Vernon Norwood

Personal

• Son of Curtis Norwood and Charliette Ray
• Started running track and field during his junior year of high school
• Before he became a national champion at LSU, he ran for South Plains College
• Is currently an interdisciplinary studies major at LSU
• Hobbies include playing basketball, watching criminal movies and joking around with his friends.

Career Highlights

• Swept NCAA Indoor and NCAA Outdoor titles in the 400-meter dash during his senior season in 2015
• Became the 14th sprinter in collegiate history to sweep NCAA Indoor and NCAA Outdoor titles in the 400-meter dash (or 440-yard dash) in the same season
• Joined the great Xavier Carter as the only two LSU Tigers to sweep national championships in the event in the same season
• Anchored the Tigers to a pair of NCAA titles in the 4×400-meter relay during his career with wins indoors in 2014 and outdoors in 2015
• Ended his career as the No. 2-ranked 400-meter runner in school history during both seasons with an indoor PR of 45.31 and outdoor PR of 44.44
• Outdoor PR of 44.44 made him the No. 8-ranked performer outdoors in NCAA history on the all-time collegiate Top 10 list

Olympic Experience

• 2-time Olympian; 4-time Olympic medalist (2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
• Olympic Games Paris 2024, gold (4 x 400m Relay - Men), silver (4 x 400m Relay - Mixed)
• Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, gold (4 x 400m Relay - Men), bronze (4 x 400m Relay - Mixed)

World Championship Experience

• Most recent: 2023 – gold (4 x 400m Relay - Men), 4th (400m - Men)
• Years of participation: 4 x 400m Relay - Men 2015, 2019, 2022, 2023; 400m - Men 2015, 2019, 2023; 4 x 400m Relay - Mixed 2022; 4 x 400m Relay (Indoor) - Men 2016, 2018; 400m (Indoor) - Men 2016
• Medals: 7 (5 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
• Gold – 2023 (4 x 400m Relay - Men); 2022 (4 x 400m Relay - Men); 2019 (4 x 400m Relay - Men); 2016 (4 x 400m Relay (Indoor) - Men); 2015 (4 x 400m Relay - Men)
• Silver – 2018 (4 x 400m Relay (Indoor) - Men)
• Bronze – 2022 (4 x 400m Relay - Mixed)

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