Shortest male sprinters.

Expert Discussion Advanced Sprint Training
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Who are/were the shortest male sprinters at the elite level.
Im sure there have been athletes under 5’5 but who?

The shorest guy i have seen run blazing times is acutally one of our members! (Drivephase1015 not trying to call you out in a negative way bro) Anyway… he is 5’3 and has run 6.29 in the 55 and 10.30 in the 100!

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Here’s an incomplete list for smallest sprinters ever: (in cm)
160 Andrés Simon CUB 10.06 (1987)
161 Ira Murchinson USA 10.1/10.55 (1956)
162 Iziq Adeyanju NGR 10.30 (1988)
163 Derwin Hall USA 10.32 (1991)
163 Tyrance Wesley USA 10.34 (1992)
163 John Murray INA 10.23? (98) /10.54 (99)
164 Mel Pender USA 10.14 (1968)

I can’t resist to give you a female list:
149 Monica Twum GHA 11.35 (2000)
150 Karissa Owens USA 11.37 (1996)
150 Sheila Calmese USA 11.47 (1978)
150 Calister Uba NGR 11.55 (1998)
152 Lilieth Hodges JAM 11.14 (1978)
152 Sharon Ware USA 11.34 (1980)
152 Beverley Langley JAM 11.1 (94) / 11.59 (96)
153 Tina Iheagwam NGR 11.11 (1992)

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Yall forgot about andre cason.

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I’m glad to see that shorter athletes are capable of fast times. I must admit, the previous statements about optimum height being between 5’9 -5’11 put doubts in my mind, as to whether my height of 5’7 would be a limiting factor. There may be hope for me yet!

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Mini-Me is about 2’10 and he runs pretty fast!

Maybe we should start a thread “Fastest Sprinters Under 3’6 tall.” My daughter is 20 months old and moves like lightning!

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Yeah I was trained by andre cason for a few weeks and the first thing i noticed was that he was a lot smaller then me and i was 5’9 or 5’10.

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Here’s an incomplete list for smallest sprinters ever: (in cm)
160 Andrés Simon CUB 10.06 (1987)
161 Ira Murchinson USA 10.1/10.55 (1956)
162 Iziq Adeyanju NGR 10.30 (1988)
163 Derwin Hall USA 10.32 (1991)
163 Tyrance Wesley USA 10.34 (1992)
163 John Murray INA 10.23? (98) /10.54 (99)
164 Mel Pender USA 10.14 (1968)

I can’t resist to give you a female list:
149 Monica Twum GHA 11.35 (2000)
150 Karissa Owens USA 11.37 (1996)
150 Sheila Calmese USA 11.47 (1978)
150 Calister Uba NGR 11.55 (1998)
152 Lilieth Hodges JAM 11.14 (1978)
152 Sharon Ware USA 11.34 (1980)
152 Beverley Langley JAM 11.1 (94) / 11.59 (96)
153 Tina Iheagwam NGR 11.11 (1992)

Ahh some hope for the short people. At 167cm I now feel tall next to this list :wink: