Awards & Winners

Kevin Young

Date of Birth 16-September-1966
Place of Birth Watts
(Los Angeles, Greater Los Angeles Area, California, Los Angeles County)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Kevin Curtis Young
Kevin C. Young is a former American athlete. He was the winner of the 400 meter hurdles at the 1992 Summer Olympics. In the final of this event he set a world record and Olympic record of 46.78 seconds, which remains unbeaten. He became the 400 m hurdles world champion the following year, winning at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics with a time of 47.18 seconds. He had an unusual hurdling technique of switching between 12 and 13 strides between the hurdles, departing from the 13-stride technique popularized by Edwin Moses. Young's performances declined after 1993. He was inducted into the National Track & Field Hall of Fame in 2006.

Awards by Kevin Young

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