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| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 February 2007 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | |||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 100m: 45.62 (2024) | |||||||||||||||||
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Sidi Njie (born 20 February 2007) is an American sprinter. [1]
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| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 February 2007 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | |||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 100m: 45.62 (2024) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sidi Njie (born 20 February 2007) is an American sprinter. [1]
From Georgia, he attended Westlake High School in Atlanta. [2]
In 2023 he ran the fastest 400m time ever recorded by a high school athlete in Georgia, running 45.46, lowering the record of 45.78 that Will Sumner had set the previous year. [3]
He won the men's 400 meters in a time of 45.62 seconds at the USATF U20 Outdoor Championships at Hayward Field, Eugene, Oregon in June 2024. [4]
He qualified for the final of the 400 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru. [5] In the final he came away with the bronze medal, running 46.29 seconds. [6] He then won gold running the anchor leg for the American 4 x 400 metres relay team. [7]
His mother Alicia is a former track runner. [8]
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