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Paris Peoples

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Paris Peoples
Personal information
Nationality United States
Born (2000-05-27) 27 May 2000 (age 26)
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal bests400 m: 50.36 (Sacramento, 2023)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  United States
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place2026 Toruń4 × 400 m relay
World Relays
Gold medal – first place2026 GaboroneMixed 4 × 400 m relay
Silver medal – second place2025 Guangzhou4 × 400 m relay

Paris Peoples (born 27 May 2000) is an American sprinter. She was third over 400 metres at the 2026 USA Indoor Championships.[1]

Early life

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She attended Benjamin N. Cardozo High School in New York. She won 600 m race at the 2017 Indoor States Championship.[2]

Career

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Peoples was a junior at the University of Arkansas by 2022.[3] That year, she won the distance medley relay at the 2022 NCAA Indoor Championships alongside Isabel Van Camp, Krissy Gear and Logan Jolly.[4] She ran a personal best for the 400 metres of 50.60 seconds in Sacramento, California in May 2023.[5]

On 24 April 2025, she was named in the American team for the 2025 World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou, China in May 2025.[6] She competed for the United States in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay as the team won their heat to secure a place at the 2025 World Championships.[7] She ran the opening leg of the final with a 52.21 second split, as the American team came away with second place overall and the silver medal.[8]

On 1 March 2026, she was third to Rosey Effiong and Bailey Lear in the 400 metres at the 2026 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships, running 51.63 seconds.[9] She was selected for the United States relay teams at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland, winning the gold medal with the women's 4 × 400 m relay team.[10][11]

Competing outdoors, Peoples beat Saint Vincent's Shafiqua Maloney to the line of the women's 600 m in a time of 1:23.45 at the 2026 Miramar Invitational on 4 April.[12] In April ahe placed second to home runner Mercy Oketch in 51.06 seconds at the Kip Keino Classic in Nairobi.[13] She was named in the United States team for the 2026 World Athletics Relays in Gaborone, Botswana.[14][15] She ran as part of the mixed 4 x 400 metres relay team which won the gold medal having also won their heat on the opening day.[16][17][18] She placed eighth in the 400 m at the 2026 Shanghai Diamond League and sixth on 19 June at the 2026 Doha Diamond League.[19][20]

References

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  1. ↑ "Paris Peoples". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  2. ↑ King, Perry (Apr 17, 2020). "Flashback Friday: Sam vs. Kam in the 600m in 2016". Milesplit. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  3. ↑ "Paris Peoples 3rd Place Women's Collegiate 400m Section 8 - Mt. SAC Relays 2022". Bailey Lear. 15 April 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  4. ↑ Gault, Jonathan; Johnson, Robert (11 March 2022). "2022 NCAA Indoor Women's Day 1: BYU's Courtney Wayment Wins Again As Arkansas Captures the DMR". Lets Run. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  5. ↑ "Women 400 M (Quarterfinals)". ncaa.com. 24 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  6. ↑ "Global medallists on US team for World Relays in Guangzhou". world athletics. 24 April 2025. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "Women's 4x400 Metres Relay - World Athletics Relays Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. 10 May 2025. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  8. ↑ Perelman, Rich (May 11, 2025). "ATHLETICS: U.S. wins mixed 4×4, but South Africa and Spain star in World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou". The Sports Examiner. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  9. ↑ "HILTZ FOUR-PEAT HIGHLIGHTS FINAL DAY OF USATF INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". usatf.org. 1 March 2026. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
  10. ↑ "USA wins women's 4x400m to claim final gold of WIC Kujawy Pomorze 26". World Athletics. 22 March 2026. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
  11. ↑ "USA TRACK & FIELD NAMES TEAM FOR 2026 WORLD ATHLETICS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". usatf.org. March 13, 2026. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  12. ↑ "KISHANE THOMPSON RUNS WORLD 150M BEST AT MIRAMAR INVITATIONAL". Dye Stat. 4 April 2026. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
  13. ↑ "Rogers, Thomas and Pathirage break meeting records in Nairobi". World Athletics. 24 April 2026. Retrieved 24 April 2026.
  14. ↑ "USATF NAMES ROSTER FOR WORLD ATHLETICS RELAYS GABORONE 26". usatf.org. 21 April 2026. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
  15. ↑ "WRE Gaborone 26 preview: stars ready to race for championship places in mixed 4x100m". World Athletics. 28 April 2026. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
  16. ↑ "USA smash competition record in mixed 4x400m in Gaborone". World Athletics. 3 May 2026. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  17. ↑ "World leads fall as 4x400m teams light up first round in Gaborone". World Athletics. 2 May 2026. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  18. ↑ "World Athletics Relays". World Athletics. 2 May 2026. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  19. ↑ "Results - Doha Diamond League 2026". Watch Athletics. 19 June 2026. Retrieved 20 June 2026.
  20. ↑ "Results - Shanghai Diamond League 2026". Watch Athletics. 16 May 2026. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
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