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{{short description|American sprinter (born 1974)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2014}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
|name = Maurice Greene
|image = Maurice Greene, Sydney2000.jpg
|caption = Greene after winning the 100&nbsp;m event at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] in Sydney
|nationality = American
|birth_date ={{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1974|7|23}}<ref name="SR"/>
|birth_place =[[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]], Kansas, United States<ref name="SR"/>
|death_date =
|death_place =
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|weight = 180 lb<ref>{{cite web |title=Maurice Greene |url=http://www.usatf.org/athletes/bios/TrackAndFieldArchive/2006/Greene_Maurice.asp |website=usatf.org |publisher=[[USA Track & Field]] |access-date=June 18, 2017 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20111104091235/http://www.usatf.org/athletes/bios/TrackAndFieldArchive/2006/Greene_Maurice.asp |archive-date=November 4, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|sport = [[Sprint (running)|Sprint]]ing
|event = [[100 meters]], [[200 meters]]
|collegeteam = [[Kansas Jayhawks|Kansas]]
|medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Sport|Men's athletics}}
{{Medal|Country|the {{flagu|United States}} }}
{{Medal|Olympic}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]]|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|100&nbsp;m]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|2000 Sydney|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100&nbsp;m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Silver| [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100&nbsp;m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2004 Athens|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|100&nbsp;m]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold | [[1997 World Championships in Athletics|1997 Athens]]|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres|100&nbsp;m]]}}
{{Medal|Gold | [[1999 World Championships in Athletics|1999 Seville]]|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres|100&nbsp;m]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|1999 Seville|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres|200&nbsp;m]]}}
{{Medal|Gold |1999 Seville|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100&nbsp;m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Gold | [[2001 World Championships in Athletics|2001 Edmonton]]|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres|100&nbsp;m]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics|World Indoor Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1999 Maebashi]] | 60&nbsp;m}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Goodwill Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1998 Goodwill Games|1998 New York City]]|[[Athletics at the 1998 Goodwill Games|100&nbsp;m]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|1998 New York City|4 × 100&nbsp;m relay}}
}}

'''Maurice Greene''' (born July 23, 1974) is an American former [[track and field]] [[Sprint (running)|sprinter]] who competed in the [[60 meters]], [[100 meters]], and [[200 meters]]. He is a former [[Men's 100 metres world record progression|100 m world record holder]] with a time of 9.79 seconds. During the height of his career (1997–2004) he won four [[Olympic medalists in athletics (men)|Olympic medals]] and was a five-time [[World champions in athletics (men)|World Champion]]. This included three golds at the [[1999 World Championships in Athletics|1999 World Championships]], a feat which had previously only been achieved by [[Carl Lewis]] and [[Michael Johnson (sprinter)|Michael Johnson]] and has since been equaled by three others.

His career was affected by several injuries from 2001 onwards, although he won the 100&nbsp;meters bronze and silver in the [[4 × 100 metres relay|sprint relay]] at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]]. Greene was also successful indoors: he was the [[1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1999 Indoor World Champion]], was the [[List of world records in athletics|world record]] holder in the [[60 metres|60-meter dash]] for nearly 20 years and remains the joint-fastest man over [[50 meters]]. He raced sparingly after an injury in 2005 and officially retired in 2008. Over his career, he made the third most [[10-second barrier|sub-10-second]] runs (52) in the 100 m, tied with [[Usain Bolt]] and only surpassed by [[Asafa Powell]] and [[Justin Gatlin]].

Following his track career he has become an ambassador for the [[IAAF]] and a television personality, appearing on ''[[Identity (game show)|Identity]]'', ''[[Blind Date (American TV series)|Blind Date]]'', and ''[[Dancing with the Stars (American TV series)|Dancing with the Stars]]''. Most recently he volunteered as a track coach at [[University of California at Los Angeles]] ([[UCLA]]) for the 2012–2013 season.

Since then he has become a physical education teacher at American Leadership Academy in Arizona. {{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}

==Early life==
Greene was born in [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]], Kansas and attended [[F.L. Schlagle High School]]. In his youth and high school, he participated in both [[American football]] and track and field. After high school, Greene received a Track scholarship to the [[University of Kansas]]. Greene also attended<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1999/06/28/262991/gold-standard-once-going-nowhere-fast-sprinter-maurice-greene-has-found-his-stride-smashed-the-100-meter-world-record-and-set-his-sights-on-olympic-stardom |title=Gold Standard Once going nowhere fast, sprinter Maurice Greene has found his stride, smashed the 100-meter world record and set his sights on Olympic stardom |author=Layden, Tim |website=Vault |access-date=2019-09-04}}</ref> [[Park University]] and [[Kansas City Kansas Community College]].

