Track & Field Names
“Speed & endurance”
These names are shared with sprinters, runners, and track & field Olympians — the fastest and most enduring athletes on Earth. Every four years the Olympics turn these names into household words.
Brianna Rollins-McNeal
Olympic gold medalist hurdler
Stephanie Graf
Austrian middle-distance runner
Evelyn Ashford
Olympic gold medalist sprinter
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone
Olympic gold medalist and world record hurdler
Jesse Owens
Olympic track and field legend
Parker Valby
American long-distance runner
Aaliyah Brown
American world champion sprinter
Jacqueline Joyner-Kersee
Olympic gold medalist in track and field
Kelly Holmes
Olympic gold medalist in middle-distance running
Briana Williams
Olympic gold medalist sprinter
Did you know track & field produces some of the Games' biggest icons? Usain (Bolt), Carl (Lewis), Florence (Griffith Joyner), and Allyson (Felix) carry the thrill of records broken and finish lines crossed first.
Raymond Robinson
Olympic sprinter for the United States
Conner Mantz
American long-distance runner
Kendra Harrison
Olympic hurdler and world record holder
Kara Goucher
American long-distance runner and Olympian
Desiree Linden
American long-distance runner and Boston Marathon winner
Jessie Owens
Olympic track and field legend
Allyson Felix
Most decorated American track and field athlete in Olympic history
Tyson Gay
Olympic sprinter and world champion
Alberto Salazar
American long-distance runner and coach
Jakob Ingebrigtsen
Olympic gold medalist in middle-distance running
Ciara Mageean
Irish middle-distance runner
Tori Bowie
American track and field gold medalist
Carl Lewis
Nine-time Olympic gold medalist in track and field
Yesenia Centeno
Spanish long-distance runner
Nia Ali
American track and field athlete and Olympic medalist
Quincy Watts
Olympic gold medalist sprinter
Lennox Miller
Olympic sprinter from Jamaica
Mohamed Farah
British long-distance runner and Olympic gold medalist
Paula Radcliffe
World champion long-distance runner
Aimee Mullins
Paralympic runner and actress
Track is the purest test of speed and stamina, and a name from it carries that drive — a quiet wish for a child who runs their own race and finishes strong.
Wilson Kipketer
Danish middle-distance runner and world record holder
Karissa Schweizer
American middle- and long-distance runner
Mara Yamauchi
British long-distance runner and Olympian
Lillie Leatherwood
Olympic gold medalist in track and field
Mohammed Farah
Olympic gold medalist long-distance runner
Tianna Bartoletta
Olympic gold medalist in track and field and long jump
Kori Carter
American hurdler and World Champion
Emelia Gorecka
British middle and long-distance runner
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Six-time Olympic medalist in track and field
Joan Benoit
First women's Olympic marathon champion
Giana Romanova
Soviet middle-distance runner
Sally Pearson
Olympic gold medalist hurdler
Tatyana McFadden
Paralympic gold medalist in track and field
Jana Pittman
Australian world champion hurdler
Joslyn Hoyte-Smith
British Olympic bronze medalist sprinter
Kyree King
American Olympic sprinter
Taliyah Brooks
American professional track and field athlete
Keely Hodgkinson
British middle-distance runner and Olympic medalist
Marion Jones
World champion track and field athlete
Samira Terchoun
Algerian Olympic middle-distance runner
Jacey Harper
Trinidadian Olympic sprinter
Arian Smith
American football wide receiver and sprinter
Dior Hall
