Lorenzo Daniel (born March 23, 1966) is an American retired
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 eve ...
sprinter, best known for setting the 1985 world's best year performance in the men's 200 meters and being one of the fastest to run the event at the time. He did so on May 18, 1985, at a meet in
Starkville, Mississippi, clocking 20.07. His fastest-ever 200m dash was 19.87 at
Eugene, Oregon in 1988. He attended
Mississippi State University, and majored in Sports Communication. Daniel was born in
Avera, Georgia and grew up in
Wrens, Georgia
Wrens is a city in Jefferson County, Georgia, United States. The population was 2,187 at the 2010 census. It is located on U.S. Route 1, thirty miles south of Augusta.
History
Wrens was laid out in 1884 when the railroad was extended to that poi ...
. At a time he was the third-fastest man in the world. Though he made the 1988 Olympics, he injured himself before he could attend The Games. He now resides in Dallas, Texas; has a wife, Sissy Sanders-Daniel and three children: Lauren, Lorenzo Jr., and Lorielle. He also founded and currently runs a sports agility company, Turbo Techniques.
References
1985 Year Rankings
1966 births
Living people
American male sprinters
Mississippi State Bulldogs men's track and field athletes
People from Jefferson County, Georgia
Track and field athletes from Georgia (U.S. state)
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
Universiade gold medalists for the United States
Medalists at the 1987 Summer Universiade
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