==Sports career==
===Early career and breakthrough===
In 1995 he took part in his first major international tournament at the [[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] in [[Gothenburg]], but was eliminated in the 100 m quarter-finals. His next season was disappointing, as he failed to make the American team for the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] in [[Atlanta]]. After watching the Olympic final from the stands, Greene made his way to Los Angeles to seek the coaching of [[John Smith (sprinter)|John Smith]]. He joined the start-up [[HSI (Track team)|HSI]] group. He went on to become the group's most visible member.

The following season would be his breakthrough. At the World Championships in [[Athens]], Greene won the 100 m title. This marked the beginning of Greene's dominance in the 100 m. He successfully defended his title in 1999 and 2001 and captured the Olympic gold medal in the [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Olympics]]. He was also successful at the [[200 m]]. At the 1999 World Championships, he also won the 200 m title, the first to win both sprint events at a World Championships. However, he did not run the 200 m at the 2000 Olympics after an injury at the US trials.

===World record holder and athletic prime===
In 1999 he set the 100 m world record at 9.79 s (+0.1&nbsp;m/s wind), beating [[Donovan Bailey]]'s standing world record of 9.84 s (+0.7&nbsp;m/s wind), and lowering the world record by the largest margin since the advent of electronic timing. Greene also matched Bailey's 50 m indoor world record time, but the run was never ratified. He also set the 60 m indoor world record twice. His 60 m indoor record is currently at 6.39 seconds. In addition, Maurice Greene was the only sprinter to hold the 60 m and 100 m world records at the same time. The previous [[IAAF]] logo was created in Greene's image.

In 2002, Greene lost his 100 m world record to fellow American [[Tim Montgomery]], who beat his time by 0.01 (9.78 s +2.0&nbsp;m/s), while Greene himself was injured and watched the race from the stands; Montgomery has since been found guilty of using performance-enhancing drugs, and his record has been retroactively rescinded. The record was broken legitimately by [[Asafa Powell]] in 2005 with a time of 9.77 s (+1.6&nbsp;m/s wind).

At the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] in Athens, Greene added to his medal tally with the bronze after finishing third in his attempt to defend his 100 m title to Justin Gatlin, and a silver as the anchor leg runner on the United States 4 × 100 m relay team, narrowly denied another Olympic Gold by the British team, who won by 0.01 seconds.

Greene ran 52 sub-10-second 100 m races during his career, which at the time was more than any other sprinter in history. This record has now been surpassed by [[Asafa Powell]] who has 97 100 m sub-10-second runs to his name and [[Justin Gatlin]] who has 64 100 m sub-10-second runs to his name and equalled by [[Usain Bolt]] who has the same amount of sub-10-second runs with 52.<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=O/age=N/season=0/sex=M/all=y/legal=A/disc=100/detail.html IAAF All Time 100 Metre list]</ref> Previously Greene had held the record for the most wind-legal sub-10-second clockings for 100 m in one season when he ran 9 sub-10s in 1999. This record was also broken by Asafa Powell in 2006 (12), and it was improved by Powell in 2008 to 15.

On December 21, 2006, he appeared as one of the "strangers" on the [[NBC]] game show ''[[Identity (game show)|Identity]]''. The contestant, a self-professed track and field fan, incorrectly identified him by name as [[Marion Jones]], although she identified him as the "world's fastest man."

===Post-running===
On February 4, 2008, Greene announced his retirement from track and field in Beijing, citing nagging injuries and a wish to see new individuals succeed in the sport. Greene said he hopes to pursue coaching and business interests.

