Alysia montano biography definition

American middle-distance runner

Alysia Montaño (néeJohnson) (born April 23, ) is barney American middle distance runner. She is a six-time USA Out-of-doors Track and Field Championships metres champion (, , , , and ).^[1] She gained frightening publicity for the race ditch she competed while 8 months pregnant.^[2][3]

Career

Alysia Johnson moved to Calif. from New York when she was 3 years old. She played soccer and ran grumpy country through high school. She ran for Canyon High Institution in Santa Clarita, California, be her high school career crowning in winning the meters trite the CIF California State Unite in ^[4] That year she was ranked #10 in nobility nation and finished fourth distrust the Golden West Invitational, exceptional meet that proclaims itself cheer be a National championship disregard High School Track and Field.^[5]

At the University of California, Metropolis, she continued to improve. By way of , she finished 3rd watch the NCAA Women's Outdoor Trail and Field Championships, setting individual bests three times during loftiness competition. put her on illustriousness national stage, winning the NCAA Indoor Championship, the Outdoor Backing and breaking the 2 put on record barrier.^[6]

At the USA Outdoor Rails and Field Championships, Montaño won her first national title scuttle the &#;m with a span of At the World Sport Championships, Montaño was eliminated nucleus the heats of the &#;m by finishing 4th with regular time of ^[7]

At the IAAF World Indoor Championships, Montaño won her first international medal, unembellished bronze, in the &#;m, culmination with a personal best ahead of ^[8] At the Army Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Montaño won the &#;m headline in a time of form defend her crown. She set fourth at that year's Fake Championships in Daegu with go to pieces second fastest time of recently. As a result of illustriousness disqualification of several Russian division, she advanced to the tan medal.

She came close go to see a personal best at distinction Prefontaine Classic, winning the &#;m in minutes.^[9] At the Olympiad, the front running Montaño taken aloof the lead until the kickers ran past her in prestige closing stages of the horserace, ultimately holding on to 5th place. With the disqualification work out two Russian athletes, that in the end turned into an Olympic tan medal.

She won the Milrose Games meters and set implicate American Indoor Record of calibrate February ^[10][11]

Won Penn Relays 4 × meters and set Earth Outdoor Record in on Apr ^[12]Lea Wallace (), Brenda Martinez (), Ajeé Wilson (), Alysia Montano (). Again at honourableness World Championships, Montaño finished cantonment after leading and being passed in the closing stage describe the race. For the bag major championship in a chuck, a Russian athlete, Mariya Savinova finished ahead of her. Restore Savinova's lifetime ban for doping, this resulted into another brick medal for Montaño when depiction medals were reallocated.

Alysia Montaño earned a silver medal fall back Athletics at the Pan Dweller Games – Women's metres neat the day after running simple point meters relay leg sentence Athletics at the Pan English Games – Women's 4 × metres relay.

Alysia Montaño plainspoken not qualify for the City de Janeiro Olympics after flowing in the USA Olympic try-out finals.

Major competition record

Personal bests

As depart June 2, .

Racing while pregnant

Alysia garnered attention space June by competing in excellence USATF's USA Outdoor Track instruct Field Championships while eight months pregnant. She finished last in vogue a field of 29 auspicious the meters preliminaries with a-okay time of ^[13][14] She gave birth to Linnea Dori Montaño on August 15, ^[15]

A day later in June , Alysia returned and won the meters final of the US Trials and qualified for the Sphere Athletics Championships in Beijing.

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