Greg Nixon

Greg Nixon
Medal record

Men's athletics
Representing the United States
World Championships
	2011 Daegu	4×400 m relay
World Indoor Championships
	2008 Valencia	4x400 m relay
	2010 Doha	4x400 m relay

Greg Nixon (born September 12, 1981) is an American sprinter who specialises in the 400 meters. His success has come mostly in the 4×400-meter relay and he is a two-time World Indoor champion in the event.

His first major medal came at the Athletics at the 2007 Pan American Games, where he led off the American relay team to win a silver medal. At the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships, Nixon finished third in his 400 m heat with a time of 47.64. He also won a gold medal in the 4 x 400 m relay.

At the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, Nixon won a second gold medal in the 4 x 400 m relay.^[1] He ran a 400 m personal best of 45.08 seconds at the Drake Relays, beating runner-up Renny Quow by some distance.^[2]

References

↑ "Men's 4x400 m relay". IAAF. March 14, 2010. Retrieved March 14, 2010.
↑ Dunaway, James (2010-04-25). Cantwell opens with 21.69m effort in Des Moines – Drake Relays report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-04-25.

External links

Greg Nixon profile at IAAF

World Champions in Men's 4×400 m Relay

1983: Soviet Union 1987: United States 1991: Great Britain 1993 & 1995: United States 1997: Great Britain 1999: Poland 2001: Bahamas 2003: France 2005–2015: United States

2011: United States (Greg Nixon, Bershawn Jackson, Angelo Taylor, LaShawn Merritt, Jamaal Torrance & Michael Berry)

World Indoor Champions in Men's 4×400 m Relay

1991: Germany (Lieder, Carlowitz, Just, Schönlebe)
1993: USA (Hall, Irvin, Rouser, Everett)
1995: USA (Tolbert, Davis, Long, Atwater)
1997: USA (Rouser, Everett, Maye, Minor)
1999: USA (Morris, Johnson, Minor, Campbell)
2001: Poland (Rysiukiewicz, Haczek, Bocian, Maćkowiak)
2003: USA (Davis, Young, Campbell, Washington)
2004: Jamaica (Haughton, Colquhoun, McDonald, Clarke)
2006: USA (Washington, Merritt, Campbell, Spearmon)
2008: USA (Davis, Torrance, Nixon, Willie)
2010: USA (Torrance, Nixon, Tate, Jackson)
2012: USA (Wright, Smith Jr., Mitchell, Roberts)
2014: USA (Clemons, Verburg, Butler III, Smith Jr., Parros, Babineaux)
2016: USA (Clemons, Smith Jr., Giesting, Norwood)

IAAF World / Continental Cup champions in men's 4 × 400 metres relay

1977: West Germany (Krieg, Hofmeister, Schmid, Herrmann)
1979: United States (Frazier, Green, Smith, Darden)
1981: United States (McCoy, Wiley, Smith, Darden)
1985: United States (McCoy, Phillips, Armstead, Franks)
1989: Americas (Martínez, Menezes, Burnett, Hernández)
1992: Africa (Lahlou, Matete, Kemboi, Bada)
1994: Great Britain (McKenzie, Ladejo, Baulch, Black)
1998: Great Britain (Hylton, Baulch, Baldock, Thomas)
2002: Americas (Sánchez, Francique, McDonald, Blackwood)
2006: United States (Ashley, Brew, Merritt, Williamson)
2010: Americas (Brenes, Jackson, Nixon, Chambers)
2014: Africa (Tumuti, Makwala, Kombe, Van Niekerk)

US National Championship winners in men's 400-meter dash

1876-1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1876-77: Edward Merritt 1878: Frank Brown 1879-84: Lon Myers 1885: H. Mason Raborg 1886: John Robertson 1887: Harvey Banks 1888: Walter Dohm 1888: T.J. Mahoney 1889: Walter Dohm 1890-92: William Downs 1893: Edward Allen 1894: Tom Keane 1895-97: Thomas Burke 1898-1900: Maxie Long 1901: Howard Hayes 1902: Fay Moulton 1903: Harry Hillman 1904: D.H. Meyer 1905-06: Frank Waller 1907: John Taylor 1908: Harry Hillman 1909: Edward Lindberg 1910: William Hayes 1911: Edward Lindberg 1912: Thomas Halpin 1913: Carroll Haff 1914-15: Ted Meredith 1916: Thomas Halpin 1917: Frank Shea 1918: Cornelius Shaughnessy 1919-20: Frank Shea 1921: William Stevenson 1922: James Driscoll 1923: Horatio Fitch 1924: James Burgess 1925: Cecil Cooke 1926: Ken Kennedy 1927: Hermon Phillips 1928: Ray Barbuti 1929: Reggie Bowen 1930-31: Vic Williams 1932: Bill Carr 1933-34: Ivan Fuqua 1935: Eddie O'Brien 1936: Harold Smallwood 1937-38: Ray Malott 1939: Erwin Miller 1940-41: Grover Klemmer 1942-43: Cliff Bourland 1944: Elmore Harris 1945: Herb McKenley 1946: Elmore Harris 1947-48: Herb McKenley 1949-51: George Rhoden 1952: Mal Whitfield 1953: Jesse Mashburn 1954: Jim Lea 1955: Charles Jenkins 1956: Tom Courtney 1957: Reggie Pearman 1958-59: Eddie Southern 1960-61: Otis Davis 1962-63: Ulis Williams 1964: Mike Larrabee 1965: Ollan Cassell 1966-69: Lee Evans 1970-71: John Smith 1972: Lee Evans 1973-74: Maurice Peoples 1975: Dave Jenkins (GBR) * Fred Newhouse 1976: Maxie Parks 1977: Robert Taylor 1978: Maxie Parks 1979: Willie Smith

1980-1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Willie Smith 1981-82: Cliff Wiley 1983: Sunder Nix 1984-85: Mark Rowe 1986: Darrell Robinson 1987: Butch Reynolds 1988: Tim Simon 1989: Antonio Pettigrew 1990: Steve Lewis 1991: Antonio Pettigrew 1992^OT: Danny Everett

1992 onwards USA Track & Field	1993: Michael Johnson 1994: Antonio Pettigrew 1995-96^OT: Michael Johnson 1997: Antonio Pettigrew 1998-99: Jerome Young 2000^OT: Michael Johnson 2001: Derrick Brew 2002: Angelo Taylor 2003: Tyree Washington 2004^OT-05: Jeremy Wariner 2006: Andrew Rock 2007: Angelo Taylor 2008^OT-09: LaShawn Merritt 2010: Greg Nixon 2011: Tony McQuay 2012^OT-13: LaShawn Merritt 2014: Gil Roberts 2015: David Verburg

Notes	Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.

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