Aaliyah Butler
American athlete (born 2003)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aaliyah Butler (/əˈliːə/ ə-LEE-ə;[1] born November 5, 2003) is an American sprinter who competes primarily over 400 metres.[2]
Butler at the 2024 United States Olympic trials | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | November 5, 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 400 m: 49.09 (Monaco, 2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||||||
Early life
Butler is from Fort Lauderdale in Broward County, Florida.[3] She attended Piper High School and Miami Northwestern Senior High School.[4][5] In 2019, she beat the Florida high school state record set in the 400 meters by Sanya Richards-Ross.[6] She began to attend the University of Georgia in 2022.[7]
Career
2024
Butler finished fourth in the 400 meters at the NCAA Division 1 Indoor Championships in Boston, Massachusetts in March 2024.[8] She ran a personal best 49.79 seconds for the 400 meters at the SEC Championships in Gainesville, Florida in May 2024.[9]
In June 2024, she finished second at the United States Olympic trials 400 m race in Eugene, Oregon, running 49.71 seconds.[10] She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics over 400 metres in August 2024, reaching the semi-final.[11] She also competed in the women's 4 × 400m relay at the Games, and won the gold medal as part of the American relay team.[12]
2025
She signed an NIL deal with Nike in January 2025.[13] On 1 March 2025, she moved to sixth and on the women’s world indoor 400 m all-time list after running 49.78 at the Southeastern Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships in Texas.[14] On 15 March 2025, she ran 49.97 for second place overall at the 2025 NCAA Indoor Championships in Virginia Beach.[15]
On 19 April 2025, she lowered her personal best for the 400 metres to 49.44 seconds at the Tom Jones Memorial in Gainesville, Florida.[16] In May 2025, she won the 400 metres at the SEC Championships and ran a 48.86 split in the 4 × 400 m, the third fastest split in college history, only behind Athing Mu and Britton Wilson.[17] She won the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon, running 49.26 seconds.[18] On the same track the following month she finished runner-up to Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone in the 400 metres at the 2025 Prefontaine Classic.[19] She ran a personal best 49.09 seconds to place second at the 2025 Herculis event in Monaco, part of the 2025 Diamond League, 0.03 seconds behind Olympic champion Marileidy Paulino.[20] She finished third in the final of the 400 metres at the 2025 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 49.91 seconds.[21]
Competing at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, she was a semi-finalist in the women's 400 metres.[22] Prior to the World Championships, she announced that she will be turning professional. [23]
