Quincy Hall
{{Short description|American athlete (born 1998)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Quincy Hall
| birth_name =
| image = Quincy Hall Budapest 2023.jpg
| caption = Hall at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest
| sport = Athletics
| event = 400 m, 400 m hurdles
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|7|31}}
| birth_place = Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| education = University of South Carolina
| height = {{cvt|1.87|m|order=flip}}{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/quincy-hall_1960177 |title=HALL Quincy {{!}} Paris 2024 |website=olympics.com |access-date=8 August 2024 }}
| pb = 400 m: 43.40 (Paris, 2024)
400 m hurdles: 48.10 (Eugene, 2022)
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's athletics}}
{{Medal|Country|the {{USA}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|Olympic Games}}
{{Medal|Gold|2024 Paris|400 m}}
{{Medal|Competition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2023 Budapest|4 × 400 m relay}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2023 Budapest|400 m}}
{{Medal|Competition|NACAC Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold| 2022 Freeport | 4 × 400 m relay}}
{{MedalGold | 2022 Freeport|4 × 400 mixed relay}}
{{MedalCompetition | NACAC U23 Championships}}
{{MedalGold | 2019 Querétaro|400 m hurdles}}
{{Medal|Competition|Pan American U20 Athletics Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold|2017 Trujilo|400 m hurdles}}
}}
Quincy Hall (born July 31, 1998) is an American track and field athlete who competes over 400 metres and 400 m hurdles.{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/quincy-hall-14597236 |title=Quincy Hall |website=World Athletics |accessdate=July 9, 2023}} He won the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the 400 metres event.
Early life
From Kansas City, Missouri, Hall participated in track, football and wrestling at Raytown South High School.[https://gamecocksonline.com/sports/track/roster/player/quincy-hall/ Quincy Hall profile] South Carolina Gamecocks He is the son of Milton and Iecia Hall, has a brother, Milton, and a sister, Breanna, both of whom also ran track.{{cite web |title=Former Raytown South star Quincy Hall wins NCAA championship in hurdles |url=https://www.kansascity.com/sports/article231351908.html |date=June 9, 2019 |accessdate=July 8, 2023 |website=Kansascity.com}} Hall is a 2016 state champion in the 400 meters where he set a Missouri State High School Activities Association MSHSAA state record in 46.82 s.[https://www.athletic.net/athlete/14451369/track-and-field/high-school Quincy Hall Raytown South High School 2016] Athletic.net
Hall also attended the College of the Sequoias in California. In 2017, he was the California Community College Athletic Association champion in the 4 × 400 m relay, 400 m and 400 m hurdles leading the team to a state title at 2017 CCCAA State Track and Field Championships.{{cite web |url=https://eu.visaliatimesdelta.com/story/sports/2018/03/15/cos-sprinter-quincy-hall-has-olympic-aspirations/409275002/ |accessdate=July 9, 2023 |title=COS sprinter Quincy Hall has Olympic aspirations |first=Vongni |last=Yang |website=Visalia Times-Delta}}[https://www.tfrrs.org/results/57075/m/CCCAA_California_State_Championships CCCAA California State Championships results May 18-19, 2018 - Bakersfield College] TFRRS
Quincy Hall earned 7 California Community College Athletic Association National Junior College Athletic Association All-American honors.[https://directathletics.com/athletes/track/6165956.html Quincy Hall COS results]
Career
