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Tyson Gay

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Tyson Gay (born August 9, 1982) is a retired American track and field sprinter who competed in the 100 and 200 meters. His 100 m personal best of 9.69 seconds is the American record and makes him tied for the second fastest athlete over 100 m ever, along with Yohan Blake of Jamaica. Gay has won medals in many major international competitions, which includes 3 gold medals in the 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m relay at the 2007 Osaka World Championships. This made him the second man to win all three events at the same World Championships, after Maurice Greene (Usain Bolt duplicated the feat two years later). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2024). Tyson Gay is the 1,788th most popular athlete (down from 409th in 2024), the 10,046th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,728th in 2019) and the 325th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Tyson Gay ranks 1,788 out of 6,025. Before him are Eric Carlberg, Claude Piquemal, Nadezhda Ilyina, Olga Kuzenkova, Grigory Mkrtychan, and Nikolay Smaga. After him are Meinhard Nehmer, Pierre Blondiaux, Reinhold Durnthaler, Harald Hein, Kalle Jalkanen, and Eva Dawes.

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Among people born in 1982, Tyson Gay ranks 168. Before him are Eduardo Carvalho, Mercedes Mason, Kenichi Kawano, Aksel Lund Svindal, Cam Gigandet, and Akira Takabe. After him are Andoni Iraola, Fabricio Coloccini, Mirjana Lučić-Baroni, Vincent Enyeama, Justin Gatlin, and Dwyane Wade.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tyson Gay ranks 10,051 out of 20,380. Before him are Shayla LaVeaux (1969), George Beauchamp (1899), Edward William Nelson (1855), Cam Gigandet (1982), Jeanne Shaheen (1947), Chris Finch (1969), Ray Mercer (1961), Wallace Smith Broecker (1931), and Chris Connor (1927). After him are Ralph Abernathy (1926), Garry Winogrand (1928), and Barbara Askins (1939).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Tyson Gay ranks 325. Before him are Charles Vinci (1933), Ira Davenport (1887), Jerome Biffle (1928), Paul Drayton (1939), Lucinda Williams (1937), and Henry Proctor (1929). After him are Tom Price (1933), Bob Hayes (1942), Harold Smith (1909), Curtis Stevens (1898), Earl Eby (1894), and Jesse Mashburn (1933).

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