Amere Lattin (born July 12, 1997) is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the hurdles, mostly 400-meter hurdles. He was the silver medalist at the 2019 Pan American Games, running 48.98 in the 400 m hurdles final.
He made his international debut in age category competitions: he was a 110-meter hurdles finalist at 2014 Summer Youth Olympics and finished as runner-up in the 110 m hurdles at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships. He has also competed in sprinting, sharing in the 4 × 400-meter relay silver medal with the American team at the 2017 Summer Universiade.
He finished third at 2019 USA Championships and qualified for 2019 World Championships in Doha, with a personal best of 48.66.
Running for the University of HoustonQ&A: Junior hurdler confident going into conference championship by Peter Scamardo. The Cougar, 22 Feb 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-29. he ran the first leg on what is recognized as the world record in the 4 × 400 meters relay, the team running a time of 3:01.51.
Statistics Information from World Athletics profile or Track & Field Results Reporting System unless otherwise noted.
Personal bests = wind-assisted (more than +2.0 m/s wind) = world record (recognized by World Athletics) Event Time (s) Venue Date Notes 400 m hurdles 48.66 Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. July 27, 2019 110 m hurdles 13.44 Austin, Texas, U.S. June 5, 2019 +2.0 m/s wind 13.40 Austin, Texas, U.S. March 30, 2019 Wind-assisted, +4.7 m/s wind 60 m hurdles 7.71 Lubbock, Texas, U.S. January 18, 2019 4×400 m relay 3:00.07 Austin, Texas, U.S. June 7, 2019 4×400 m relay indoor 3:01.51 Clemson, South Carolina, U.S. February 9, 2019 Indoor
Seasonal bests
International competitions 2014Youth OlympicsNanjing, China7th110 m hurdles2016World U20 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland2nd110 m hurdles2017UniversiadeTaipei, Taiwan (semi 2)110 m hurdles2nd4 × 400 m relay2019Pan American GamesLima, Peru2nd400 m hurdlesWorld ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar14th400 m hurdles2022World Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia8th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:09.11
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