In 2017, competing at the 2017 Pan American U20 Athletics Championships, held in Peru, Hall won the 400 m hurdles in a new personal best time, and a new championship record time, 49.02 seconds. He set a new meet record at the 2017 Stanford Invitational race over 400 m, of 45.32. In 2018, he won at the Stanford Invitational again, this time over 400 m hurdles.{{cite web |url=https://www.runnerspace.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=44531&do=news&news_id=523519 |website=Runnerspace.com |accessdate=July 8, 2023 |title=QUINCY HALL MAKES ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT STATEMENT, WINNING 400-METER HURDLES AT STANFORD INVITATIONAL |date=March 31, 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://eu.visaliatimesdelta.com/story/sports/2018/03/15/cos-sprinter-quincy-hall-has-olympic-aspirations/409275002/ |website=visaliatomesdelta.com |accessdate=July 9, 2023 |title=COS sprinter Quincy Hall has Olympic aspirations}}
A student at the University of South Carolina, Hall achieved success in 2019, winning the NCAA Outdoor Championship in the 400 m hurdles.{{cite web |url=https://www.kansascity.com/sports/article231351908.html |website=Kansas City Star |accessdate=July 9, 2023 |date=June 9, 2019 |title=NCAA track: Raytown South grad Quincy Hall wins 400 hurdles}} That year, he also won the NACAC U23 Championship in the 400 m hurdles.{{cite web |url=https://www.si.com/college/southcarolina/other-sports/hall-bowerman-list |website=si.com |accessdate=July 8, 2023 |title=Hall Named to The Bowerman Mid Indoor Season List |date=February 6, 2020}}
At the 2022 Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Hall lowered his 400 m hurdles personal best time to 48.10s.{{cite web |url=https://www.flotrack.org/video/7797867-quincy-hall-runs-personal-best-in-400m-hurdles |website=flotrack |accessdate=July 9, 2023 |title=Quincy Hall Runs Personal Best In 400m Hurdles |first=Kevin |last=Scully |date=May 29, 2022}} At the 2022 NACAC Championships, he won gold in the inaugural mixed 4 × 400 relay contested at the event.{{cite web |website=Runnerspace.com |accessdate=July 8, 2023 |url=https://www.runnerspace.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=44531&do=news&news_id=645438 |title=SHAUNAE MILLER-UIBO, SHERICKA JACKSON SHINE AT NACAC OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS, WITH AMERICANS ADDING 11 MORE GOLD MEDALS |date=August 21, 2022}} He was also a member of the triumphant men's 4 × 400 m relay team at the event.{{cite web |url=https://jamsixty.com/highlights-from-naca-championships-in-freeport-bahamas/ |website=jamsixty |accessdate=July 8, 2023 |title=Highlights From The NACAC Championships in Freeport Bahamas |date=August 26, 2022}}
Competing at the 2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, in Eugene, Oregon, Hall reached the final of the 400 m competition with the fourth fastest time. In the final, he ran a new personal best time of 44.41s to finish third.{{cite web |url=https://www.watchathletics.com/page/4380/men-s-400m-results-usatf-outdoor-championships-2023 |website=Watch Athletics |accessdate=July 8, 2023 |date=July 7, 2023 |title=Men's 400m Results: USATF Outdoor Championships 2023}}{{cite news |url=https://www.thespec.com/sports/sydney-mclaughlin-levrone-coasts-to-400-win-at-us-track-and-field-championships-in-her/article_011bbf58-1abc-586f-9fcd-c21edcb74036.html |newspaper=The Hamilton Spectator |accessdate=July 9, 2023 |date=July 8, 2023 |title=Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone coasts to 400 win at US track and field championships in her newest event}}
Competing at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hall ran a personal best time of 44.37 to win a bronze medal in the 400 metres final.{{cite web |website=Watch Athletics |accessdate=August 20, 2023 |date=August 20, 2023 |title=Men's 400m Results: World Athletics Championships 2023 |url=https://www.watchathletics.com/page/4551/men-s-400m-results-world-athletics-championships-2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.letsrun.com/news/2023/08/usatf-announces-2023-world-championship-roster/ |website=letsrun.com |accessdate=August 8, 2023 |date=August 7, 2023 |first=Jonathan |last=Gault |title=USATF Announces 2023 World Championship Roster}}
