Wallace Spearmon

Wallace Spearmon

Spearmon on 2010 Weltklasse Zürich
Personal information
Nationality	USA
Born	(1984-12-24) December 24, 1984 (age 32) Robbins, Illinois, U.S.
Residence	Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Sport
Sport	Running
Event(s)	100 meters, 200 meters
Medal record Men’s athletics Representing the  United States World Championships 2007 Osaka 4×100 m relay 2005 Helsinki 200 m 2007 Osaka 200 m 2009 Berlin 200 m Pan American Games 2015 Toronto 4x100 m Representing Americas Continental Cup 2006 Athens 200 m 2006 Athens 4×100 m relay 2010 Split 200 m 2010 Split 4×100 m relay

Wallace Spearmon Jr. (born December 24, 1984 in Robbins, Illinois, USA) is an American sprint athlete, who specializes in the 200 meters. He is a two-time NCAA outdoor champion in the 200 m and won the silver medal in the event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics. He has a personal best of 19.65 seconds for the distance, making him the eighth fastest 200 meter runner of all-time, and he also holds the indoor American record.

He has won the bronze medal twice at the World Championships in Athletics in 2007 and 2009. He also finished third at the 2008 Summer Olympics, but was later disqualified for stepping out of his lane.

Spearmon is a graduate of Fayetteville High School and attended the University of Arkansas, where he competed collegiately for two seasons before turning pro. While at Arkansas, he won the 200 meters NCAA Outdoor title in 2004 and 2005 as well as the NCAA Indoor 200 m title in 2005. In August 2005, he won the silver medal in the 200 m at the 2005 World Championships and in August 2007, he won the bronze medal at the 2007 World Championships. Spearmon won the 200 m at the USA outdoor athletics championships in 2006 and finished second in 2007. At the 2009 World Championships in Berlin he won another bronze. He ran a world best time of 31.88 for the 300 m indoors in February 2006.