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Erriyon Knighton

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Erriyon Knighton (born January 29, 2004) is an American sprinter specializing in the 100 meters and 200 meters. At the age of 18, he won the bronze medal in the 200 m at the 2022 World Athletics Championships, becoming the youngest ever individual sprint medalist in Championships history. He was also the silver medalist at the 2023 200m final at the World Championships. Knighton holds the world under-18 best in the 200 m of 19.84 seconds, set on June 27, 2021, and world U20 record with a time of 19.69 seconds, set on June 26, 2022. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Erriyon Knighton is the 6,906th most popular athlete (down from 6,058th in 2019), the 20,165th most popular biography from United States (down from 19,418th in 2019) and the 807th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Erriyon Knighton ranks 6,906 out of 6,025. Before him are Stan Okoye, Oleg Stoyanovskiy, Marina Goliadkina, Paul Drux, Xiang Yanmei, and Irina Ektova. After him are Francesco Di Fulvio, Merve Çoban, Adam van Koeverden, David Carter, Elena Arzhakova, and Jacob Schopf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 2004, Erriyon Knighton ranks 126. Before him are Dilano van 't Hoff, Millie Gibson, Jordan Stolz, Tom Rothe, Habib Diarra, and Willy Kambwala. After him are Lydia Jacoby, Sterling Jerins, Sōta Kitano, Su Yiming, Adriana Vilagoš, and Carlos Forbs.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Erriyon Knighton ranks 20,173 out of 20,380. Before him are Magnus Sheffield (2002), Curran Walters (1998), Stan Okoye (1991), Anna Nalick (1984), Lauren Taylor (1998), and Dorell Wright (1985). After him are Kyle O'Quinn (1990), Devin Druid (1997), Lloyd (1986), Mark Delgado (1995), Abby Stein (1991), and Cole Aldrich (1988).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Erriyon Knighton ranks 807. Before him are Robert Dickson (null), Emily Regan (1988), Li Zhixuan (1994), Michael Foley (null), Paige McPherson (1990), and Stan Okoye (1991). After him are Carissa Moore (1992), Pete Reed (1981), Breaux Greer (1976), Kellie Wells (1982), Amanda Elmore (1991), and Scott Durant (1988).

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