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Date of Birth
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31-January-1984
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Place of Birth
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Irving
(Dallas County, Texas, Area code 469, Area code 972, Area codes 214, 469, and 972)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Jeremy Mathew Wariner, Pookie
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Profession
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Track and field athlete, Coach
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Jeremy Mathew Wariner is an American track athlete specializing in the 400 meters. He has won four Olympic medals and six World Championships medals. He is the third fastest competitor in the history of the 400 m event with a personal best of 43.45 seconds behind Michael Johnson, and Butch Reynolds and the fifth fastest all-time mark when set in 2007.
A successful college athlete, Wariner won the 400 m and 4 × 400 meters relay gold medals at his first Olympics in Athens 2004. He followed this with two gold medals at the 2005 World Championships in the same events. He remained undefeated in the 400 m event during the 2006 ÅF Golden League, earning him the $250,000 jackpot. He remained World Champion in the 400 meters individual and relay events at the 2007 Osaka World Championships, earning him the 2007 Best Male Track Athlete ESPY Award. He won the 4x400 m relay gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics but took silver in the 400 m, finishing behind fellow countryman LaShawn Merritt. Wariner picked up the silver medal in the 2009 World Championships, again finishing second to Merritt.
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