Noah Lyles

Noah Lyles
Noah Lyles at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris
Personal information
Born (1997-07-18) July 18, 1997 (age 27)
Gainesville, Florida, U.S.
Home townAlexandria, Virginia, U.S.
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)[2]
Sport
Country United States
SportTrack and field
EventSprints
ClubPURE Athletics[3]
TeamAdidas[4]
Turned pro2016[4]
Coached byLance Brauman[5]
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking1st (100m/200m, 2023) [6][7]
Personal bests

Noah Lyles OLY[9] (born July 18, 1997) is an American track and field sprinter who competes in the 60 meters, 100 meters and 200 meters events. His personal best of 19.31 seconds in the 200m is the American record, and makes him the third fastest of all-time. He is an Olympic champion and six-time World champion.

In the 100 m, Lyles won the gold medal at the 2024 Olympic Games, is three-time world champion (4 x 100 m relay in 2019, 100 m and 4 × 100 m relay events in 2023), and was a 100 m and 4 × 100 m relay gold medalist at the 2016 World U20 Championships.

In the 200 m, Lyles is a three-time world champion (2019, 2022, 2023) and is the bronze medalist at the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games. He also won a gold medal in the 2014 Youth Olympic Games.

Lyles completed a sprint treble by winning gold medals in the 100-meter, 200-meter and 4x100-meter events at the 2023 World Championships.[10]

  1. ^ "Noah Lyles, OLY". Twitter. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference teamusa.org was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Eder, Larry (December 27, 2017). "PURE Athletics, some thoughts on what is behind the great races". runblogrun.com. RunBlogRun. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  4. ^ a b Maese, Rick (July 22, 2016). "Teenage track stars Noah, Josephus Lyles turn pro, sign with Adidas". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  5. ^ Dennehy, Cathal (December 15, 2018). "Lyles' Doha ambition: 'I want to be world champion before I go to the Olympics'". iaaf.org. IAAF. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  6. ^ "World Rankings | Men's 100m (50m-55m-60m)".
  7. ^ "World Rankings | Men's 200m".
  8. ^ ""Noah Is This Generation Bolt": Track World in Frenzy After Noah Lyles Ties for the 150M American Record at the Atlanta City Games 2024 - The SportsRush". May 19, 2024. Archived from the original on May 19, 2024. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  9. ^ "Noah Lyles, OLY". Twitter. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
  10. ^ "World Athletics Championships 2023: Noah Lyles completes hat-trick of world titles, anchoring USA to men's 4x100m relay win". Olympics.com. Retrieved August 9, 2024.


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