Maurice Greene

@Track, Birthday and Personal Life ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Maurice Greene is a renowned American former track and field sprinter Cancer Celebrities Kansas American Sportspersons Athletes Maurice Greene is a renowned American former track and field sprinter. He is an Olympic gold medallist distinguished for his 100m and 200m races. He remained in the peak of his athletics career from 1997 to 2004 and in 1999 he made the 100m world record with 9.79 seconds, which was later surpassed. He achieved great heights over the years bagging four Olympic medals including two gold medals, one silver and one bronze medal. He remained World Champion five times, which included three 100m (1997, 1999, 2001), one 200m (1999) and one 4×100 m relay (1999). Thus he earned three gold medals during the 1999 World Championships in Athletics, an accomplishment earlier achieved by only two athletes - Michael Johnson and Carl Lewis, later equalled by three other sprinters. He also remained an Indoor World Champion (1999) and set the indoor 60-meter dash record twice. Presently his 60m indoor record stands at 6.39s. He remains the only athlete to hold the world records in 100m and 60m at the same time. He also won two gold medals (one 100m and one 4×100 m relay) in the Goodwill Games, held in 1998 at New York City. Following his injuries that gradually started affecting his career, he finally took official retirement in 2008. Post retirement Greene became an IAAF ambassador. He also commenced a career in TV appearing in several shows like ‘Dancing with the Stars’, ‘Blind Date’ and ‘Identity’. The 2012-2013 season at the ‘University of California at Los Angeles’ (‘UCLA’) saw him volunteering as a track coach.

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Birthday: July 23, 1974 Nationality: American Famous: Field Sprinter, Track, Sportspersons, Athletes City/State: Kansas Siblings: Ernest Greene Jr., Kelly Greene, Michael Greene Childrens: Ryan Alexandria Birth Place: Kansas City, Kansas, United States Information Detail Birthday July 23, 1974 Nationality American Famous Field Sprinter, Track, Sportspersons, Athletes City/State Kansas Siblings Ernest Greene Jr., Kelly Greene, Michael Greene Childrens Ryan Alexandria Birth Place Kansas City, Kansas, United States Height 176cm Gender Male Father Jackie Greene Mother Ernest Greene Net Worth $3 million Sun Sign Cancer Born in Kansas City, Kansas, United States Famous as Track & Field Sprinter

Kansas City, Kansas, United States

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Though not much is known about his family life, he has a daughter named Ryan Alexandria. Unsplash Personal Life

He is currently known to be dating American actress, model, radio and reality television personality Claudia Jordan. Unsplash Personal Life

He was born on July 23, 1974, in Kansas City, Kansas, United States, to Jackie Greene and Ernest Greene. His three siblings are Kelly Greene, Michael Greene and Ernest Greene Jr. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He studied in the ‘F.L. Schlagle High School’, a public high school in Kansas City. During his school days he used to play and participate in American football and track and field events. His immense potentiality in track and field earned him a Track scholarship to the ‘University of Kansas’. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

His first significant international tournament happened in 1995 at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics held in Gothenburg, Sweden. He could reach till the quarter finals in 100m. Unsplash Career

The next season was also not that promising for him as he could not make to the American team for the Summer Olympics of 1996 held in Atlanta. Unsplash Career

Thereafter he headed for Los Angeles to train under former ‘UCLA’ coach John Walton Smith and joined the elite track and field training group ‘Hudson Smith International’ (HIS). Gradually he became the most noticeable athlete of the group. Unsplash Career

In the next season (1997), he bagged the 100m title at the World Championships held at Athens, Greece - the first gold medal of his career. The event also marked his foothold in the 100m race. Unsplash Career

In 1998 Goodwill games held at New York City, he succeeded in winning a gold medal in 100m and yet another in the 4×100 m relay. Unsplash Career

The tattoo in his body that reads ‘GOAT’ refers to his claim to be the ‘Greatest of All Time’. Unsplash Trivia

Information	Detail
Birthday	July 23, 1974
Nationality	American
Famous	Field Sprinter, Track, Sportspersons, Athletes
City/State	Kansas
Siblings	Ernest Greene Jr., Kelly Greene, Michael Greene
Childrens	Ryan Alexandria
Birth Place	Kansas City, Kansas, United States
Height	176cm
Gender	Male
Father	Jackie Greene
Mother	Ernest Greene
Net Worth	$3 million
Sun Sign	Cancer
Born in	Kansas City, Kansas, United States
Famous as	Track & Field Sprinter

Maurice Greene

American

Jul 23, 1974

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Kansas City, Kansas, United States