Greene, Maurice

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US athlete who held the 100-metre world record for six years after running 9.79 seconds in Athens, Georgia, in June 1999. A month later at the World Championships in Seville, Spain, he became the first person to win gold medals in both the men's 100 and 200 metres. At the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney he won gold in the 100 metres and in the 4 × 100-metre relay. In 2001 he won his third consecutive 100-metre world title.

Career highlights

Olympic Games
gold 100 metres 2000; gold 4 × 100-metre relay 2000; silver 4 × 100-metre relay 2004; bronze 100 metres 2004

World Championships
gold 100 metres 1997, 1999, 2001; gold 200 metres 1999; gold 4×100-metre relay 1999

World Indoor Championships
gold 60 metres 1999

Born in Kansas City, Kansas, he first came to international prominence in 1997 when he won the 100-metre gold medal at the World Championships in Athens. Just as strong in indoor competition, in 1998 in Madrid, Spain, he broke the 60-metre world record with a run of 6.39 seconds – a time he equalled three years later in Atlanta.

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