Gil Roberts (born March 15, 1989) is an American athlete who specializes in the 200 m and

400 m The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is o ...

. He competed for

Texas Tech Texas Tech University (Texas Tech, Tech, or TTU) is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas. Established on , and called Texas Technological College until 1969, it is the main institution of the five-institution Texas Tech University Sys ...

under coach

Wes Kittley Wes Kittley is the current head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders track and field team. He has produced several national champions and Olympians in Sally Kipyego and Kennedy Kithuka. Career Abilene Christian, 1983-1999 Kittley was the women's t ...

at the NCAA level. He was a member of the USA team that won the gold medal in the Men's 4×400 metres relay at the

2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics was the 14th edition of the global-level indoor track and field competition and was held between March 9–11, 2012 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena in Istanbul, Turkey. It was the first of fou ...

. Roberts won the 2014 US Outdoor championship in 44.53 on June 28 in

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. While competing at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Roberts won an Olympic gold medal in the 4 × 400 m relay. Another Texas Tech athlete,

Michael Mathieu Michael Mathieu (born 24 June 1984) is a retired Bahamian sprinter from Freeport, Grand Bahama who specialized in the 200 metres and 400 metres. He was part of the Bahamian silver medal-winning team in the men's 4×400 metres relay at the 20 ...

won bronze in the same event competing for the

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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Roberts, Gil 1989 births Living people American male sprinters Texas Tech Red Raiders men's track and field athletes Track and field athletes from Oklahoma Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field Sportspeople from Oklahoma City World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States World Athletics Championships medalists USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners World Athletics Indoor Championships winners