SYDNEY McLaughlin-Levrone is eyeing even more history at the World Athletics Championship in Tokyo.
The American legend switched to the women’s 400m track event after breaking records in the hurdles.
AlamySydney McLaughlin-Levrone holds the world record in the women’s 400m hurdles[/caption]
AFPSydney McLaughlin-Levrone has won four Olympic gold medals[/caption]
Here SunSport takes a look at the athlete’s life on and off the track.
Who is women’s 400m hurdles world record holder Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone?
McLaughlin-Levrone is a sprint and hurdles star, born in New Brunswick, New Jersey on August 7, 1999.
The American has competed in three Olympic Games and has claimed four gold medals.
She first competed in the Olympic Games as a 17-year-old, making the semi-finals of the 400m hurdles at Rio 2016.
McLaughlin-Levrone‘s first gold medals came at Tokyo 2020, where she won the 400m hurdles and 4x 400m relay.
Four years later, in Paris, she did exactly the same, adding two more gold medals to her tally in the same events.
Her exploits in Paris also saw her break her own world record in the 400m hurdles, running a stunning time of 50.37.
And now she is breaking more records in a different event, the 400m track, after she shattered the 19-year-old American mark held by Sanya Richards-Ross.
McLaughlin-Levrone ran a time of 48.29 seconds at the World Athletics Championship 2025, 0.41 seconds quicker than the previous record.
She now has her sights on another world record as she eyes Marita Koch’s 40-year record of 47.60 seconds in Thursday’s final.
Sydney’s parents are Willie and Mary McLaughlin, and she also has two brothers – Ryan and Taylor, as well as a sister – Morgan.
McLaughlin-Levrone is also the youngest Olympian to compete in track and field for Team USA since 1972.
Who is her husband Andre Levrone Jr and when did they get married?
The two initially met via social media, with the sprinter revealing that the former NFL star slid into her DMs.
McLaughlin married Andre Levrone Jr in May 2022.
The couple tied the knot at the Early Mountain Vineyards in Virginia and McLaughlin looked stunning in a slender white dress.
McLaughlin shared a kiss with husband Andre Levrone Jr after she broke the world recordGetty Images – Getty
The pair were spotted together at the US Track and Field championships in Eugene, sharing a kiss after she broke the world record just a few weeks after their wedding.
Maryland native Levrone played for the Baltimore Ravens, Carolina Panthers and Jacksonville Jaguars.
At the age of 25, wide receiver Levrone decided to walk away from the NFL, having grown jaded by the lack of stability after playing on various practice squads, without getting game time in the league.
At the time, he did have offers to play for various teams.
His father was a US Marine and his brother served in the Iraq war and is one of the only members of his family that are not in the military.
His mother was a state 100m champion sprinter.
University of Virginia graduate Levrone Jr now works in real estate in Maryland.
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