LaShawn Merritt
Achievements

LaShawn Merritt

Section Title: Achievements
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Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes

2004	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	1st	400 m	45.25

1st	4 × 100 m relay	38.66 WJR

1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:01.09 WJR

2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:00.48 (heats)

2006	World Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.24

World Athletics Final	Stuttgart, Germany	3rd	400 m	44.14

World Cup	Athens, Greece	1st	400 m	44.54

1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:00.11

2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	2nd	400 m	43.96 PB

1st	4 × 400 m relay	2:55.56

World Athletics Final	Stuttgart, Germany	1st	400 m	44.58

2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	1st	400 m	43.75 PB

1st	4 × 400 m relay	2:55.39

2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	1st	400 m	44.06

1st	4 × 400 m relay	2:57.86

World Athletics Final	Thessaloniki, Greece	1st	400 m	44.93

2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	2nd	400 m	44.63

1st	4 × 400 m relay	2:59.31

2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	—	400 m	DNF

2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	1st	400 m	43.74 PB

1st	4 × 400 m relay	2:58.71

2014	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	1st	4 × 400 m relay	2:57.25

2015	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	1st	4 × 400 m relay	2:58.43

World Championships	Beijing, China	2nd	400 m	43.65 PB

1st	4 × 400 m relay	2:57.82

2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	3rd	400 m	43.85

1st	4 × 400 m relay	2:57.30

2017	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.13

World Championships	London, United Kingdom	20th (sf)	400 m	45.52

Sentence(s)

LaShawn Merritt won the 400 m gold at the 2004 World Junior Championships and also set two world junior records in the relays.

final_sentence: LaShawn Merritt won the 400 m gold at the 2004 World Junior Championships and also set two world junior records in the relays.