Quincy Downing
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| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 January 1993[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Home town | Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 400 metres, 400 metres hurdles, 800 metres | ||||||||||||||
| College team | LSU Tigers[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Tiger Olympians[1] | ||||||||||||||
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Quincy Downing (born 16 January 1993) is an American sprinter, hurdler, and 800 metres runner. He was a part of the gold medal-winning 4 × 400 metres relay team at the 2012 World U20 Championships.
Downing grew up in Cleveland, Ohio where he attended Glenville High School. His brothers are prominent NBA athlete and coach Jannero Pargo and NBA G League player Jeremy Pargo. Downing is also related to NBA player Dwayne Washington and New York Yankees player Al Downing.[2]
As a prep, Downing was considered more of a middle-distance runner with a high school personal best of 1:51.99 in the 800 metres. He was a USATF youth champion in that event, and he competed at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics in the 800 m but did not make the finals.[2]
In college as a member of the LSU Tigers track and field team, Downing began to focus more on the 400 m and 400 m hurdles while still occasionally competing in the 800 m.[2] In 2012, Downing won his first global gold medal at the 2012 World Junior Championships in the 4 × 400 m.[3] Downing went on to win three NCAA 4 × 400 m relay national championship titles representing LSU, at the 2014 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships and at the 2015 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.[1]
