Courtney Lindsey

Courtney Lindsey (born November 18, 1998) is an American track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter.

Early life
Born and raised in Rock Island, Illinois, he attended Rock Island High School. He used to train at a boxing gym in the Quad Cities operated by his step father. Lindsey began his collegiate career at Iowa Central Community College. In July 2019, he signed a letter of intent to transfer to Texas Tech University.

Career
In June 2023, competing for Texas Tech University, he ran a new personal best time of 10.02 in the heats of the NCAA Outdoor Championship in the 100m event in Austin, Texas. He then triumphed in the final, running a new personal best time of 9.89 seconds. Although, his 4x100m relay team was disqualified at the same event, he ran another new personal best of 19.86s to finish runner-up in the 200m race.

Competing at the 2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, in Eugene, Oregon, he reached the semi-finals of the 100m competition. In the 200 metres, he beat Fred Kerley and Christian Coleman, amongst others, to finish in third place in the final in a new personal best time of 19.85 seconds.

In July 2023, he made his debut in a Diamond League event, finishing seventh in Monaco in the 100 metres. He was selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023. Competing in the 200m in Budapest he qualified for the semi-finals where he ran 20.22, missing out on a spot in the final by 1 hundredth of a second to Joseph Fahnbulleh.

On 20 April 2024, he lowered his 200m personal best to 19.71 seconds at high altitude at the Kip Keino Classic in Nairobi, Kenya. He was selected to be part of the American team for the 2024 World Athletics Relays, taking place in Nassau, Bahamas in May 2024. On 10 May 2024, he finished runner-up in the 200 metres at the 2024 Doha Diamond League. He followed that with the runner-up spot at the 2024 Prefontaine Classic.

He was included in the a United States relay pool for the 2024 Paris Olympics.