American hurdler
Dina Asher-Smith
British world champion sprinter
Davian Clarke
Jamaican Olympic sprinter
Florence Griffith Joyner
Olympic track and field champion
Lamont Marcell Jacobs
Olympic gold medalist sprinter
Gerard 'Ger' Hartmann
Renowned Irish physical therapist and distance runner
Maegan Krifchin
American long-distance runner
Donavan Brazier
American middle-distance runner and world champion
Shamar Sands
Olympic hurdler from the Bahamas
Elana Meyer
Olympic silver medalist long-distance runner
Alysia Montaño
American middle-distance runner and Olympian
Dakotah Lindwurm
American long-distance runner
Sydni Scott
American track and field athlete
Dalilah Muhammad
Olympic gold medalist hurdler
Blessing Okagbare
Olympic medalist and world-class sprinter
Abrielle Williams
American collegiate track and field athlete
Citlali Cristian
Pan American Games gold medalist in marathon
Dontae Richards-Kwok
Canadian Olympic sprinter
Abdul Hakim Sani Brown
Japanese sprinter and world championship medalist
Yajaira Peguero
Dominican Olympic hurdler
Divine Oduduru
Nigerian sprinter and NCAA champion
Arman Hall
Olympic gold medalist sprinter
Symone Mason
American collegiate sprinter
Kyron McMaster
Olympic hurdler from the British Virgin Islands
Emil Zátopek
Czech long-distance runner and Olympic gold medalist
Kendell Williams
American track and field athlete and Olympian
Cristofer Clemente
Spanish trail runner
Racheal Nachula
Zambian sprinter and footballer
Kim Min-ji
South Korean track and field athlete
Latasha Colander
Olympic gold medalist track and field athlete
Denim Hamilton
American track and field athlete
Justyn Knight
Olympic long-distance runner
Marla Runyan
American track and field athlete and marathon runner
Kimberlee Adams
Olympic track and field athlete
Queen Harrison
Olympic hurdler
Janeth Jepkosgei
Kenyan middle-distance runner and world champion
Aris Merritt
Olympic gold medalist hurdler
Brittni Mason
Paralympic gold medalist sprinter
Sabastian Sawe
Kenyan long-distance runner and world champion
Dafne Schippers
Dutch world champion sprinter
Tommie Smith
Olympic gold medalist sprinter known for the 1968 Black Power salute
Nikole Mitchell
Jamaican Olympic sprinter and gold medalist
Demetria Washington
American track and field sprinter
Ivonne Teichmann
German middle-distance runner
Zola Budd
South African Olympic middle-distance runner
Kathrine Switzer
First woman to run the Boston Marathon as a numbered entrant
Trayvon Bromell
Olympic sprinter and world indoor champion
Galen Rupp
American long-distance runner and Olympic medalist
Mayte Martinez
Spanish middle-distance runner
Mohamad Al-Garni
Qatari middle-distance runner
Cathy Freeman
Australian Olympic gold medalist sprinter
Hussein Bolt
Jamaican sprinter and world record holder (often spelled Usain)
Samia Yusuf Omar
Somali Olympic sprinter
Andria Lloyd
Jamaican Olympic sprinter
Lindy Remigino
Olympic gold medalist sprinter
Lashawn Merritt
Olympic gold medalist sprinter
Said Aouita
Moroccan middle-distance runner and Olympic gold medalist
Veronika Campbell-Brown
Eight-time Olympic medalist sprinter
Aleksandra Fedoriv
Olympic gold medalist sprinter
Abdulrahman Samba
Qatari Olympic hurdler
Karsten Warholm
Norwegian Olympic gold medalist hurdler
Shanelle Porter
American track and field athlete
Kilian Jornet
World-class ultramarathon runner and ski mountaineer
Kandice Bell
American track and field athlete
Linsey MacDonald
Scottish sprinter and Olympic medalist
Elani Meyer
South African Olympic long-distance runner
Zaynab Dosso
Italian Olympic sprinter
Lynsey Sharp
Scottish middle-distance runner
Saif Saaeed Shaheen
World record-holding steeplechase runner
Denisha Cartwright
Bahamian hurdler and sprinter
Celena Mondie-Milner
American former sprinter and World Championship gold medalist
Charmaine Howell
Olympic silver medalist runner
Deena Kastor
Olympic medalist and long-distance runner
Jadin O'Brien
American track and field athlete
Angelita Lind
Puerto Rican track and field athlete known as 'The Angel of Puerto Rico'
Darrel Brown
Trinidadian sprinter and World Championship medalist
Alisia Pierce
American track and field athlete
Hellen Obiri
Olympic middle-distance runner
Passion Richardson
Olympic bronze medalist in track and field
Jazzmin Little
American track and field athlete
Fermin Cacho
Spanish middle-distance runner and Olympic gold medalist
Kaelan Walker
Australian sprinter
Kip Keino
Two-time Olympic gold medalist distance runner
Yohan Blake
Olympic gold medalist sprinter from Jamaica
Emmit King
Olympic sprinter and world champion relay runner
Elva Dryer
American long-distance runner and Olympian
Meyer Prinstein
Three-time Olympic gold medalist in track and field
Torri Edwards
American world champion sprinter
Eliott Crestan
Belgian middle-distance runner
Casie Budolfson
American professional marathon runner
Jomar Brun
Norwegian middle-distance runner
Zamira Amirova
Uzbekistani Olympic middle-distance runner
Naftali Temu
Kenyan long-distance runner and Olympic gold medalist
Nery Brenes
Costa Rican Olympic sprinter
Emelie Forsberg
Swedish world champion trail runner and ski mountaineer
Bayron Piedra
Olympic long-distance runner from Ecuador
Tavaris Tate
American sprinter and World Indoor Championship gold medalist
Kellyn Taylor
American long-distance runner
Jo Pavey
British long-distance runner and European champion
Vincente de Lima
Brazilian Olympic sprinter
Zenaida Greneche
Cuban Olympic track and field athlete
Joella Lloyd
Antiguan Olympic sprinter
Sanya Richards-Ross
Olympic gold medalist track and field athlete
Fenix Cuevas
Mexican Olympic hurdler
Marygrace DeLeo
American middle-distance runner
Geena Gall
American middle-distance runner
Loryn Williams
Olympic gold medalist sprinter and bobsledder
Mabry Beeson
Collegiate track and field athlete
Gail Devers
Three-time Olympic gold medalist in track and field
Diondre Batson
American sprinter
Wilma Rudolph
Olympic sprinter and first American woman to win three gold medals in a single Games
Octavious Freeman
American professional sprinter
Tobi Amusan
World record-holding track and field athlete
Phylicia George
Olympic hurdler and bobsledder
Ayomide Folorunso
Italian hurdler of Nigerian descent
Zakia Mrisho Mohamed
Tanzanian long-distance runner and Olympian
Mariely Sanchez
Dominican Olympic sprinter
Ky Robinson
Australian long-distance runner
Muna Lee
American Olympic sprinter
Eliud Kipchoge
World record-holding marathon runner and Olympic gold medalist
Japheth Kimutai
Kenyan middle-distance runner and Commonwealth champion
Tamari Davis
American professional sprinter
Evy Palm
Swedish long-distance runner and Olympian
Seren Bundy-Davies
Olympic track and field sprinter
Somaya Bousaid
Tunisian Paralympic middle-distance runner
Nahom Mesfin Tariku
Ethiopian long-distance runner
Edvin Wide
Swedish long-distance runner and Olympic medalist
Dathan Ritzenhein
American long-distance runner and three-time Olympian
Torrin Lawrence
American sprinter and NCAA champion
Avinash Sable
Indian Olympic steeplechase runner
