Paris Peoples

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Paris Peoples
Personal information
NationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Born (2000-05-27) 27 May 2000 (age 24)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)400m: 50.36 (Sacramento, 2023)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
World Relays
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Guangzhou 4×400 m relay

Paris Peoples (born 27 May 2000) is an American sprinter who predominantly competes over 400 metres. [1]

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Early life

She attended Benjamin N. Cardozo High School in New York. She won 600m race at the 2017 Indoor States Championship. [2]

Career

She was a junior at the University of Arkansas by 2022. [3] That year, she won the distance medley relay at the 2022 NCAA Indoor Championships alongside Isabel Van Camp, Krissy Gear and Logan Jolly. [4] She ran a personal best for the 400 metres of 50.60 seconds in Sacramento, California in May 2023. [5]

On 24 April 2025, she was named in the American team for the 2025 World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou, China in May 2025. [6] She competed for the United States in the women's 4 x 400 metres relay as the team won their heat to secure a place at the 2025 World Championships. [7] She ran the opening leg of the final with a 52.21 second split, as the American team came away with second place overall and the silver medal. [8]

References

  1. "Paris Peoples". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  2. King, Perry (Apr 17, 2020). "Flashback Friday: Sam vs. Kam in the 600m in 2016". Milesplit. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  3. "Paris Peoples 3rd Place Women's Collegiate 400m Section 8 - Mt. SAC Relays 2022". Bailey Lear. 15 April 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  4. Gault, Jonathan; Johnson, Robert (11 March 2022). "2022 NCAA Indoor Women's Day 1: BYU's Courtney Wayment Wins Again As Arkansas Captures the DMR". Lets Run. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  5. "Women 400 M (Quarterfinals)". ncaa.com. 24 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  6. "Global medallists on US team for World Relays in Guangzhou". world athletics. 24 April 2025. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  7. "Women's 4x400 Metres Relay - World Athletics Relays Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. 10 May 2025. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  8. Perelman, Rich (May 11, 2025). "ATHLETICS: U.S. wins mixed 4×4, but South Africa and Spain star in World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou". The Sports Examiner. Retrieved 11 May 2025.