Athing Mu
South Sudanese-American middle-distance runner
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,412x
- IntCal13 and Marine13 Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curves 0–50,000 Years cal BP
· 2013 · cited 9,522x
- Human papillomavirus is a necessary cause of invasive cervical cancer worldwide
· 1999 · cited 6,446x
- Enhanced Deep Residual Networks for Single Image Super-Resolution
· 2017 · cited 6,382x
- Accurate Image Super-Resolution Using Very Deep Convolutional Networks
· 2016 · cited 5,676x
via Crossref · CC0
~7 min read
Article
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.
Connections
Categories
2002 births21st-century African-American sportswomen21st-century American sportswomenAfrican-American track and field athletesAmerican people of South Sudanese descentAmerican women middle-distance runnersAthletes (track and field) at the 2018 Summer Youth OlympicsAthletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American GamesAthletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer OlympicsDiamond League winnersLiving people