Justin Robinson

Robinson in 2023
Personal information
Born	(2002-03-30)March 30, 2002 (age 23) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight	150 lb (68 kg)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event	Sprints
College team	Arizona State Sun Devils
Coached by	Dion Miller Sean Burris
Achievements and titles
Personalbests	100 m: 10.32 (2019) 200 m: 20.37 (2023) 400 m: 44.47 (2023,WYB)
Medal record Men'sathletics Representingthe United States World Championships 2023 Budapest 4 × 400 m relay 2023 Budapest 4 × 400 m mixed Pan American Games 2019 Lima 4 × 400 m relay 2019 Lima 400 m World U20 Championships 2018 Tampere 4 × 400 m relay Pan American U20 Championships 2019 San José 400 m 2019 San José 4 × 400 m relay

Justin Robinson (born March 30, 2002) is an Americansprinter specializing in the400 meters. He set theworld under-18 best in the boys' 400 meters in June 2019 becoming the first U18 athlete to break the 45 second barrier with a time of 44.84 seconds. He was the2019 Pan American under-20 champion in the men's 400 meters, and helped set theworld under-20 record in winning the men's4 × 400 meters relay for the United States, splitting 43.7 seconds on the last lap for a time of 2:59.30.

Robinson has additionally won medals at the2019 Pan American Games, earning a bronze medal in the400 meters and a silver in the4 × 400 meters relay, as well as a silver at the2018 World Under-20 Championships in the4 × 400 meters relay.

Robinson's speed was noticed after winning a footrace and playing football with a cousin in his freshman year of high school, who introduced him to track and field.^[1]

Robinson set a newBoy's World Youth Best of 44.84 seconds over 400 metres on June 8, 2019.^[2] It was the fastest 400-meter time for anAmerican high schooler sinceDarrell Robinson in 1982.

At the2018 IAAF World U20 Championships inTampere,Finland, Robinson won a silver medal as part of themen's 4 × 400 m relay squad.^[3]

He graduated fromHazelwood West High School inHazelwood, Missouri in May 2020. He signed a letter of intent to attend Arizona State University.^[4]

His 2020 season was limited due to theCOVID-19 pandemic, but in his only 400 m race he ran 44.91 s, the fastest time in the world that year.^[1]

• Justin Robinson atWorld Athletics

Records
Preceded by Obea Moore	Boys' world under-18 best holder,400 metres 8 June 2019 – 21 June 2024	Succeeded by Quincy Wilson

• USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners
• 2002 births
• Living people
• Sportspeople from St. Louis County, Missouri
• African-American track and field athletes
• American men sprinters
• Track and field athletes from Missouri
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games
• Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
• Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field)
• Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field)
• 21st-century African-American sportsmen
• World Athletics Championships winners
• NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners
• Arizona State Sun Devils men's track and field athletes
• 21st-century American sportsmen

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