Courtney Lindsey (born 18 November 1998) is an American

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athlete who competes as a sprinter.

Early life

Born and raised in

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, he attended Rock Island High School. He used to train at a

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in the Quad Cities operated by his step father. Lindsey began his collegiate career at Iowa Central Community College. In July 2019, he signed a letter of intent to transfer to

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Career

In June 2023, competing for

, he ran a new personal best time of 10.02 in the heats of the NCAA Outdoor Championship in the 100m event in

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. He then triumphed in the final, running a new personal best time of 9.89 seconds. Although, his 4x100m relay team was disqualified at the same event, he ran another new personal best of 19.86s to finish runner-up in the 200m race. Competing at the

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, in

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, he reached the semi-finals of the 100m competition. In the 200 metres, he beat

Fred Kerley Fredrick Lee Kerley (born May 7, 1995) is an American track and field sprinter known primarily for competing in the 400 meters distance but more recently the 100 meters and 200 meters. He has earned several medals at the World Championships in ...

and Christian Coleman, amongst others, to finish in third place in the final in a new personal best time of 19.85 seconds. In July 2023, he made his debut in a

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event, finishing seventh in

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in the 100 metres. He was selected for the

2023 World Athletics Championships The 2023 World Athletics Championships ( hu, 2023-as atlétikai világbajnokság), the nineteenth edition of the World Athletics Championships, are scheduled to be held from 19 August to 27 August 2023 in Budapest, Hungary. The city of Budapes ...

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in August 2023. Competing in the

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in Budapest he qualified for the semi finals where he ran 20.22, missing out on a spot in the final by 1 hundredth of a second to

Joseph Fahnbulleh Joseph Fahnbulleh (born 11 September 2001) is a Liberian-American sprinter. An Olympic finalist, Fahnbulleh is a double NCAA champion and finished fourth at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in the 200 meters race. Early and personal life ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lindsey, Courtney 1998 births Living people American male sprinters Track and field athletes from Illinois Sportspeople from Illinois Texas Tech Red Raiders men's track and field athletes