Alexis Holmes (born January 28, 2000) is an American track and field athlete who competes in the 400 metres. She won gold medals in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 Olympic Games as well the World Athletics Championships and World Athletics Indoor Championships.Little timed 57.46 s in the semi-finals. It would have been third result in the final.

Early life From Hamden, Connecticut, Holmes attended Cheshire Academy.

Career 2023 Holmes ran a personal best 400 m time of 50.32 in Memphis, Tennessee in August 2023. She was selected for the American team for the 2023 World Athletics Championships and competed in the mixed 4 × 400 m relay. She won a gold medal as the USA team set a new world record time of 3:08.80. The world record time set by Holmes, Rosey Effiong, Matthew Boling and Justin Robinson was ratified by World Athletics in November 2023. That month, a photograph taken of Holmes and Dutch athlete Femke Bol at the finish line taken by Sam Barnes was a finalist for the 2023 World Athletics Photograph of the Year award.

2024 In February 2024, she won the US national indoor title over 400 metres with a championship record time of 50.34 in New Mexico. She competed in the 400 metres at the 2024 World Athletics Championships in Glasgow and won the bronze medal in the final in a personal best time of 50.24 seconds. She was part of the 4 × 400m relay team which won the silver medal in Glasgow.

In April 2024, she was selected as part of the American team for the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas. She won the 400 metres at the 2024 BAUHAUS-galan in Stockholm on June 2, 2024.

She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics over 400 metres in August 2024, running a personal best time of 49.77 seconds to place sixth in the final. She also competed in the women's 4 × 400m relay at the Games, winning the gold medal with the American relay team.

In December 2024, it was announced that she had signed up for the inaugural season of the Michael Johnson founded Grand Slam Track.

2025 In February 2025, she retained her title at the 2025 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships. She was selected for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March 2025, where she won the silver medal in the final in 50.63 seconds, 0.03 seconds behind Great Britain's Amber Anning. She also won gold in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay. In April 2025, she competed at the inaugural Grand Slam Track event in Kingston, Jamaica in the Long Sprints category, placing fourth in the 400 metres in 50.12 seconds. At the second 2025 Grand Slam Track event in Miami she finished third in the 400 metres with a time of 50.36 seconds on 2 May 2025. She finished fifth in the final of the 400 metres at the 2025 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 50.33 seconds. She finished fourth at the 2025 Athletissima in wet conditions in Lausanne.

She was subsequently selected for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in where she ran in the women's x 400 metres relay. She also ran as the American team won the gold medal in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay in Tokyo.

2026 On 25 July, Holmes placed second to Aaliyah Butler over 400 metres at the 2026 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in New York, running 50.47 seconds with a late surge to beat Sanaria Butler. In September, Holmes was selected to compete at the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest, winning the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay with the American team.

Statistics Circuit performances

International competitions 2019Pan American U20 ChampionshipsSan José, Costa Rica2nd400 m 52.591st4 × 400 m relay 3:24.04 2023World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary1stMixed 4 × 400 m relay 3:08.80 – (h)4 × 400 m relay 2024World Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom3rd400 m 50.242nd4 × 400 m relay 3:25.34World RelaysNassau, Bahamas1st4 × 400 m relay 3:21.70Olympic GamesParis, France6th400 m 49.771st4 × 400 m relay 3:15.272025World Indoor ChampionshipsNanjing, China 2nd400 m50.631st4 × 400 m relay3:27.45World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan1stMixed 4 × 400 m relay 3:08.80=1st (h)4 × 400 m relay 3:22.532026World Ultimate ChampionshipBudapest, Hungary15th (h)400 m51.60

NCAA Holmes attended Penn State and was named Big Ten women's freshman of the year in 2019 before transferring and graduating from the University of Kentucky in 2022.

Running for the Kentucky Wildcats, Holmes was part of a women's 4 × 400 m relay team that set a new college record time. They also won the NCAA Division I title in 2022. Year Competition Position Event Time2019Big Ten Indoor Track and Field Championships5th200 m23.741st400 m52.145th4 × 400 m3:41.39NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships4th400 m52.37Big Ten Outdoor Track and Field Championships5th200 m23.831st400 m52.17 Representing the Kentucky Wildcats (2020–2022)2020Southeastern Conference (SEC) Indoor Track and Field Championships1st400 m52.082nd4 × 400 m3:35.52NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships2020 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships start lists NCAAAll-American400 mCancelled by COVID-19All-American4 × 400 m2022Southeastern Conference (SEC) Indoor Track and Field Championships1st400 m50.773rd4 × 400 m3:25.89NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships4th400 m51.503rd4 × 400 m3:28.77Southeastern Conference (SEC) Outdoor Track and Field Championships3rd400 m50.741st4 × 400 m3:21.93NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships4th400 m50.711st4 × 400 m3:22.55

See also List of Pennsylvania State University Olympians

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