American sprinter
Lorenzo Daniel (born March 23, 1966) is an American retired track and field sprinter , best known for setting the 1985 world's best year performance in the men's 200 meters and being one of the fastest to run the event at the time. He did so on May 18, 1985, at a meet in Starkville, Mississippi , clocking 20.07. His fastest-ever 200m dash was 19.87 at Eugene, Oregon in 1988. He attended Mississippi State University , and majored in Sports Communication. Daniel was born in Avera, Georgia and grew up in Wrens, Georgia . He was once the third-fastest man in the world. Though he made the 1988 Olympics, he injured himself before he could attend The Games. He now resides in Dallas, Texas; has a wife, Sissy Sanders-Daniel and three children: Lauren, Lorenzo Jr., and Lorielle. He also founded and currently runs a sports agility company, Turbo Techniques.
Track records As of September 2024, Daniel holds the following track records for 200 metres.
Location
Time
Windspeed m/s
Date
Auburn
19.93
– 1.5
15/05/1988
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
19.88
+ 3.4
17/05/1987
References
1959 : Italy (De Murtas , Giannone , Mazza , Berruti )
1961 : Soviet Union (Mikhailov , Ozolin , Bartenev , Chistyakov )
1963 : Hungary (Csutorás , Rábai , Gyulai , Mihályfi )
1965 : West Germany (Obersiebrasse , Metz , Felsen , Sundermann )
1967 : Italy (Giani , Preatoni , Roscio , Berruti )
1970 : Poland (Wagner , Werner , Gramse , Nowosz )
1973 : United States (Brown , Riddick , Whatley , Gilbreath )
1975 : Soviet Union (Zhidkikh , Silovs , Kolesnikov , Vladimirtsev )
1977 : Soviet Union (Kolesnikov , Aksinin , Silovs , Ignatenko )
1979 : Italy (Caravani , Grazioli , Lazzer , Mennea )
1981 : United States (Lattany , Ketchum , Grimes , Smith )
1983 : United States (Scott , Graddy , Robinson , Gault )
1985 : Cuba (Querol , Simón , Chacón , Peñalver )
1987 : United States (McRae , Heard , Daniel , Spearmon )
1989 : United States (Watkins , Dees , Cason , Marsh )
1991 : United States (Drummond , Goins , Bates , Trapp )
1993 : United States (Bridgewater , Oaks , Miller , Jefferson )
1995 : United States (Bowen , Oaks , Hargraves , Dopek )
1997 : United States (Howard , Henderson , Carter , McCall )
1999 : United States (Conwright , Trammell , Miller , Capel )
2001 : Japan (Kawabata , Nara , Omae , Okusako )
2003 : Japan (Ishikura , Takahira , Yoshino , Arai )
2005 : Italy (Verdecchia , Rocco , Donati , Anceschi )
2007 : Thailand (Autas , Sondee , Suwannarangsri , Suwonprateep )
2009 : Russia (Mokrousov , Teplykh , Smirnov , Petryashov )
2011 : South Africa (Dreyer , Magakwe , Sefanyetso , Mpuang )
2013 : Ukraine (Perestiuk , Smelyk , Bodrov , Korzh )
2015 : Japan (Ōseto , Nagata , Suwa , Taniguchi )
2017 : Japan (Tanaka , Tada , Kitagawa , Yamashita )
2019 : Japan (Miyamoto , Someya , Yamashita , Dede )
2021 : China (Chen ,Chen ,Yan ,Deng )
1959 : West Germany (Grawitz , Quantz , Klappert , Oberste )
1961 : West Germany (Hoppe , Schöll , Graßhoff , Grawitz )
1963 : Great Britain (Metcalfe , Boulter , Campbell , Steane )
1965 : Italy (Bianchi , Iraldo , Frinolli , Bello )
1967 : West Germany (Müller , Röper , Krüsmann , Thiemann )
1970 : United States (Ulan , Colglazier , Turner , James )
1973 : United States (Bond , Schultz , Lutz , Jenkins )
1975 : Poland (Hewelt , Pietrzyk , Gondek , Szlendak )
1977 : United States (Jennings , Smith , Dale , Andrews )
1979 : United States (Taylor , Kerr , Harris , McCoy )
1981 : Soviet Union (Zolotaryev , Fedotov , Burakov , Markin )
1983 : United States (Nix , Tabron , Babers , Wiley )
1985 : Cuba (Martínez , Peñalver , Ramos , Hernández )
1987 : United States (Pierre , Daniel , Patrick , Robinzine )
1989 : Jamaica (O'Connor , Morris , Davis , Burnett )
1991 : United States (Wilson , Cannon , Irvin , Luke )
1993 : United States (Jones , Payne , Lyles , Turner )
1995 : United States (Hayden , Byrd , Morris , Maybank )
1997 : United States (Terry , Wheeler , Davis , Woodward )
1999 : United States (Berrian , Couts , Brew , Davis )
2001 : United States (White , Gerding , Couts , Pierce )
2003 : Ukraine (Demchenko , Zyukov , Horbenko , Tverdostup )
2005 : Poland (Wieruszewski , Dąbrowski , Kędzia , Klimczak )
2007 : Poland (Bańka , Klimczak , Kędzia , Dąbrowski )
2009 : Australia (Troode , Cole , Thomas , Wroe , Watkins , Burstow )
2011 : Russia (Sigalovsky , Buryak , Vazhov , Kruglyakov )
2013 : Russia (Dyldin , Buryak , Kashefrazov , Krasnov )
2015 : Dominican Republic (J. Santos , Cuesta , Mercedes , L. Santos )
2017 : Dominican Republic (J. Santos , L. Charles , A. Charles , L. Santos )
2019 : Mexico (Vega , Jiménez , Ramírez , Mendoza )
2021 : Turkey (Çanakçi , Ençü , Akçam , Nezir )