Bianca Knight

Bianca Knight

Personal information
Nationality	American
Born	(1989-01-02) January 2, 1989 Pearl, Mississippi, U.S.
Height	5 ft 3 in (160 cm)
Weight	134 lb (61 kg)
Sport
Sport	Running
Event(s)	100 meters, 200 meters
College team	University of Texas
Club	Adidas
Medal record Women's athletics Representing the United States Olympic Games Gold medal – first place 2012 London 4 × 100 m relay World Championships Gold medal – first place 2011 Daegu 4 × 100 m relay World Relay Championships Gold medal – first place 2014 Nassau 4 × 200 m relay Pan American Junior Championships Gold medal – first place 2007 São Paulo 200 m World Youth Championships Gold medal – first place 2005 Marrakesh 100 m Gold medal – first place 2005 Marrakesh Medley relay Silver medal – second place 2005 Marrakesh 200 m

Bianca Knight (born January 2, 1989) is an American former track and field athlete who competed in the 100 and 200 meters. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she won a team event gold medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay team. In the final, the quartet of Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, she and Carmelita Jeter broke a 27-year-old world record.

Career

Knight attended Ridgeland High School in Ridgeland, Mississippi and won the female Gatorade Athlete of the Year in track and field in 2006. She is the first Mississippi native to win a Gatorade Athlete of the Year award.

As a University of Texas freshman, Knight won the 2008 indoor NCAA 200 m championship in a collegiate-record time of 22.40. Turning professional following her freshman indoor campaign, she finished 5th at the 2008 US Olympic Trials in the 200 m. She won second stage of IAAF Diamond League, in the 200 m, in Rome, Golden Gala.

Knight competes professionally for Adidas.

External links

• Bianca Knight at World Athletics
• Bianca Knight at legacy.USATF.org (archived)
• Bianca Knight at Team USA (archive December 20, 2022)
• Bianca Knight at Olympics.com
• Bianca Knight at Olympedia