Aaliyah Butler

Butler at the2024 United States Olympic trials
Personal information
Nationality	American
Born	(2003-11-05)November 5, 2003 (age 22)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personalbest(s)	400 m: 49.09 (Monaco, 2025)
Medal record Women'sathletics Representing United States Olympic Games 2024 Paris 4 × 400 m relay World Championships 2025 Tokyo 4 × 400 m relay

Aaliyah Butler (/əˈliːə/ə-LEE-ə;^[1] born November 5, 2003) is an American sprinter who competes primarily over400 metres.^[2]

Butler is fromFort Lauderdale inBroward County, Florida.^[3] She attendedPiper High School andMiami Northwestern Senior High School.^[4][5] In 2019, she beat theFlorida high school state record set in the400 meters bySanya Richards-Ross.^[6] She began to attend theUniversity of Georgia in 2022.^[7]

Butler finished fourth in the 400 meters at the NCAA Division 1 Indoor Championships inBoston, Massachusetts in March 2024.^[8] She ran a personal best 49.79 seconds for the 400 meters at the SEC Championships inGainesville, Florida in May 2024.^[9]

In June 2024, she finished second at theUnited States Olympic trials 400 m race inEugene, Oregon, running 49.71 seconds.^[10] She competed at the2024 Summer Olympics over 400 metres in August 2024, reaching the semi-final.^[11] She also competed in thewomen's 4 × 400m relay at the Games, and won the gold medal as part of the American relay team.^[12]

She signed anNIL deal withNike in January 2025.^[13] On 1 March 2025, she moved to sixth and on the women’s world indoor 400 m all-time list after running 49.78 at the Southeastern Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships in Texas.^[14] On 15 March 2025, she ran 49.97 for second place overall at the2025 NCAA Indoor Championships in Virginia Beach.^[15]

On 19 April 2025, she lowered her personal best for the 400 metres to 49.44 seconds at the Tom Jones Memorial in Gainesville, Florida.^[16] In May 2025, she won the 400 metres at the SEC Championships and ran a 48.86 split in the4 × 400 m, the third fastest split in college history, only behindAthing Mu andBritton Wilson.^[17] She won the2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon, running 49.26 seconds.^[18] On the same track the following month she finished runner-up toSydney McLaughlin-Levrone in the 400 metres at the2025 Prefontaine Classic.^[19] She ran a personal best 49.09 seconds to place second at the2025 Herculis event in Monaco, part of the2025 Diamond League, 0.03 seconds behind Olympic championMarileidy Paulino.^[20] She finished third in the final of the 400 metres at the2025 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 49.91 seconds.^[21]

Competing at the2025 World Athletics Championships inTokyo, she was a semi-finalist in thewomen's 400 metres.^[22] Prior to the World Championships, she announced that she will be turning professional.^[23]

• Aaliyah Butler atWorld Athletics
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• Aaliyah Nickole Butler atOlympics.com

• 2003 births
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• American women sprinters
• Track and field athletes from Fort Lauderdale, Florida
• Georgia Bulldogs women's track and field athletes
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
• 21st-century American sportswomen
• Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field
• Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
• World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States
• World Athletics Championships winners

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