Dalilah Muhammad is a track and field athlete who specializes in the 400 meters hurdles. She is only the second female 400 m hurdler in history, after Sally Gunnell, to have won the Olympic, World titles and broken the world record.
She won the 400 m hurdles at the 2007 World Youth Championships, and placed second in the event at the 2009 Pan American Junior Championships.
Collegiately, she ran for the USC Trojans, for whom she was a four-time All-American at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
She was also the 2013, 2016, and 2017 American national champion and a two-time Diamond League winner.
What country is Dalilah Muhammad from?
Dalilah Muhammad is from America.
She was born on February 7, 1990 to parents Nadirah and Askia Muhammad in Jamaica, a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens.
What race is Dalilah Muhammad?
Dalilah is a Black-American.
She competed in various track and field events at Benjamin N. Cardozo High School in Bayside, Queens, including the hurdles, sprints, and high jump and while there, she won the 2008 New York State and Nike Outdoor Nationals titles in the 400 m hurdles.
She enrolled at the University of Southern California in 2008 on a sports scholarship, majoring in business.