Courtney Lindsey (born November 18, 1998) is an American track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter.[1]
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| Born | November 18, 1998 Rock Island, Illinois, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Employer | Nike | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 160 lb (73 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 100m: 9.89 (Austin, 2023) 200m 19.71 (Nairobi, 2024) | ||||||||||||||
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Early life
Born and raised in Rock Island, Illinois,[2] he attended Rock Island High School. He used to train at a boxing gym 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 Texas Tech University.[3][4]
Career
In June 2023, competing for Texas Tech University, he ran a new personal best time of 10.02 in the heats of the NCAA Outdoor Championship in the 100m event in Austin, Texas. He then triumphed in the final, running a new personal best time of 9.89 seconds.[5] Although, his 4x100m relay team was disqualified at the same event,[6] he ran another new personal best of 19.86s to finish runner-up in the 200m race.[7]
Competing at the 2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, in Eugene, Oregon, he reached the semi-finals of the 100m competition.[8] In the 200 metres, he beat Fred Kerley and Christian Coleman, amongst others, to finish in third place in the final in a new personal best time of 19.85 seconds.[9][10]
In July 2023, he made his debut in a Diamond League event, finishing seventh in Monaco in the 100 metres.[11] He was selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023.[12] Competing in the 200m 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.[13]
On 20 April 2024, he lowered his 200m personal best to 19.71 seconds at high altitude at the Kip Keino Classic in Nairobi, Kenya.[14] He was selected to be part of the American team for the 2024 World Athletics Relays, taking place in Nassau, Bahamas in May 2024.[15] On 10 May 2024, he finished runner-up in the 200 metres at the 2024 Doha Diamond League.[16] He followed that with the runner-up spot at the 2024 Prefontaine Classic.[17]
