Ashley Spencer

Personal information
Born	(1993-06-08)June 8, 1993 (age 32)
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight	128 lb (58 kg)
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Track and field
Event	400 m hurdles
Medal record Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro 400 m hurdles World Championships 2013 Moscow 4 × 400 m relay World Indoor Championships 2016 Portland 4 × 400 m relay 2016 Portland 400 m World Relay Championships 2017 Nassau 4 × 400 m relay World Junior Championships 2012 Barcelona 400 m 2012 Barcelona 4 × 400 m relay

Ashley Spencer (born June 8, 1993) is an Americantrack and field athlete who competes in the400 metres and the400 metres hurdles. In the 400 m hurdles, she is the2016 Olympic bronze medalist. In the 400 m, she is the2012 World Junior Champion and the2016 World Indoor silver medalist. She is coached by 1996 Olympic bronze medalistTonya Buford-Bailey.

Born June 8, 1993, inIndianapolis,Indiana, Spencer attended theUniversity of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, where she ran for theIllinois Fighting Illini and won 2NCAA titles. She then attended theUniversity of Texas at Austin, where she ran for theTexas Longhorns. Her uncle isSteve Smith, the1995 Pan American Games silver medalist in the high jump.

At the2012 World Junior Championships Spencer won gold medals in both the 400 meters and the4 × 400 meter relay.^[1]

At the2013 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Spencer finished third in the 400 m.^[2][3] This finish assured her selection for the2013 World Championships in Moscow.^[4] At the World Championships she ran 51.48 in the 400 m heats to qualify for the semifinals, where she was eliminated running 51.80. She went on to win a gold medal in the 4 × 400 m relay, along withJessica Beard,Natasha Hastings andFrancena McCorory.

Spencer won a silver medal in the 400 m in 51.77 and a gold medal in the 4 × 400 m relay at the2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships inPortland, Oregon. Later that year at theUnited States Olympic Trials, she finished second behindDalilah Muhammad in the 400 m hurdles in a personal best of 54.02, to earn selection for the Rio Olympics. She also finished seventh in the 400 m final at the trials in 51.09. At theRio Olympics, she won the bronze medal in the 400 m hurdles in a personal best time of 53.72 seconds.

In June 2017, Spencer moved into theworld all-time top 25 when she improved her 400 m hurdles best to 53.11 seconds, finishing fourth at theU.S. Championships, in a race won byDalilah Muhammad in 52.64.

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• Ashley Spencer atOlympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

• Living people
• 1993 births
• American women sprinters
• World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
• Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in track and field
• Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
• World Athletics Championships medalists
• Illinois Fighting Illini women's track and field athletes
• Track and field athletes from Indianapolis
• Texas Longhorns women's track and field athletes
• World Athletics Indoor Championships winners
• World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists
• World Athletics Championships winners
• Track and field athletes from Indiana
• United States collegiate record holders in athletics (track and field)
• NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
• NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners
• 21st-century American sportswomen
• Diamond League winners

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