Marcus Chambers

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Marcus Chambers
Personal information
Born (1994-11-03) 3 November 1994 (age 29)
Tacoma, Washington, U.S.
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight151 lb (68 kg)
Sport
CountryFlag of the United States.svg United States
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Sprinting
Medal record
Pan American Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Toronto 4 x 400 m

Marcus Chambers (born November 3, 1994) is an American athlete who specializes in sprinting. [1]

Born and raised in Tacoma, Washington, Chambers attended Foss High School. [2]

Chambers, contracted by Nike, competes best as a 400 meters runner and has a fastest time of 44.92 seconds. [3] In 2013 he won gold at the Pan American Junior Championships as a member of the 4 x 400 metres relay team. [4] Receiving an athletics scholarship to the University of Oregon, Chambers was a two-time Pac-12 champion in the 400 meters and had a second-place finish in the 400 meters at the 2015 NCAA Outdoor Championships. [5] He was on the gold medal-winning 4 x 400 metres relay team at the 2015 NACAC Championships which set a competition record time. [4]

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References

  1. "Tacoma Native Marcus Chambers Track Standout is Wearing Two Hats". The Suburban Times . May 2, 2022.
  2. "Tacoma native Marcus Chambers prepares for 2020 Olympic trials". king5.com . January 28, 2020.
  3. "Ex-Foss and Oregon Ducks track star signs with Nike". The News Tribune . January 8, 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Marcus Chambers". teamusa.org. Archived from the original on December 30, 2015.
  5. Bonnie, Hannah (February 15, 2017). "Marcus Chambers strives for elusive NCAA title". Daily Emerald .