In April 2008, the New York Times reported that Greene had paid Mexican discus thrower [[Angel Guillermo Heredia]] $10,000, which Heredia claimed was in payment for performance-enhancing drugs. Greene admitted meeting Heredia and making the payment but claimed it was common for him to pay for "stuff" for other members of his training group, and reiterated that he had never used banned drugs.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/17/sports/othersports/17track.html |title=I.A.A.F. Seeks an Explanation From Greene About Drug Allegations |author=Wilson, Duff |date=2008-04-17 |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=2016-08-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Maurice Greene denies link to doping scandal |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/2297315/Maurice-Greene-denies-link-to-doping-scandal.html |access-date=30 January 2018 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=14 April 2008}}</ref>

Greene was a contestant on Season 7 of ''[[Dancing with the Stars (American TV series)|Dancing with the Stars]]'', and was paired with two-time champion [[Cheryl Burke]]. He was eliminated in Week 8 of the competition, taking 5th place.<ref>[http://kickedofftv.com/?p=130 Kicked Off TV: ''Maurice Greene voted off Dancing With The Stars''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212144802/http://kickedofftv.com/?p=130 |date=February 12, 2009 }}</ref> He hyperextended his leg during the competition. He later helped out in their pro-dancer competition and danced a Tango with future winner Anna Demidova. Greene also appeared on the American television series ''[[Blind Date (American TV series)|Blind Date]]'' where he was paired with a woman named Christie. Greene and Christie agreed that they would see each other again.

He has a tattoo that reads GOAT referring to his claim to be the "Greatest of All Time".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/athens/track/2004-07-08-cover-greene_x.htm |work=USA Today |title=Greene has 'Mo'mentum |author=Weir, Tom |date=July 9, 2004 |access-date=May 12, 2010 | archive-date=June 18, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618062114/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/athens/track/2004-07-08-cover-greene_x.htm | url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Media==
In an event set up by ESPN's [[Todd Gallagher]], Greene appeared in the book "Andy Roddick Beat Me With a Frying Pan" racing in a 100-meter race against the book's editor, who had a 31-meter head start and the help of a moving sidewalk. Greene lost by a nose.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://postgazette.com/pg/07336/838286-155.stm/ |title=Sporting absurdity, in all its gloriosity |author=O'Neil, Brian |date=2 December 2007 |website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |access-date=2016-08-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302174441/http://postgazette.com/pg/07336/838286-155.stm/ |archive-date=March 2, 2012 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Maurice Greene hosted the monthly show "Greene Light" on Eurosport where he met stars of athletics, such as [[Blanka Vlašić]], [[Allyson Felix]] and [[Churandy Martina]].

Greene was also the cover athlete for the multi-platform video game [[International Track & Field 2000]], which was developed by [[Konami]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/track-and-field-2000-ships/1100-2447259/ |title=Track & Field 2000 Ships |work=Gamespot |author=Kennedy, Sam |date=April 27, 2000 |access-date=2022-07-08}}</ref>

==Personal bests==
{| class=wikitable
|-
!Event
!Time
!Date
!Venue
!Notes
|-
|50 m
|5.56
|February 13, 1999
|[[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], United States
|Tied world record (not ratified)
|-
|60 m
|6.39
|March 2, 1998
|[[Madrid]], Spain
|Equalled in [[Atlanta]], United States on March 3, 2001, former world record
|-
|100 m
|9.79
|June 16, 1999
|[[Athens]], Greece
||+0.1&nbsp;m/s wind, former world record
|-
|200 m
|19.86
|July 7, 1997
|[[Stockholm]], Sweden
||+1.6&nbsp;m/s wind
|}

==International competitions==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
|1995
|[[1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Barcelona]], Spain
|4th
|[[1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres|60 m]]
|-
|1997
|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Athens]], Greece
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres|100 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|1998
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1998 Goodwill Games|Goodwill Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[New York City, New York|New York City]], United States
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[Athletics at the 1998 Goodwill Games – Results|100 m]]
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[Athletics at the 1998 Goodwill Games – Results|4 × 100 m relay]]
|-
|rowspan=5|1999
|[[1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Maebashi]], Japan
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres|60 m]]
|-
|rowspan=3|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=3|[[Seville]], Spain
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres|100 m]]
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres|200 m]]
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]
|-
|[[1999 IAAF Grand Prix Final|Grand Prix Final]]
|[[Munich]], Germany
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|200 m
|-
|rowspan=2|2000
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Sydney]], Australia
|bgcolor="gold"|1st
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|100 m]]
|-
|bgcolor="gold"|1st
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]
|-
|2001
|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Edmonton, Alberta|Edmonton]], Canada
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres|100 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2004
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Athens]], Greece
|bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|100 m]]
|-
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]
|-
|2005
|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Helsinki]], Finland
| —
|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]
|{{AthAbbr|DNF}}
|}

