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Athing Mu
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Athing Mu is a female athletics competitor from the United States and South Sudan. Born in Trenton in 2002, she competes for the United States in the 800 metres and the 4 × 400 metres relay. She is educated at Texas A&M University and speaks English.
Mu participated in the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics and the 2020 Summer Olympics. At the 2020 Games, she competed in the women's 800 metres and the women's 4 × 400 metres relay. She won the 2020 Summer Olympics. She is also affiliated with USA Athletics as a middle distance runner.
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 2002-06-08 ) June 8, 2002 (age 24) , Trenton, New Jersey , U.S.
- Height
- 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
- Weight
- 124 lb (56 kg)
- Country
- United States
- Sport
- Track and field
- Event s
- 800 meters , 400 meters
- College team
- Texas A&M Aggies
- Club
- Nike , Trenton Track Club (youth)
- Coached by
- Bobby Kersee (2023–2025), Milton Mallard (2021–2022), Al Jennings (youth), Bernice Mitchell (youth)
- Personal bests
- 400 m : 49.57 AJR ( Eugene 2021) 800 m : 1:54.97 National record</span>"}]]}'>NR ( Eugene 2023) Indoors 400 m : 50.52i ( College Station 2021) 800 m : 1:58.40i World under-20 record</span>"}]]}'>WJR ( College Station 2021)
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Sports profile
- Sport
- Athletics
- Team
- USA Athletics
- Position
- Middle Distance Runner
- Nationality
- United States
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Trenton
- Occupation
- athletics competitor
- Educated at
- Texas A&M University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 56
- Image
- 2019 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships (46472438534) (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 178
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- date of birth
- 2002-06-08
- Commons category
- Athing Mu
- sports discipline competed in
- 4 × 400 metres relay
- competition won
- 2020 Summer Olympics
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Encyclopedic overview
Updated on July 24, 2022
Athing Mu-Nikolayev (/əˈθɪŋ moʊ/; née Mu; born June 8, 2002) is an American middle-distance runner. She is the youngest woman to hold Olympic and world titles in an individual track and field event. At the age of 19, Mu won the gold medal in the 800 meters at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, breaking a national record set by Ajeé Wilson in 2017, and a continental under-20 record. She took a second gold as part of the women's 4 × 400 m relay. She was the 800 m 2022 World champion, becoming the first American woman to win the world championship title over the distance.
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