 Webb at the2016 Summer Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Ameer Kenneth Webb | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1991-03-19)March 19, 1991 (age 34) Carson, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Texas A&M University | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (181 cm)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 181 lb (82 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprints | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | ALTIS[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | Nike | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Stuart McMillan[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Personalbest(s) | 100 m – 9.94 (2016) 200 m – 19.85 (2016) 400 m – 47.72 (2015)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Ameer Kenneth Webb (born March 19, 1991) is an Americansprinter specializing in the100 m and200 m.
AtTexas A&M, Webb was the 200 meter champion at the 2013NCAA Division I Indoor Championships and the2013 NCAA Outdoor Championships.[4] Prior to Texas A&M he ran forCerritos College, where he was the 2011CCCAA State Champion in both the 100 meters and 200 meters.[5] He had run forTustin High School, finishing fifth in the 200 meters at the 2009CIF California State Meet behindRandall Carroll's sweep of both sprinting events. Webb was a dual-sport student-athlete (track & field and football) at Tustin High for all 3 and 1/2 years he attended there. He attended a small charter school during his first semester of his junior year. The charter school had no sports program. He returned to Tustin for his second semester of his junior year. As a senior, he started both ways and helped lead the football team to its first CIF championship title game in a decade. They eventually fell to aRonnie Hillman-led La Habra football team.[6]
He competed at the2014 IAAF World Relays in the finals, but due to his involvement in an exchange infraction the team was disqualified.[7]
Webb won the 200 meters at the 2016Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix with a meet record of 19.85 (+1.9 m/s).[8] That time ranks him tied withJohn Capel,Konstadinos Kederis andNickel Ashmeade as the number 25 performer in history. He competed at the2016 Olympics.,[1] reaching the semi-finals. On June 25, 2017, Webb won the 200 meters at the2017 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships with a time of 20.09 seconds, thus qualifying for the2017 World Championships in Athletics.
Information fromIAAF profile or Track & Field Results Reporting System unless otherwise noted.[3][9]
| Event | Time | Wind (m/s) | Venue | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m | 9.94 | +1.0 | Rome, Italy | June 2, 2016 | |
| 9.90 w | +2.4 | Norwalk, California, U.S. | April 16, 2016 | Wind-assisted | |
| 200 m | 19.85 | +1.9 | Doha, Qatar | May 6, 2016 | |
| 200 m indoor | 20.37 | n/a | Fayetteville, Arkansas, U.S. | March 8, 2013 | IndoorWL[10] |
| 4×100 m relay | 38.41 | n/a | Monaco | July 21, 2017 | |
| 4×200 m relay | 1:19.88 | n/a | Nassau, Bahamas | April 23, 2017 |
| Year | Championship | Position | Event | Time | Wind (m/s) | Venue | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representing theUnited States | |||||||
| 2014 | World Relays | DQ | 4×200 m relay | — | n/a | Nassau, Bahamas | Passing outside zone[11] |
| 2015 | NACAC Championships | 4th (semi 3) | 200 m | 20.91 | +0.8 | San José, Costa Rica | |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | 6th (semi 2) | 200 m | 20.43 | −0.3 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| 2017 | World Relays | 2nd | 4×200 m relay | 1:19.88 | n/a | Nassau, Bahamas | PB |
| World Championships | 5th | 200 m | 20.26 | −0.1 | London, England | ||
| 2018 | Athletics World Cup[note 1] | 3rd | 200 m | 20.51 | −1.1 | London, England | |
| Year | Championship | Position | Event | Time | Wind (m/s) | Venue | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representing theTexas A&M Aggies | |||||||
| 2012 | NCAA Division I Indoor Championships | 17th | 60 m | 6.67 | n/a | Nampa, Idaho | |
| 1st | 200 m | 20.57 | n/a | ||||
| NCAA Division I Championships | 2nd | 200 m | 20.65 | −4.2 | Des Moines, Iowa | ||
| 4th | 4×100 m relay | 39.08 | n/a | ||||
| 2013 | NCAA Division I Indoor Championships | 1st | 200 m | 20.42 | n/a | Fayetteville, Arkansas | |
| NCAA Division I Championships | 6th | 100 m | 10.14 w | +3.2 | Eugene, Oregon | Wind-assisted | |
| 1st | 200 m | 20.10 w | +2.6 | Wind-assisted | |||
| RepresentingNike | |||||||
| 2013 | U.S. Championships | 4th | 200 m | 20.20 | +1.6 | Des Moines, Iowa | PB[12] |
| 2014 | U.S. Championships | 14th | 200 m | 20.74 w | +2.1 | Sacramento, California | Wind-assisted[13] |
| 2015 | U.S. Championships | 23rd | 100 m | 10.15 | +1.3 | Eugene, Oregon | SB[14] |
| 6th | 200 m | 20.30 | +0.4 | [14] | |||
| 2016 | U.S. Olympic Trials | 3rd | 200 m | 20.00 | +1.6 | Eugene, Oregon | [15] |
| 2017 | U.S. Championships | 1st | 200 m | 20.09 | −2.3 | Sacramento, California | SB[16] |
| 2018 | U.S. Championships | 1st | 200 m | 20.47 | −1.9 | Des Moines, Iowa | [17] |
| 2019 | U.S. Championships | 7th | 100 m | 10.23 | −1.0 | Des Moines, Iowa | |
| 3rd | 200 m | 20.45 | −0.7 | SB | |||
RepresentingNike
