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Nationality | American | ||||||||
Born | Atlanta, Georgia | 22 January 1999||||||||
Education | Marist School (Georgia) '17 Purdue University '21 University of Kentucky '23 | ||||||||
Sport | |||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||
Event | 400m | ||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 400m: 45.47 (Albuquerque, 2024) | ||||||||
Medal record
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Brian Faust (born 12 January 1999) is an American track and field athlete. He won the 2024 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships in over 400 metres. [1]
A member of Garden State Track Club in New Jersey, Faust competed collegiately for Purdue Boilermakers between 2018 and 2021. [2] He earned All-America and All-Southeastern Conference honors in 2023 while at University of Kentucky. [3]
Faust won the 2024 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships in 2024 over 400 metres. [4] He was subsequently selected for the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland where he did not qualify from the heats of the men's 400 metres. [5] [6]
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