Vaida Žūsinaitė
Lithuanian long-distance runner and Olympian
Roisin McGettigan
Irish Olympic runner
Jonnie Peacock
English sprint runner and Paralympic gold medalist
Eveline Saalberg
Dutch track and field athlete and Olympic medalist
Sina Schielke
German Olympic sprinter
Masai Russell
Olympic gold medalist hurdler
Andraya Yearwood
American track and field athlete
Amel Tuka
Bosnian middle-distance runner
Ajla Del Ponte
Swiss Olympic sprinter
Dayron Robles
Cuban track and field athlete and Olympic gold medalist
Javaughn Moore
American collegiate sprinter
Ronisha McGregor
Jamaican Olympic sprinter
Irena Szewinska
Seven-time Olympic medalist in track and field
Vashti Cunningham
American track and field athlete and Olympic high jumper
Yared Asmerom
Eritrean Olympic long-distance runner
Keron Clement
Olympic gold medalist in track and field
Carmelita Jeter
Olympic gold medalist sprinter
Salwa Eid Naser
Bahraini world champion sprinter
Nature Gangan
Beninese Olympic sprinter
Shalonda Solomon
American professional sprinter and gold medalist
Keston Bledman
Olympic gold medalist sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago
Raynard Tissier
French Olympic middle-distance runner
Raelene Boyle
Australian Olympic sprinter and gold medalist
Evelia Rivera
Mexican Olympic hurdler
Habiba Ghribi
Tunisian middle and long-distance runner and Olympic gold medalist
Hisham El Guerrouj
Moroccan middle-distance runner and Olympic gold medalist
Siham Hilali
Olympic middle-distance runner from Morocco
Natosha Rogers
American long-distance runner and national champion
Sherly Williams
Olympic sprinter from Belize
Angella Issajenko
Olympic sprinter and world record holder
Oluwatobi Amusan
World record-holding Nigerian track and field athlete
Shakeem Hall
Bahamian sprinter
Dionicio Cerón
Mexican long-distance runner and three-time London Marathon winner
Taija Pitkänen
Finnish sprinter
Porscha Lucas
American sprinter
Kena Zekarias
Ethiopian long-distance runner
Krissy Moehl
American ultramarathon runner
Joss Naylor
Legendary English fell runner
Amanuel Mesel
Eritrean long-distance runner and Olympian
Jaynie Saunders
Australian Olympic sprinter
Inga Gentzel
Swedish middle-distance runner and Olympic medalist
Meryem Akdağ
Turkish long-distance runner
Yaniel Carrero
Cuban Olympic sprinter
Belal Mansoor Ali
Middle-distance runner
Renaldo Nehemiah
World record-holding hurdler and NFL player
Liliya Shobukhova
Russian long-distance runner
Latanya Sheffield
Olympic hurdler and track coach
Liseth Chalá
Ecuadorian hurdler and track athlete
Fatuma Roba
Ethiopian marathon runner and Olympic gold medalist
Kemar Bailey-Cole
Olympic gold medalist sprinter
Jenay Saunders
American track and field athlete
Nettie Withem
American marathon runner
Sumaiya Balhaf
Omani Olympic sprinter
Shanea Strachan
Bahamian sprinter
Jatavious Harris
Collegiate sprinter
Anjelina Lohalith
Olympic middle-distance runner
Irais Gonzalez
Mexican Olympic middle-distance runner
Mechelle Lewis
American Olympic sprinter and relay runner
Kimia Yousofi
Olympic sprinter for Afghanistan
Dawit Seyaum
Ethiopian middle-distance runner
Ellinor Ljungros
Swedish long-distance runner
Cheyne Horan
Professional surfer and world title runner-up
Delisa Walton-Floyd
American middle-distance runner and Olympic finalist
Drequan Gumbs
Olympic track and field athlete from the British Virgin Islands
Danette Young-Stone
Olympic gold medalist in track and field
Favour Ofili
Nigerian Olympic sprinter and Commonwealth Games medalist
Venecia Williams
