Paris Peoples
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| Nationality |  United States | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 May 2000 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 400m: 50.36 (Sacramento, 2023) | ||||||||||||||
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Paris Peoples (born 27 May 2000) is an American sprinter who predominantly competes over 400 metres.[1]
Early life
[edit]She attended Benjamin N. Cardozo High School in New York. She won 600m race at the 2017 Indoor States Championship.[2]
Career
[edit]She was a junior at the University of Arkansas by 2022.[3] That year, she won the distance medley relay at the 2022 NCAA Indoor Championships alongside Isabel Van Camp, Krissy Gear and Logan Jolly.[4] She ran a personal best for the 400 metres of 50.60 seconds in Sacramento, California in May 2023.[5]
On 24 April 2025, she was named in the American team for the 2025 World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou, China in May 2025.[6] She competed for the United States in the women's 4 x 400 metres relay as the team won their heat to secure a place at the 2025 World Championships.[7] She ran the opening leg of the final with a 52.21 second split, as the American team came away with second place overall and the silver medal.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Paris Peoples". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ King, Perry (Apr 17, 2020). "Flashback Friday: Sam vs. Kam in the 600m in 2016". Milesplit. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ^ "Paris Peoples 3rd Place Women's Collegiate 400m Section 8 - Mt. SAC Relays 2022". Bailey Lear. 15 April 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ^ Gault, Jonathan; Johnson, Robert (11 March 2022). "2022 NCAA Indoor Women's Day 1: BYU's Courtney Wayment Wins Again As Arkansas Captures the DMR". Lets Run. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ "Women 400 M (Quarterfinals)". ncaa.com. 24 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ "Global medallists on US team for World Relays in Guangzhou". world athletics. 24 April 2025. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
- ^ "Women's 4x400 Metres Relay - World Athletics Relays Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. 10 May 2025. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ Perelman, Rich (May 11, 2025). "ATHLETICS: U.S. wins mixed 4×4, but South Africa and Spain star in World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou". The Sports Examiner. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
