Fred Kerley

Fred Kerley
Personal information
Full nameFredrick Lee Kerley
Born (1995-05-07) May 7, 1995
Home townTaylor, Texas, U.S.
Height6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight205 lb (93 kg)
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportTrack and field
Event
Sprints
College team
Turned proJune 2017
Coached byQuincy Watts
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking1st (100 m, weeks 58)
Personal bests
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo 100 m
2024 Paris 100 m
World Championships
2019 Doha 4 × 400 m relay
2022 Eugene 100 m
2023 Budapest 4 × 100 m relay
2017 London 4 × 400 m relay
2019 Doha 400 m
World Indoor Championships
2018 Birmingham 4 × 400 m relay
Diamond League
2018 400 m
2021 100 m
NACAC U23 Championships
2016 San Salvador 4 × 100 m relay

Fredrick Lee Kerley (/ˈkɜːrli/ KUR-lee; born May 7, 1995) is an American track and field sprinter. He was the Olympic silver medalist over 100 m at the 2020 Olympics and bronze medalist at the 2024 Olympics in the same event. Kerley has earned an additional six medals at the World Championships, most notably 100 m gold at the 2022 edition. He has also medalled in the 400 m, 4 × 100 m relay, and 4 × 400 m relay and won eleven Diamond League races, including two Diamond League finals – the 400 m in 2018 and the 100 m in 2021.

His personal best time of 43.64 seconds makes him the tenth fastest man in history over 400 meters. During the pandemic, Kerley chose to focus on the 100 m during the Olympic cycle to improve his basic speed for future attempts at a sub-43 400 m. The decision to move down paid off as he won the silver medal in the 100 m at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with a 9.84 performance. His personal best time of 9.76 seconds makes him the seventh fastest man in history over the straightaway sprint, behind Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake, Tyson Gay, Asafa Powell, Justin Gatlin, Kishane Thompson and joint with Christian Coleman and Trayvon Bromell.

Kerley is one of only three men along with Michael Norman and Wayde van Niekerk to go sub-10 seconds in 100 m, sub-20 seconds in 200 m and sub-44 seconds in 400 m.