Olympic sprinter from Jamaica
Wanya McCoy
Bahamian Olympic sprinter
Javar Brathwaite
Barbadian sprinter
Rai Benjamin
American Olympic gold medalist hurdler and sprinter
Aboubacar Vinani
Burkinabé Olympic sprinter
Myer Prinstein
Three-time Olympic gold medalist in track and field
Markesha McWilliams
American collegiate track and field athlete
Lama Hattab
Jordanian middle-distance runner and first female ultramarathoner from the region
Isidora Jiménez
Chilean Olympic sprinter
Dwain Chambers
British track and field sprinter
Albin Stenroos
Olympic marathon gold medalist
Rosslyn Williams
Australian Olympic track and field athlete
Mouhamadou Fall
French Olympic sprinter
Dedra Davis
American track and field sprinter
Uchenna Emedolu
Nigerian sprinter and Olympic medalist
Sharika Nelvis
American professional hurdler
Aneisha McKone
Australian track and field athlete
Yafet Alemu
Ethiopian long-distance runner
Amela Terzić
Serbian middle-distance runner and Olympian
Nahia Quincoces
Spanish ski mountaineer and trail runner
Nelia Martins
East Timorese middle-distance runner
Roneisha McGregor
Jamaican Olympic sprinter
Ioanna Kafetzi
Greek long jumper and sprinter
Batoul Al-Fahad
Iraqi paralympic sprinter
Oluwaseun Adigun
Olympic hurdler and bobsledder
Yonas Kinde
Ethiopian marathon runner who competed for the Refugee Olympic Team
Kanika Beckles
Olympic sprinter from Grenada
Deajah Stevens
Olympic track and field sprinter
Yiannis Kouros
Greek ultramarathon runner known as the 'Running God'
Yunior Díaz
Cuban Olympic track and field athlete
Yasemin Can
European champion long-distance runner
Bertram MacDonald
British Olympic long-distance runner
Ngozi Onwumere
Olympic sprinter and bobsledder
Mizuki Noguchi
Olympic gold medalist marathon runner
Eilish McColgan
Scottish middle and long-distance runner
Abdi Bile
Somali middle-distance runner and 1987 World Champion
Jenea McCammon
Guyanese-American hurdler
Yahye Jamac
Somali long-distance runner
Lateisha Woodard
American track and field athlete
Alica Schmidt
German Olympic runner and social media personality
Eduar Villanueva
Venezuelan middle-distance runner
Dejour Russell
Jamaican hurdler and youth Olympic medalist
Nijel Amos
Olympic silver medalist middle-distance runner from Botswana
Sokhna Lacoste
French Olympic sprinter of Senegalese descent
Jarrin Solomon
Guyanese sprinter and Olympic bronze medalist
Fatmata Turay
Sierra Leonean Olympic sprinter
Tashauna Ashmeade
Jamaican track and field sprinter
Keene Fitzpatrick
Pioneering track and field coach and trainer
Sheniqua Ferguson
Bahamian Olympic sprinter
Leyda Yereni
Panamanian Olympic runner
Dairon Robles
Olympic gold medalist hurdler
Askari Magori
Tanzanian long-distance runner
Martyna Kotwiła
Polish Olympic sprinter
Cowen Hamilton
Trinidadian Olympic sprinter
Catherina McKiernan
Irish long-distance runner and European Cross Country champion
Denisa Rosolová
Czech track and field athlete
Lavonne Idlette
Olympic hurdler
Annelie Ehrhardt
German Olympic gold medalist hurdler
Eilidh Doyle
Olympic track and field athlete
Tinisha Bonaby
Bahamian Olympic sprinter
Oluwatobiloba Amusan
World record-holding Nigerian track and field athlete
Thaddius Lake
Guyanese Olympic hurdler
Takeisha Burkett
American track and field athlete
Hasna Benhassi
Olympic silver medalist middle-distance runner
Shawnda Vicent
Trinidadian sprinter and middle-distance runner
Anelia Nuneva
Olympic sprinter
Ivet Lalova-Collio
Bulgarian Olympic sprinter and European champion
Butch Reynolds
Olympic gold medalist sprinter