==National competitions==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
|1995
|[[1995 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships|USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships]]
|[[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]]
|100 m
|-
|1997
|[[1997 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships|USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships]]
|[[Indianapolis, Indiana|Indianapolis]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|100 m
|-
|1999
|[[1999 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships|USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships]]
|[[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
|200 m
|-
|2000
|[[United States Olympic Trials (track and field)|U.S. Olympic Team Trials]]
|[[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|100 m
|-
|2001
|[[2001 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships|USA Indoor Track and Field Championships]]
|[[New York City, New York|New York City]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|60 m
|-
|2002
|[[2002 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships|USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships]]
|[[Palo Alto, California|Palo Alto]]
|100 m
|-
|2004
|[[2004 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)|U.S. Olympic Team Trials]]
|[[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|100 m
|-
|2005
|[[2005 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships|USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships]]
|[[Carson, California|Carson]]
|{{AthAbbr|DNF}}
|100 m
|}

==Meeting wins==
;[[IAAF Golden League]]
*[[Golden Gala]] 100 m: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
*[[Golden Gala]] 200 m: 2000
*[[Meeting de Paris]] 100 m: 2001, 2002
*[[Meeting de Paris]] 200 m: 1999
*[[Internationales Stadionfest]] 100 m: 1998, 2000
*[[Internationales Stadionfest]] 200 m: 1999
*[[Memorial Van Damme]] 100 m: 1998, 2000
*[[Weltklasse Zürich]] 100 m: 1999, 2000
;Other
*[[Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria]] 100 m: 1999
*[[Osaka Grand Prix]] 100 m: 2000
*[[New Balance Indoor Grand Prix]] 60 m: 1999

==Dancing with the Stars==
{| class=wikitable
!Week
!Dance(s)/Song(s)
!Inaba
!Goodman
!Tonioli
!Result
|-
|1
|[[Foxtrot]]/"Doing it to Death"<br>[[Mambo (dance)|Mambo]]/"I Do the Jerk"
|6<br>7
|6<br>7
|6<br>7
|Safe
|-
|2
|[[Rhumba|Rumba]]/"[[Mercy Mercy Me]]"
|7
|6
|6
|Safe
|-
|3
|[[Jive (dance)|Jive]]/"[[Rock Around the Clock]]"
|8
|8
|8
|Safe
|-
|4
|[[Samba]]/"[[That's the Way (I Like It)]]"
|6
|7
|7
|Safe
|-
|5
|[[Salsa (dance)|Salsa]]/"Everything I Can't Have"
|9
|9
|9
|Safe
|-
|6
|[[Viennese Waltz]]/"[[Gravity (John Mayer song)|Gravity]]"
|7
|7
|7
|Safe
|-
|7
|[[Cha-cha-cha (dance)|Cha-Cha-Cha]]/"[[Cupid Shuffle]]"<br>Team [[Paso Doble]]/"[[Rocks (song)|Rocks]]"
|8<br>10
|9<br>9
|8<br>10
|Safe
|-
|8<br><small>Quarter Finals</small>
|[[Quickstep]]/"[[Puttin' on the Ritz]]"<br>Paso Doble/"[[Let It Rock (Kevin Rudolf song)|Let it Rock]]"
|8<br>8
|8<br>8
|8<br>8
|Eliminated
|}

==See also==
*[[List of men's Olympic and World Championship athletics sprint champions]]
*[[List of 100 metres national champions (men)]]
*[[List of 2000 Summer Olympics medal winners]]
*[[List of 2004 Summer Olympics medal winners]]
*[[100 metres at the Olympics]]
*[[4 × 100 metres relay at the Olympics]]
*[[100 metres at the World Championships in Athletics]]
*[[200 metres at the World Championships in Athletics]]
*[[4 × 100 metres relay at the World Championships in Athletics]]
*[[List of people from Kansas City, Kansas|List of people from Kansas City]], Kansas

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110121162049/http://www.adidas.com/athlete/Maurice_Greene.asp |title=adidas athletes profile |date=mdy}}
* {{World Athletics}}
* {{USATF}}
* {{Team USA|new_id=maurice-greene|old_id=GR/Maurice-Greene|archive=20230206001709}}
* {{Olympics.com profile}}
* {{Olympedia}}

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