Kristi Castlin
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| Nationality | American |
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July 7, 1988 Atlanta, Georgia |
| Residence | Los Angeles |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
| Weight | 133 lb (60 kg) |
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| Club | HSInternational Sports Management |
| Team | Nike |
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Kristi Castlin (born July 7, 1988) is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the 100 metres hurdles. Her personal best for the event is 12.50 seconds, set on July 8, 2016 during the finals of the 2016 United States Olympic Trials, in which she qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics by placing 2nd. She was the 2012 American champion in the indoor 60 metres hurdles and represented the United States at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships. She shares the world record for the shuttle hurdle relay, with her time of 50.78 seconds set in 2013.
She competed collegiately for the Virginia Tech Hokies and has several top three finishes in NCAA competition. She was a gold medalist at the Pan American Junior Athletics Championships in 2007 and a silver medalist at the NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics in 2008.
During the 2016 Summer Olympics, Castlin wore a traditional Hindu bindi. Castlin won a bronze medal in the women's 100 metres hurdles, completing the sweep of the event along with two of her USA teammates, Nia Ali and Brianna Rollins, who won silver and gold medals respectively. It was the only sweep in the 2016 Olympic Athletics program.
Castlin was born in Atlanta, Georgia to Kimberly and Rodney Castlin. She did not take up track and field until the age of fourteen, only becoming interested when she noticed she was quicker than her classmates. While still in high school, she ran a Georgia state record time of 13.73 seconds for the 100 metres hurdles. She graduated in the top five percent of her class, and given her athletic ability, she gained a scholarship to study political science at Virginia Tech. Castlin was a freshman during the Virginia Tech shooting, in which Seung-Hui Cho shot and killed 32 people and wounded 17 others. She graduated from Virginia Tech in 2010.
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