Brandon Miller (runner)

{{Short description|American middle-distance runner}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Brandon Miller

| image = 800metresOlympicTrials2020.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Miller (center) competes at the 2020 US Olympic Trials

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|January 30, 2002}}

| birth_place =

| hometown = St. Louis, Missouri, United States

| height = 5'7

| weight = 140

| country = United States

| sport = Track and field

| event = 400m, 800m

| education = John Burroughs School

| collegeteam = Texas A&M Aggies{{cite web |url=https://12thman.com/sports/mens-track-and-field/roster/brandon-miller/10288 |title=Brandon Miller |publisher=Texas A&M University |work=12thman.com |accessdate=July 14, 2022}}

| coach =

| pb = {{ubl

|Outdoor

|400 m: 46.30 (College Station 2022)

|800 m: 1:43.73 (Eugene, Oregon 2024)

|1500 m: 3:50.68 (Tucson 2021)

|Indoor

|400 m: 47.32 (College Station 2021)

|600 m: 1:14.03 (Albuquerque 2024)

|800 m: 1:45.24 (College Station 2022)

}}

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Brandon Miller (born January 30, 2002) is an American middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.{{iaaf name|14939097}}

As an 11-year-old sixth grader in O'Fallon, Missouri, Miller set national records for his age in the 800 and 1500.{{Cite web |date=July 3, 2024 |title=We interviewed the 'fastest boy in America' 11 years ago. Now his Olympic dreams are coming true |url=https://www.ksdk.com/article/sports/olympics/11-years-ago-olympic-dreams-coming-true-brandon-miller/63-e71fdd96-dfd5-44a3-b32c-a0c066dbb8f2 |access-date=August 26, 2024 |website=ksdk.com |language=en-US}} In 2017, he briefly held the world record in this event in the 14-year-old age group.{{Cite web |date=June 8, 2017 |title=Brandon Miller World Record 1:51 800m (14-Yr-Old Age Group) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15QihZ6kNYk |via=YouTube}} As a senior at John Burroughs School in St. Louis, Missouri,{{Cite web |date=August 1, 2024 |title=St. Louis Olympian results: How local athletes faired in Paris |url=https://www.ksdk.com/article/sports/olympics/st-louis-olympics-results-how-local-olympians-faired-in-paris/63-59a3da24-231c-4207-b3b4-5ef84e7565ae |access-date=August 26, 2024 |website=ksdk.com |language=en-US}} Miller was named Gatorade Player of the Year for boys track.{{Cite web |date=2020 |title=Boys Track & Field - Missouri |url=https://playeroftheyear.gatorade.com/winner/brandon-miller/38057 |website=Gatorade 2019 - 2020: Player of the Year}}

He qualified for the 800 m at the 2022 World Athletics Championships after finishing third at the 2022 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.{{cite web |url=https://sojctrack.uoregon.edu/2022/06/26/brandon-millers-last-ditch-dive-pays-off-and-he-makes-u-s-worlds-team-in-the-800-meters/ |title=Brandon Miller's last-ditch dive pays off, and he makes U.S. worlds team in the 800 metres |work=sojctrack.uoregon.edu |date=June 26, 2022 |accessdate=July 14, 2022 |author=Heisen, Aaron}}

At the U.S. Olympic Trials in 2024, Miller qualified for the U.S. team by notching a personal best of 1:43.73 in his 800m semifinal, then running 1:43.97 for 3rd place in the final.{{Cite web|url=https://results.usatf.org/|title=Results|website=results.usatf.org}} At the 2024 Olympic Games, held in Paris, France, Miller did not qualify for a semifinal race in his round-1 heat, but finished first in his repechage heat to advance. On August 9, he finished fifth in his semifinal heat with a time of 1:45.79.