Rutger Smith
Dutch track and field athlete and Olympic medalist
Millan Ludeña
Guinness World Record holding endurance runner
Mohamud Ali Magan
Somali long-distance runner
Roshaun Clarke
Jamaican Olympic hurdler
Jamile Samuel
Dutch Olympic sprinter
Melat Kejeta
German-Ethiopian long-distance runner
Yanique Barrett
Jamaican Olympic hurdler
Jerone Young
Olympic sprinter representing Uzbekistan
Addis Abebe
Ethiopian long-distance runner and Olympic medalist
Arjuna Wijekoon
Sri Lankan track and field athlete
Kirubel Erassa
Ethiopian-American long-distance runner
Laban Rotich
Kenyan middle-distance runner
Anjanette Kirkland
American world champion hurdler
Kionte Storey
Paralympic track and field athlete and Marine Corps veteran
Keni Harrison
Olympic silver medalist hurdler
Nnenna Lynch
Professional distance runner and NCAA champion
Taher Jakfar
Libyan Olympic middle-distance runner
Adom Etay
Ethiopian long-distance runner
Sinclaire Johnson
American middle-distance runner
Ailis McSweeney
Irish international sprinter
Mahlet Gebregeorgis
Ethiopian middle-distance runner
Babacar Niang
Senegalese Olympic middle-distance runner
Consuela Moore
American Olympic sprinter
Mariem Alaoui Selsouli
Moroccan middle-distance runner
Marline Ottey
Jamaican-Slovenian track and field sprinter and Olympic medalist
Jamarco Stephen
Professional sprinter
Omara Durand
Cuban Paralympic sprinter and world record holder
Abdinasir Ibrahim
Ethiopian long-distance runner
Lavonda 'Bonnie' Tippins
American track and field athlete
Ramatoulaye Labo
Nigerien Olympic sprinter
Alazar Mesfin
Eritrean long-distance runner
Constantina Diță
Romanian long-distance runner and Olympic marathon gold medalist
Laurelle Augustine
Olympic track and field athlete from Dominica
Success Akpan
Nigerian sprinter
Yacob Jarso
Ethiopian Olympic long-distance runner
Denita Waki
Kenyan long-distance runner
Efrata Gidey
Ethiopian long-distance runner
Tawanda Mutetah
Zimbabwean long-distance runner
Asjah Waller
American track and field athlete
Kerron Clement
Olympic gold medalist hurdler and sprinter
Panagiota Vlachaki
Greek long-distance runner
Yancarlos Martínez
Dominican Olympic sprinter
Biruk Hailu
Ethiopian middle-distance runner
Jafari Williams
Professional sprinter from Guyana
Nasly Lucumí
Colombian track and field athlete
Annet Negesa
Middle-distance runner from Uganda
Dennisha Page
American collegiate track and field sprinter
Ezinne Okparaebo
Norwegian Olympic sprinter of Nigerian descent
Dahir Adan
Somali-American middle-distance runner
Chidi Imoh
Olympic silver medalist sprinter
Karriem Allah
American track and field athlete
Tayja Harvey
American collegiate track and field athlete
Darold Williamson
Olympic gold medalist in track and field
Yomara Hinestroza
Olympic sprinter from Colombia
Ewa Swoboda
Polish Olympic sprinter
Giomar Lucena
Venezuelan long-distance runner
Kalkidan Gezahegne
Ethiopian-born Bahraini middle-distance runner and Olympic silver medalist
Carline Muir
Canadian Olympic sprinter
Jevaughn Minzie
Jamaican Olympic sprinter
Annett Horna
German middle-distance runner
Sema Apak
Turkish Olympic hurdler and track athlete
Hajer Al-Khaldi
Bahraini Olympic sprinter
Nuriya Archer
Belizean Olympic sprinter
Karron Conwright
American sprinter and track athlete
Dishawn Abbott
Professional sprinter from Fiji
Kiyoko Shimahara
Japanese marathon runner
Nesta Carter
Jamaican sprinter and Olympic gold medalist
Mathea Allansmith
World record holder as the oldest woman to finish a marathon
Esmie Lawrence
Canadian Olympic sprinter
