Bryshon Nellum

Personal information
Full name	Bryshon Lorenzo Nellum
Nationality	American
Born	(1989-05-01)May 1, 1989 (age 36)
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg)
Sport
Sport	Running
Event(s)	200 meters,400 meters
College team	USC Trojans
Achievements and titles
Personalbest(s)	200 m: 20.43 (Sacramento 2007) 400 m: 44.73 (Eugene 2013)
Medal record Men'sathletics Representingthe United States Olympic Games 2012 London 4 × 400 m relay World Championships 2015 Beijing 4 × 400 m relay World Junior Championships 2006 Beijing 4 × 400 m relay Pan American Junior Championships 2007 São Paulo 400 m 2007 São Paulo 4 × 400 m relay World Youth Championships 2005 Marrakesh Medley relay 2005 Marrakesh 400 m

Bryshon Lorenzo Nellum (born May 1, 1989) is an Americansprinter. He graduated fromUniversity of Southern California in 2012 with a degree in Public Administration and Social Service Professions and is currently^[when?] a graduate student.

A native ofLos Angeles,California, Nellum attendedLong Beach Polytechnic High School, where he also competed inAmerican football as awide receiver, and was teammates withTerrence Austin,Jurrell Casey,Vaughn Telemaque, andDonovan Warren. He was ranked the No. 70 wide receiver prospect in his class byRivals.com.^[1]

While still in high school, Nellum was namedGatorade Track & Field Athlete of the Year in 2007. In his sophomore year, Nellum finished second toDavid Gettis in the400 meters at the 2005CIF California State Meet. As a junior, he doubled as state champion in the 200 and 400 meters. At the 2007 CIF State Meet, Nellum repeated as 200 and 400 meters champion.^[2] In a memorable 200 metres dash, Nellum (state meet record 20.43) ran head-to-head with 100 meters championJahvid Best (20.65), narrowly beating him down the stretch.^[3] Nellum's and Best's time ranked No. 1 and No. 2 among high school sprinters in 2007, and earned Nellum a consecutive All-USA selection byUSA Today.^[4] Nellum's time broke a twenty-year-old state record established byQuincy Watts in 1987.^[5]

Nellum had toredshirt the 2009 season at USC, after being shot in the leg by two gang members.^[6] Nellum was told by doctors that he would probably never again reach world-class speeds as a runner.^[7]

On June 24, 2012, inEugene, Oregon, Bryshon Nellum ran a personal record 44.80—his first sub-45-second time—in the 400 meters at theU.S. Olympic track trials, placing third in the competition and earning a spot on the2012 Olympic team. At the 2012 Olympics Nellum reached the semi-finals of the individual 400 meters and won a silver medal as part of the 4 × 400 meters relay team.^[8] He carried theUS flag at the closing ceremony after being chosen by the US athletes.^[8]

• Bryshon Nellum atWorld Athletics
• Bryshon Nellum at DyeStat^{[dead link]}
• Bryshon Nellum at Rivals.com
• Bryshon Nellum at USC Trojans (archived August 26, 2015)
• Bryshon Nellum atlegacy.USATF.org (archived October 6, 2022)
• Bryshon Nellum atTeam USA (archive October 21, 2021)
• Bryshon Nellum atOlympics.com
• Bryshon Nellum atOlympedia
• "USC Track Star Rebounds" – KTLA5 Sports clip onYouTube

• 1989 births
• Living people
• American football wide receivers
• American men sprinters
• USC Trojans men's track and field athletes
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
• Olympic silver medalists for the United States in track and field
• Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
• Track and field athletes from Los Angeles
• World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States
• World Athletics Championships medalists
• USC Sol Price School of Public Policy alumni
• World Athletics Championships winners
• Long Beach Polytechnic High School alumni
• NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
• 21st-century American sportsmen

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