Vernon Norwood

{{Infobox sportsperson

| full_name = Vernon Larnard Norwood

| image = Vernon Norwood Portland 2016.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = Norwood in 2016

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|4|10}}

| birth_place = New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.

| height = 1.88 m

| weight = 73 kg

| country = {{USA}}

| sport = Track and field

| event = 400 metres

| collegeteam = LSU Tigers track and field

| turnedpro = 2015

| club = New Balance

| pb = 400 meters: 44.10{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/vernon-norwood-14490237 |author=World Athletics |title=Vernon Norwood Athlete Profile}}
200 meters: 20.30
4 × 400 meters: 2:54.43
300 meters: 32.70

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry|the {{USA}}}}

| updated = August 11, 2024

}}

Vernon Larnard Norwood (born April 10, 1992) is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the 400 meters.{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/vernon-norwood-14490237 |title=Vernon NORWOOD - Athlete Profile |website=World Athletics |access-date=August 13, 2024}}

Biography

Raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, he is the son of Curtis Norwood and Charliette Ray.[http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=206930463 Vernon Norwood] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023445/http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=206930463 |date=March 4, 2016 }}. LSU Sports. Retrieved on June 28, 2015. Norwood started running track in his junior year at Morgan City High School.{{Cite web |url=http://www.lsureveille.com/daily/lsu-sprinter-norwood-journeys-from-basketball-court-to-track/article_68f837a0-c6ba-11e4-b12e-03325b65caa2.html |title=LSU sprinter Norwood journeys from basketball court to track |date=March 9, 2015}}

=College=

For South Plains College, Norwood was a multiple time NJCAA national champion.{{cite web |url=http://www.njcaa.org/newsArticle.cfm?articleId%3D19009 |title=South Plains Sweeps NJCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships - NJCAA | News | National |access-date=June 28, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130820010556/http://njcaa.org/newsArticle.cfm?articleId=19009 |archive-date=August 20, 2013}}

For the LSU Tigers, he was a four time NCAA national champion.{{Cite web |url=http://www.theneworleansadvocate.com/sports/college/12637288-128/lsus-vernon-norwood-cruises-to |title=LSU's Vernon Norwood cruises to win in 400 meters at NCAA meet | College | the New Orleans Advocate — New Orleans, Louisiana |access-date=June 28, 2015 |archive-date=June 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630134611/http://www.theneworleansadvocate.com/sports/college/12637288-128/lsus-vernon-norwood-cruises-to |url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=206930463 |title=Vernon Norwood LSU Track and Field profile |access-date=June 28, 2015 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023445/http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=206930463 |url-status=dead }}

=Professional=

In 2015, Norwood finished 3rd at the US Outdoor Championships, to secure a spot in the United States team at the World Championships in the 400 meters. He made it to the semi-final and did not advance to the final in the 400 m, and won a gold medal as part of the 4 × 400 m relay squad.{{Cite web |url=http://olympictalk.nbcsports.com/2015/06/27/allyson-felix-wins-400-usa-track-and-field-championships-lashawn-merritt/ |title=Allyson Felix wins 400 m, fastest women upset at U.S. Championships |date=June 27, 2015}}

During the 2016 indoor season, Norwood made his second USA team by winning the 400m at the US Indoor Championships. At the World Indoor Championships, he was disqualified for stepping on the inside of his lane during the first round of the 400 meters, and won gold in the 4 × 400 m relay.{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/world-indoor-portland-2016-men-4x400m-final |title=Report: men's 4x400m final – IAAF World Indoor Championships Portland 2016 |date=March 20, 2016 |access-date=August 13, 2024 |first=Javier Clavelo |last=Robinson}}

Norwood won a silver medal as part of the 4 × 400 relay team at the 2018 World Indoor Championships.{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/world-indoor-birmingham-2018-men-4x400-final |title=Report: men's 4x400m final – IAAF World Indoor Championships Birmingham 2018 |last=Hardman |first=Dean |date=March 4, 2018 |access-date=August 13, 2024}}

In 2019, Norwood finished 4th at the US Outdoor Championships in a new personal best of 44.40. He competed at the 2019 World Championships, where he went out in the semi-finals of the 400 metres and won gold in the 4 × 400 m relay.{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/results/world-athletics-championships/2019/iaaf-world-athletics-championships-doha-2019-7125365/men/4x400-metres-relay/heats/result |title=4x400 Metres Relay men |website=World Athletics |access-date=August 13, 2024}}

In 2021, Norwood ran a new 200 m personal best of 20.30s in Baton Rouge. He finished 5th at the US Olympic trials and qualified for the 4x400 relay teams at the Tokyo Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://results.usatf.org/2020Trials/ |title=2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Track & Field |website=usatf.org |access-date=August 13, 2024}} Norwood won a bronze medal as part of the Mixed 4 × 400 m relay team and a gold medal as part of the Men's 4 × 400 m relay team.{{cite web |url=https://www.teamusa.com/news/2021/july/31/team-usa-takes-bronze-in-new-olympic-track-event-mixed-4x400-relay |title=Team USA Takes Bronze In New Olympic Track Event – Mixed 4x400 Relay |last=Rosen |first=Karen |website=teamusa.com |date=July 31, 2021 |access-date=August 13, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.stmarynow.com/sports/norwood-wins-gold-team-usa-clinches-4x400-olympics |title=Norwood wins gold as Team USA clinches 4x400 at Olympics |date=8 August 2021 |access-date=August 13, 2024 |website=StMaryNow}}

Norwood finished 4th in the 400 m at the 2022 US Outdoor Championships in a new personal best of 44.35s.{{cite web |url=https://results.usatf.org/2022Outdoors/ |title=2022 Toyota USATF Outdoor Championships |website=usatf.org |access-date=August 13, 2024}} He competed at the 2022 World Championships Where he won bronze as part of the [[2022 World Athletics Championships – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay|

