About Kevin

  • KEVIN YOUNG IS A LEGEND OF TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETICS LEAVING AN INDELIBLE MARK ON THE 400M HURDLES

  • BORN & RAISED IN WATTS, LOS ANGELES, DURING THE UNREST OF 1960s USA

  • KEVIN'S TALENT WAS EVIDENT EARLY - HIS FIRST LOVE WAS BASKETBALL

  • TRACK & FIELD ATHLETICS STARTED OUT IN THE JUMPING EVENTS

  • NOT CONSIDERED GOOD ENOUGH FOR A SCHOLARSHIP, KEVIN WAS A WALK-ON AT UCLA

  • KEVIN PROVED HIS ABILITY BY BECOMING 2 X NCAA CHAMPION & UCLA LEGEND

  • 4TH AT HIS FIRST OLYMPICS IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA

  • OUT OF THE MEDALS AT TOKYO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 1991

  • OLYMPIC GOLD WITH WORLD & OLYMPIC RECORDS AT THE BARCELONA GAMES

  • WORLD CHAMPION IN STUTTGART, GERMANY

  • WORLD ATHLETE OF THE YEAR

  • WINNER OF ESPN'S FIRST ESPY AWARD (PHOTOGRAPHED WITH GYMNAST MARY LOU RETTON)

  • KEVIN'S WORLD & OLYMPIC RECORDS LASTED 29 YEARS - TWO OF THE LONGEST LASTING RECORDS IN HISTORY

  • ATHLETICS LEGEND AND STATESMAN

KEVIN’S INTERESTS

  • W-A-T-T-S

    PROUD OF HIS ROOTS, KEVIN WAS BORN & RAISED IN WATTS, A DISTRICT OF LOS ANGELES, SHORTLY AFTER RIOTS BLIGHTED HIS COMMUNITY AMIDST THE SOCIAL UNREST OF 1960s USA.

    HIS INTERESTS PAY HOMAGE TO HIS HOMETOWN

  • W-RITER

    KEVIN IS A RENAISSANCE MAN, A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS AND WITH MANY HATS. CONSCIOUS, ARTISTIC, PHILOSOPHICAL - HE WANTS TO SHARE HIS VISION WITH YOU

  • A-THLETE

    KEVIN’S LEGACY AS AN OLYMPIC CHAMPION AND WORLD RECORD HOLDER IS FIXED IN THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF ALL WHO WITNESSED HIS HISTORIC ACHIEVEMENTS. KEVIN HOLDS A DIVERSE ARRAY OF SKILLS AND PASSIONS AND AN INNATE UNDERSTANDING OF THE POWER AND INFLUENCE OF SPORT.

  • T-EACHER

    A LIFETIME OF TALENT, HARD WORK, DISCIPLINE, AND SUCCESS FORMED A STRONG FOUNDATION AND RICH DESIRE TO PASS ON HIS SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE TO THE FUTURE GENERATIONS.

  • T-HINKER

    FROM HIS LOVE OF ART, INTEREST IN POLITICS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE, TO HIS WILL TO HELP FUTURE GENERATIONS - KEVIN IS A DEEP THINKER AND MAN OF THE PEOPLE

  • S-PORTS ETHICS

    KEVIN HAS 2 DEGREES, THE 1ST IN SOCIOLOGY FROM UCLA, THE 2ND IN SPORTS ETHICS, AND HE IS PASSIONATE ABOUT THE RIGHTS OF ATHLETES IN THE MODERN SPORTING WORLD

AWARDS

  • KEVIN DOMINATED THE 400M HURDLES AT THE 1992 BARCELONA OLYMPICS WINNING GOLD & SMASHING RECORDS

  • IN WINNING OLYMPIC GLORY, KEVIN SMASHED THE WORLD RECORD AND THE 47 SECOND BARRIER. HIS RECORD LASTED 29 YEARS.

  • KEVIN’S WORLD & OLYMPIC RECORD OF 46.78s, SET DESPITE CLATTERING THE FINAL HURDLE, REMAINING UNBEATEN FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS.

  • IN 1992, KEVIN WAS WORLD ATHLETICS, USATF & ESPY ATHLETE OF THE YEAR

  • KEVIN WON THE 1992 PRIZE - AWARDED TO THE BEST US ATHLETE OF THE YEAR

  • KEVIN CEMENTED HIS LEGACY AND GLOBAL DOMINANCE BY WINNING WORLD GOLD AT STUTTGART, GERMANY IN 1993

  • KEVIN WAS THE INAUGURAL WINNER OF ESPN’S ESPY AWARDS IN 1993

  • KEVIN WAS INDUCTED INTO THE UCLA HALL OF FAME IN 1999

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