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David Kendziera
American hurdler
David Kendziera (born 9 September 1994) is an American Olympic athlete who runs the 400m hurdles and 110m hurdles.
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From Mount Prospect, Illinois, he attended Prospect High School and the University of Illinois. Overall he was a 10 time NCAA All-American and 4 time NCAA Championship medalist.[1] Kendzeira finished third at the 2015 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships running 49.56.[2] At the 2017 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships he finished third in the 110m hurdles in a time of 13.59,[3] and 7th in the 400m hurdles.[4] At the 2018 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships he finished second in the 110m hurdles,[5] and third in the 400m hurdles.[6]
At the 2019 Meeting de Paris he finished sixth in the 400m hurdles in a time of 49.16.[7] At the 2019 Prefontaine Classic he finished fourth in the 400m hurdles in a time of 49.46.[8] In Minsk, Belarus in September 2019 he won the 400m hurdles in The Match Europe v USA.[9]
On September 17, 2020, in the Stadio Olimpico in Rome Kendziera ran 49.35 placing him in the top ten for the year worldwide.[10]
On June 26, 2021, the Mount Prospect, IL native qualified for the Tokyo Olympics in the 400m hurdles after setting a personal record of 48.38 seconds and placing third in the finals at the US Olympic Trials. [11]
On July 29, 2021, Kendziera placed fourth in the 400m hurdles quarterfinals in the Tokyo Olympics and qualified for the semi-finals.[12]
Competing at the 2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, in Eugene, Oregon, he qualifies for the final and finished seventh in the 400m hurdles.[13]