Hall won the 400 metres at the 2024 BAUHAUS-galan in Stockholm on June 2, 2024.{{cite web |url=https://www.letsrun.com/news/2024/06/2024-stockholm-diamond-league-results-2024-bauhaus-galan-results/ |website=Letsrun |accessdate=June 3, 2024 |title=2024 Stockholm Diamond League Results – 2024 Bauhaus Galan Results |first=Robert |last=Johnson |date=June 2, 2024}} On July 12, 2024, he ran a world-leading and personal best time of 43.80 at the 2024 Herculis Diamond League event in Monaco.{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/monaco-herculis-2024-world-record-hull-report |website=World Athletics |accessdate=July 13, 2024 |title=Hull breaks world 2000m record with 5:19.70 in Monaco |date=July 12, 2024}}
At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Hall came from behind to win gold in the 400 m, in 43.40 seconds.{{cite news |title=Paris Olympics 2024 live updates |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/live-blogs/paris-olympics-2024-live-updates-day-twelve-scores-results/ASZRovNCvJZe/ |access-date=7 August 2024 |agency=The Athletic |work=The New York Times}}{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/aug/07/team-gb-matt-hudson-smith-denied-olympic-gold-in-mens-400m-final|title=Matt Hudson-Smith denied Olympic gold on line by Hall in 400m thriller|date=7 August 2024|work=Guardian|accessdate=8 August 2024}} His sprint is the fifth-fastest all-time, making him the fourth-fastest person in the 400m event in history, across all competitions.{{cite web |url=http://www.alltime-athletics.com/m_400ok.htm |title=Men's 400m}}
In October 2024, it was announced that he had signed up for the inaugural season of the Michael Johnson founded Grand Slam Track.{{cite web|url=https://www.flotrack.org/articles/12894045-grand-slam-track-league-signs-quincy-hall-and-matthew-hudson-smith|title=Grand Slam Track League Signs Quincy Hall and Matthew Hudson-Smith|publisher=FloTrack|accessdate=21 December 2024}} He dropped out from Grand Slam Track in April 2025 and was replaced by Steven Gardiner. {{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DI1QLNyuA-o/?hl=en |access-date=2025-04-24 |website=www.instagram.com}}
International competitions
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|+ Representing the {{USA}} | |||||
| Year || Competition || Venue || Position || Event || Time || Wind (m/s) || Notes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan=2|2023 | rowspan=2|2023 World Championships | rowspan=2|National Athletics Centre | bgcolor=cc9966| 3rd | 400 m | 44.37 |
| bgcolor=gold| 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 2:57.31 {{AthAbbr|WL}} | |||
| 2024 | 2024 Summer Olympics | Stade de France | bgcolor=gold| 1st | 400 m | 43.40 |
=Track records=
As of 16 September 2024, Hall holds the following track records for 400 metres.
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| Location
!Time !Date !Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fayetteville, Ark. | 44.60 | 11/05/2019 | |
| Saint-Denis, Paris | 43.40 | 07/08/2024 | |
| Xiamen | 44.38 | 02/09/2023 | Track record shared with Kirani James of Grenada from the same race. |
Personal life
Hall is the son of Milton and Iecia Hall. He has a brother, Milton, and a sister, Breanna. He also has a half-brother, Jaylin Hall, a sister named Corinthia Hall, and a half-brother, Langston Hall. His daughter, A’Lani Hall, was born in October 2021.{{cite web |url=https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/quincy-hall#:~:text=Has%20a%20brother%2C%20Milton%2C%20and,Hall%2C%20was%20born%20on%20Oct. |title=Quincy Hall |website=usatf.org |accessdate=July 9, 2023}}
Awards
- Night of Legends Award 2024: Inspirational Olympic Performance Wing Award{{Cite web |title=McLaughlin-Levrone, Hall, and Russell honored with USATF Wing Awards presented by Greater Orlando Sports Commission |url=https://www.usatf.org/news/2024/mclaughlin-levrone-hall-and-russell-honored-with-u |access-date=2024-12-07 |website=USATF}}
References
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External links
- {{World Athletics}}
- {{USATF|new_id=quincy-hall}}
- {{Team USA|new_id=quincy-hall}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|quincy-hall}}
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