“You have to have that dog-eat-dog kind of mentality. I think me playing football all my life and having that chip on my shoulder, not really getting the opportunities that I wanted, really carried over to track and field. It allowed me to use all that energy and put it in the direction of being the best track athlete that I could be.”

American track and field sprinter, born 1996

Christian Coleman is an American professional sprinter in track and field, known for competing in the 60 metres, 100 metres, and 200 metres. Born in 1996, he became the 2019 world champion in the 100 metres and won gold as part of the United States men’s 4 x 100-metre relay team. Coleman is the world record holder for the indoor 60 metres, with a time of 6.34 seconds. His personal bests include 9.76 seconds in the 100 metres and 19.85 in the 200 metres. He was also the Diamond League champion in 2018 and 2023, and finished as the world number one ranked men’s 100 metres runner for the 2017, 2018, and 2019 seasons.