Josia Thugwane
South African marathon runner and Olympic gold medalist
Paraskevi Patoulidou
Greek hurdler and 1992 Olympic gold medalist
Naol Wegene
Ethiopian middle-distance runner
Daundre Barnaby
Olympic 400m runner
Tell Berna
American long-distance runner and Olympic gold medalist
Hermon Phillips
American Olympic sprinter
Damacio Jimenez
Inspirational runner depicted in McFarland, USA
Martyn Rooney
British Olympic sprinter and European champion
Joetta Clark Diggs
Four-time Olympic middle-distance runner
Zhanna Pintusevich-Block
World champion sprinter from Ukraine
Gayathri Govindaraj
Indian track and field athlete
Bralon Taplin
Grenadian Olympic sprinter
Chari Hawkins
American track and field athlete
Elsey Richardson
British track and field athlete
Tayna Lawrence
Olympic gold medalist sprinter from Jamaica
Aeric Keightley
New Zealand distance runner
Nozomi Tanaka
Japanese middle-distance runner and Olympian
Lurdes Mutola
Olympic gold medalist runner from Mozambique
Wyndham Halswelle
British runner and Olympic gold medalist
Salimatou Diallo
Guinean Olympic hurdler
Sherica Jackson
Jamaican Olympic sprinter and world champion
Marqueze Washington
American professional sprinter
Francie Larrieu Smith
American long-distance runner and five-time Olympian
Ewelina Ptak
Polish Olympic sprinter
Abrham Sime
Ethiopian steeplechase runner
Mumin Gala
Djiboutian long-distance runner
Doroteo Guamuch Flores
Guatemalan long-distance runner and Boston Marathon winner
Jackline Maranga
Kenyan middle-distance runner and Commonwealth Games gold medalist
Happiness Ndlovu
Zimbabwean long-distance runner
Devynne Charlton
Bahamian Olympic hurdler and world record holder
Dionel Cerón
Mexican long-distance runner and marathon winner
Kirsi Valasti
Finnish long-distance runner
Olesya Zykina
Russian Olympic medalist in track and field
Darvis Patton
Olympic sprinter and three-time World Champion medalist
Micheline Ostermeyer
Olympic gold medalist in track and field and concert pianist
Omolara Omotosho
Nigerian sprinter and Olympic competitor
Carvin Nkanata
Kenyan Olympic sprinter
Folashade Abugan
Nigerian sprinter and Olympic medalist
Murielle Ahouré-Demps
Ivorian sprinter and Olympic finalist
Haston Bakari
Tanzanian long-distance runner
Lavena Ponte
Italian Olympic sprinter
Lesha Lewis
Olympic track and field athlete from Grenada
Meriem Wangari
Kenyan long-distance runner
English Gardner
Olympic gold medalist track and field sprinter
Johnel Smith
Jamaican sprinter
Euro Giannini
Italian Olympic sprinter
Merve Aydın
Turkish middle-distance runner and Olympian
Francina Elsje Blankers-Koen
Four-time Olympic gold medalist in track and field
Kseniya Ryzhova
Russian sprinter and world champion
Juma Ikangaa
Tanzanian marathon runner and winner of the 1989 New York City Marathon
Shalane Flanagan
Olympic silver medalist and New York City Marathon champion
Kerryn McCann
Australian Olympic marathon runner
Leamon King
Olympic gold medalist sprinter
Spyridon Louis
Greek marathon runner and first modern Olympic gold medalist
Takahiro Sunada
Japanese ultramarathon runner and world record holder
Youcef Abdi
Australian Olympic long-distance runner
Josiane Tito
Brazilian Olympic runner
Yurika Nakamura
Japanese long-distance runner
Atina Bojadži
Marathon swimmer known as the 'Ohrid Dolphin'
Jemila Biru
Ethiopian long-distance runner
Lima Azimi
Afghan track and field athlete
Natoya Goule
Jamaican middle-distance runner and Olympian
Ramil Guliyev
World and European champion sprinter
Daphine Kabagambe