Mixed 4 × 400 m relay]] team and gold as part of the Men's 4 × 400 relay team.{{cite web |url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7137279/AT-4X4-X-f----.RS6.pdf |title=4 x 400 Metres Relay Mixed - Final |date=July 15, 2022 |access-date=August 13, 2024 |website=World Athletics}}{{cite web |url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7137279/AT-4X4-M-h----.RS6.pdf |title=4 x 400 Metres Relay Men - Round 1 |website=World Athletics |date=July 24, 2022 |access-date=August 13, 2024}}

In 2023, Norwood finished 2nd at the US Outdoor Championships, qualifying for the 2023 World Athletics Championships, where he finished 4th in the 400 m, having run a new personal best of 44.26s in the semi-final, he won a gold medal as part of the Men's 4 × 400 m relay team.{{cite web |url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138987/AT-4X4-M-f----.RS6.pdf |title=4 x 400 Metres Relay Men - Final |website=World Athletics |date=August 27, 2023 |access-date=August 13, 2024}}

At the 2024 US Olympic Trials, Norwood finished 4th in the 400 m with a time of 44.47s.{{cite web |url=https://results.usatf.org/2024Trials/ |title=2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Track & Field |website=usatf.org |access-date=August 13, 2024}} He ran a personal best of 44.10s over 400m at the London Athletics Meet. Norwood competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics, he won a silver medal as part of the Mixed 4 × 400 m relay team, having broken the world record in the heats and a gold medal as part of the Men's 4 × 400 relay team.{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/olympic-games/paris24/news/article/paris-2024-olympics-report-mixed-4x400m-relay |title=Bol sprints Netherlands to Olympic comeback and 4x400m mixed relay gold in Paris |date=August 3, 2024 |access-date=August 13, 2024 |last=Greif |first=Andrew |website=World Athletics}}{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/ATH/OG2024_ATH_C73D_ATHM4X400M------------FNL-000100--.pdf |title=Men's 4 x 400m Relay Final Results |date=August 10, 2024 |access-date=August 13, 2024 |website=olympics.com}}

=USA National Track and field Championships=

2023

|USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

|Eugene, Oregon

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|400 metres

|44.39{{cite web |url=https://results.usatf.org/2023Outdoors/ |title=2023 Toyota USATF Outdoor Championships |website=usatf.org |access-date=August 13, 2024}}

2016

|USA Indoor Track and Field Championships

|Portland, Oregon

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|400 metres

|45.80{{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2016/USATF-Indoor-Track---Field-Championships/Results/Day-2.aspx |title=2016 USA Track & Field – Results – Full |publisher=Usatf.org |date=March 12, 2016 |access-date=March 15, 2016 |archive-date=October 26, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026183401/http://www.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2016/USATF-Indoor-Track---Field-Championships/Results/Day-2.aspx |url-status=dead }}

2015

|USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships

|Eugene, Oregon

|bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd

|400 metres

|44.80{{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2015/USATF-Outdoor-Championships/Results-by-Day/Results-FULL.aspx |title=2016 USA Track & Field – Results – Full |publisher=Usatf.org |date=March 12, 2016 |access-date=March 15, 2016 |archive-date=October 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005155325/http://www.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2015/USATF-Outdoor-Championships/Results-by-Day/Results-FULL.aspx |url-status=dead }}

International competitions

rowspan=2|2014

|rowspan=2|NACAC U23 Championships

|rowspan=2|Kamloops, Canada

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:04.34

bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|400 m

|45.56

2015

|World Championships

|Beijing, China

|1st (h)

|4 × 400 m relay

|2:58.13

rowspan=2|2016

|rowspan=2|Indoor World Championships

|rowspan=2|Portland, USA

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:02.45

|400 m

| -

2018

|Indoor World Championships

|Birmingham, England

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:01.97

rowspan=3|2019

|World Relays

|Yokohama, Japan

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|4 × 200 m relay

|1:20.12

rowspan=2|World Championships

|rowspan=2|Doha, Qatar

|4th (sf)

|400 m

|45.02

1st (h)

|4 × 400 m relay

|2:59.89

rowspan=2|2021

|rowspan=2|Olympic Games

|rowspan=2|Tokyo, Japan

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|Mixed 4 × 400 m relay

|3:10.22

1st (h)

|4 × 400 m relay

|2:57.77

rowspan=2|2022

|rowspan=2|World Championships

|rowspan=2|Eugene, USA

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|Mixed 4 × 400 m relay

|3:10.16

1st (h)

|4 × 400 m relay

|2:58.96

rowspan=2|2023

|rowspan=2|World Championships

|rowspan=2|Budapest, Hungary

|4th

|400 m

|44.39

bgcolor=gold|1st

|4 × 400 m relay

|2:57.31

rowspan=2|2024

|rowspan=2|Olympic Games

|rowspan=2|Paris, France

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|Mixed 4 × 400 m relay

|3:07.74

bgcolor=gold|1st

|4 × 400 m relay

|2:54.43 {{AthAbbr|OR}}

=Circuit performances=

References

External links

{{World Athletics}}
[http://www.all-athletics.com/node/574116 Vernon Norwood at All-Athletics.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308234849/http://www.all-athletics.com/node/574116 |date=March 8, 2016 }}
{{TFRRS|4680328|Vernon Norwood – LSU}}
{{Team USA|new_id=vernon-norwood-912240|old_id=NO/Vernon-Norwood|archive=20230318130714}}
{{Olympics.com|vernon-norwood}}
{{Olympedia}}