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Wallace Spearmon was born on 24 December, 1984 in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., is an American sprinter. Discover Wallace Spearmon's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 39 years old?
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39 years old |
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Capricorn |
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24 December, 1984 |
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24 December |
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Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
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He is a member of famous sprinter with the age 39 years old group.
Wallace Spearmon Height, Weight & Measurements
At 39 years old, Wallace Spearmon height is 6 ft and Weight 190 lb.
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6 ft |
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190 lb |
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Wallace Spearmon Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Wallace Spearmon worth at the age of 39 years old? Wallace Spearmon’s income source is mostly from being a successful sprinter. He is from . We have estimated Wallace Spearmon's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
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Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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Wallace Spearmon Social Network
Timeline
Wallace Spearmon Jr. (born December 24, 1984, in Chicago, Illinois, USA) is a retired American sprint athlete, who specializes in the 200 meters.
He was the 1987 bronze medalist in the 200 meters at the Pan American Games.
He is good friends with fellow sprinter Usain Bolt; they are known for their jokes and good friendship.
While at Arkansas, he won the 200 meters NCAA Outdoor title in 2004 and 2005 as well as the NCAA Indoor 200 m title in 2005.
He is a two-time NCAA outdoor champion in the 200 m and won the silver medal in the event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics.
He has a personal best of 19.65 seconds for the distance, making him the thirteenth fastest 200 meter runner of all time, and he formerly held the indoor American record.
In August 2005, he won the silver medal in the 200 m at the 2005 World Championships and in August 2007, he won the bronze medal at the 2007 World Championships.
Spearmon won the 200 m at the USA outdoor athletics championships in 2006 and finished second in 2007.
He ran a world best time of 31.88 for the 300 m indoors in February 2006.
His personal best in the 200 m is 19.65 seconds.
This time (achieved in Daegu, Korea) made him the third fastest man over the distance at that point.
He is currently ranked as the twelfth fastest 200-meter runner ever.
Only world record holder Usain Bolt (19.19), Yohan Blake (19.26), Noah Lyles (19.31), Michael Johnson (19.32), Erriyon Knighton (19.49), Walter Dix (19.53), Justin Gatlin (19.57), his training partner Tyson Gay (19.58), Andre De Grasse (19.62), Xavier Carter (19.63), and Reynier Mena (19.63) have run faster.
He has won the bronze medal twice at the World Championships in Athletics in 2007 and 2009.
Despite the fact that he normally runs a "slower" first half of his 200 m races and goes on to pass people down the stretch, his 100 meters personal best is 9.96 s. He set that mark running in Shanghai on September 28, 2007, beating 100 m world champion Tyson Gay.
He also finished third at the 2008 Summer Olympics, but was later disqualified for stepping out of his lane.
Spearmon is a graduate of Fayetteville High School and attended the University of Arkansas, where he competed collegiately for two seasons before turning pro.
Spearmon initially finished in the bronze medal position in the 200 m in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but was disqualified for stepping out of his lane.
At the 2009 World Championships in Berlin he won another bronze.
He posted a quick time of 19.98 seconds in the 200 m in Kingston, Jamaica in April 2010, finishing behind Usain Bolt.
He reached the 2010 IAAF Diamond League 200 m final at the Weltklasse Zurich meeting, and (in the absence of points leader Walter Dix) he won the first Diamond Race Trophy with a meeting record of 19.79 seconds.
Following the Diamond League win, he ran 19.85 seconds to win at the Rieti IAAF Grand Prix.
On an April 2011 episode of MythBusters, he worked with Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman to investigate the possibility of a human running on water.
At the start of the 2012 season, he broke Michael Johnson's 200 m meet record at the Drake Relays with a run of 20.02 seconds.
He finished fourth in the 200 metres final at the 2012 London Olympics.
His time of 19.90 seconds was 6/100 of a second outside of a medal placing.
Spearmon finished 21st at the 2013 World Championships, running a time of 20.66 seconds in the semi-final.
In May 2013 he returned to the show to race 30 ft against a race car.
At a meeting in Edmonton in July, 2014, Spearmon tested positive for methylprednisolone contained in a medicine he was taking without asking for an exemption.
USADA accepted the excuse so it was treated as a minor violation.
On September 19, 2014, it was announced he would receive a 3-month suspension, backdated to August 27.
Spearmon attended the 2015 World Championships, but did not start his heat.
Spearmon's father, Wallace Spearmon Sr., was also a sprinter.