Ugandan long-distance runner
Elleni Gebrehiwot
Ethiopian-born German long-distance runner
Elease Reaves
American track and field athlete
Jolanda Ceplak
Slovenian middle-distance runner and Olympic medalist
Nkechi Egbe
Nigerian Olympic sprinter
Mikele Barber
World champion American sprinter
Martise Moore
American track and field coach and running specialist
Asuka Terada
Japanese Olympic hurdler
Eyuel Molla
Ethiopian long-distance runner
Desai Williams
Olympic bronze medalist sprinter
Majorie Taylor
American track and field athlete
Oluwatimileyin Akintola
Nigerian sprinter
Charne Bosman
South African ultramarathon runner and Comrades Marathon winner
Resa Siciarz
Polish Olympic hurdler
Riziki Cherono
Kenyan long-distance runner
Shevon Stoddart
Olympic hurdler who represented Jamaica
Brendaliz Laboy
Puerto Rican long-distance runner
Jermone Young
American Olympic sprinter
Oluwatoyin Olaniyan
Nigerian Olympic sprinter
Shadrack Biwott
Elite American long-distance runner
Faven Ressom
Collegiate distance runner
Gerrad Peters
New Zealand track and field athlete
Jaterrius Gullens
Collegiate track and field athlete
Josy Barthel
Luxembourgish middle-distance runner and Olympic gold medalist
Innocent Egbunike
Olympic silver medalist in track and field
Lerone Clarke
Jamaican track and field sprinter
Markeita Chadgic
American track and field athlete
Belynda Cleare
Bermudian Olympic sprinter
Chanele Price
American middle-distance runner and World Indoor champion
Linet Masaai
Kenyan long-distance runner and world champion
Shereka Jackson
Jamaican track and field sprinter
Xsavier Campbell
Jamaican track and field athlete
Katleen De Caluwé
Belgian Olympic sprinter
Miguelina Cobián
Olympic silver medalist sprinter from Cuba
Ekaterini Thanou
Greek former sprinter and Olympic medalist
Shericka Jackson
Jamaican Olympic gold medalist and world champion sprinter
Linford Christie
Olympic gold medalist sprinter
Browning Ross
Two-time Olympic long-distance runner
Tajha Felton
American collegiate track and field athlete
Oshane Bailey
Jamaican track and field sprinter
Trell Kimmons
American Olympic sprinter
Tahmina Kohistani
Afghan Olympic sprinter
Abdihakim Abdullahi
Somali-American long-distance runner
Marijo Shide
American distance runner
Osbourne Berot
Olympic sprinter from Saint Lucia
Ohene Karikari
Ghanaian former sprinter and Commonwealth Games medalist
Caster Semenya
South African middle-distance runner and Olympic gold medalist
Mais Mastour
Saudi Arabian track and field athlete
Pranati Mishra
Indian track and field sprinter
Doretha Walker
American track and field sprinter
Louiza Vradi
Greek long-distance runner
Bintu Diakité
Ivorian Olympic sprinter
Kadijatu Jalloh
Sierra Leonean sprinter
Josmary Escalona
Venezuelan Olympic sprinter
Kariem Hussein
Swiss 400m hurdler and European champion
Tekla Reswalls
Swedish track and field athlete
Yordanos Abay
Ethiopian long-distance runner
Nasro Ali Abukar
Somali runner who competed in the World University Games
Samsam Ahmed
Somali-British Olympic runner
Anania Gebrehiwot
Ethiopian long-distance runner
Bezawit Meseret
Ethiopian long-distance runner
Laporscha Wells
American track and field athlete
Shaunae Miller-Uibo
Bahamian two-time Olympic gold medalist sprinter
Fani Halkia
Greek hurdler and Olympic gold medalist
Delcie Hoyt
Pioneering female marathon runner and age-group record holder
Elenoa Ngataierua
Cook Islands track and field athlete
Nahida Touhami
Algerian middle-distance runner and Olympian
Yolette Thomas
Olympic sprinter representing Grenada