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Olympic medalist
Jeremy Wariner
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Gold	2004 Athens	400 meters
Gold	2004 Athens	4x400m relay
Gold	2005 Helsinki	400 meters
Gold	2005 Helsinki	4x400m Relay

Jeremy Wariner (born January 31, 1984 in Irving, Texas) is an American track athlete. He is a graduate of Lamar High School in Arlington, Texas. Height: 1.83m (approx. 6')

He won the gold medal in 400 meters the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, heading an American clean sweep. The USA also won the gold medal in the 4x400m with Jeremy Wariner running the third leg. He is known for wearing sunglasses for all of his races, regardless if it is sunny or not.

He is the first Caucasian man to win Olympic gold at 400m since Viktor Markin in 1980, and the first white American man to win a medal of any kind in the sprints (400m and under) since Michael Larrabee won the 400 in 1964. However, Wariner doesn't see himself as representing a particular group or race, but rather views it as the culmination of individual hard work and great coaching.

Jeremy Wariner and his teammates stage a subdued celebration after going 1,2,3 in the 400 meter dash at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens

Wariner also won the 400m at the 2005 United States Track and Field Championships with a time of 44.20. At the World Championships in Helsinki he won the 400m in 43.93, and later anchored the American team in the 4x400m relay for the gold medal.

Wariner currently attends Baylor University (though he is not a Baylor athlete) and is coached by Clyde Hart, who was also the coach of Baylor alumnus and two-time Olympic 400m gold medal winner and arguably the greatest 400m sprinter ever Michael Johnson.

He holds a personal record of 43.62 seconds, which he achieved at the 2006 Golden Gala Meet in Rome. This time ranks him as the fourth-fastest 400m runner of all time, with the seventh-fastest performance ever. Together with Asafa Powell (100 m) and Sanya Richards (women's 400 m) he won his sixth out of six Golden League events (400 m) in the same season, which earned him a total of $250,000.

• Jeremy Wariner's U.S. Olympic Team bio
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