster Semenya (RSA) 2020: Faith Kipyegon (KEN) 2021: Athing Mu (USA) 2022: Athing Mu (USA) 2023: Athing Mu (USA) 2024: Keely Hodgkinson (GBR) 2025: Lilian Odira (KEN)

v t e World Athletics Rising Star of the Year (women)

2007: Ruth Bosibori (KEN) 2008–09: Not awarded 2010: Angelica Bengtsson (SWE) 2011: Christin Hussong (GER) 2012: Anthonique Strachan (BAH) 2013: Mary Cain (USA) 2014: Morgan Lake (GBR) 2015: Candace Hill (USA) 2016: Nafissatou Thiam (BEL) 2017: Yulimar Rojas (VEN) 2018: Sydney McLaughlin (USA) 2019: Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR) 2020: Not awarded 2021: Athing Mu (USA) 2022: Adriana Vilagoš (SRB) 2023: Faith Cherotich (KEN) 2024: Sembo Almayew (ETH) 2025: Zhang Jiale (CHN)

v t e The Bowerman (college track & field award)
Bill Bowerman (award namesake) * Tinker Hatfield (award designer) * USTFCCCA (sponsoring organization)
Men's winners	2009: Galen Rupp (Oregon) 2010: Ashton Eaton (Oregon) 2011: Ngoni Makusha (Florida State) 2012: Cam Levins (Southern Utah) 2013: Derek Drouin (Indiana) 2014: Deon Lendore (Texas A&M) 2015: Marquis Dendy (Florida) 2016: Jarrion Lawson (Arkansas) 2017: Christian Coleman (Tennessee) 2018: Michael Norman (USC) 2019: Grant Holloway (Florida) 2021: JuVaughn Harrison (LSU) 2022: Trey Cunningham (FSU) 2023: Jaydon Hibbert (Arkansas) 2024: Leo Neugebauer (Texas)
Women's winners	2009: Jenny Barringer (Colorado) 2010: Queen Harrison (Virginia Tech) 2011: Jessica Beard (Texas A&M) 2012: Kimberlyn Duncan (LSU) 2013: Brianna Rollins (Clemson) 2014: Laura Roesler (Oregon) 2015: Jenna Prandini (Oregon) 2016: Courtney Okolo (Texas) 2017: Raevyn Rogers (Oregon) 2018: Keturah Orji (Georgia) 2019: Sha'Carri Richardson (LSU) 2021: Athing Mu (Texas A&M) 2022: Abby Steiner (Kentucky) 2023: Julien Alfred (Texas) 2024: Parker Valby (Florida)
The Bowerman Advisory Board	Chairs: Herman Frazier (2009–present) Vice-Chairs: Alfreeda Goff (2009–present)
Presentation hosts	John Anderson Ryan Fenton (former) Queen Harrison (former) Lewis Johnson (former) Lisa Malosky (former) Grant Holloway

v t e 2020 USA Olympic track and field team
Qualification	2020 United States Olympic trials (track and field)
Men's trackand road athletes	Abdihakem Abdirahman Devon Allen Ronnie Baker Kenny Bednarek Rai Benjamin Hillary Bor Trayvon Bromell Matthew Centrowitz Jr. Paul Chelimo Michael Cherry Nick Christie Bryce Deadmon (r) Mason Ferlic Grant Fisher Elija Godwin Cravon Gillespie (r) Cole Hocker Grant Holloway Bryce Hoppel Isaiah Jewett David Kendziera Fred Kerley Benard Keter Woody Kincaid Joe Klecker Erriyon Knighton Noah Lyles Clayton Murphy Michael Norman Vernon Norwood (r) Yared Nuguse Jacob Riley Daniel Roberts Randolph Ross Galen Rupp Kenny Selmon Trevor Stewart
Men'sfield athletes	Steve Bastien Chris Benard Will Claye Ryan Crouser Marquis Dendy Mason Finley JuVaughn Harrison Daniel Haugh Reggie Jagers Joe Kovacs KC Lightfoot Matt Ludwig Sam Mattis Steffin McCarter Shelby McEwen Chris Nilsen Payton Otterdahl Garrett Scantling Donald Scott Michael Shuey Darryl Sullivan Curtis Thompson Rudy Winkler Alex Young Zach Ziemek
Women's trackand road athletes	Anavia Battle Christina Clemons Anna Cockrell Emma Coburn Valerie Constien Elise Cranny Gabbi Cunningham Teahna Daniels Kendall Ellis Allyson Felix Courtney Frerichs English Gardner Kendra Harrison Quanera Hayes Aleia Hobbs (r) Lynna Irby (r) Wadeline Jonathas Sally Kipyego Heather MacLean Taylor Manson Cory McGee Sydney McLaughlin Alicia Monson Athing Mu Dalilah Muhammad Javianne Oliver Elinor Purrier St. Pierre Jenna Prandini Raevyn Rogers Rachel Schneider Karissa Schweizer Molly Seidel Emily Sisson Robyn Stevens Gabrielle Thomas Aliphine Tuliamuk Kaylin Whitney (r) Ajeé Wilson
Women'sfield athletes	Valarie Allman Brooke Andersen Adelaide Aquilla Gwen Berry Erica Bougard Quanesha Burks Tynita Butts-Townsend Kelsey Card Vashti Cunningham Tara Davis Rachel Dincoff Tori Franklin Ariana Ince Annie Kunz Morgann LeLeux Maggie Malone Rachel McCoy Jasmine Moore Sandi Morris Katie Nageotte Keturah Orji DeAnna Price Jessica Ramsey Brittney Reese Raven Saunders Kendell Williams Kara Winger
Coaches	Robyne Johnson (women's assistant coach) Gary Aldrich (men's assistant coach) Nat Page (men's assistant coach) Stanley Redwine (men's assistant coach) Sandra Fowler (women's assistant coach) Michael Holloway (men's head coach) LaTanya Sheffield (women's assistant coach) Rose Monday (women's head coach) Darryl Woodson (men's assistant coach) Marsha Seagrave (Women's Head Manager) Tim Weaver (Men's Head Manager) Megan Watson (women's assistant coach) Manny Bautista Event Manager Danielle Siebert Event Manager

Authority control databases: People	World Athletics