Brianna Rollins-McNeal
Brianna Rollins-McNeal was born in Miami, Florida, United States on August 18th, 1991 and is the Runner. At the age of 32, Brianna Rollins-McNeal biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Brianna Rollins-McNeal (born August 18, 1991) is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the 100 meters hurdles.
She is the 2016 Olympic champion and the 2013 World champion in the 100 meter hurdles. Her time of 12.26 is tying for the fourth fastest run in history.
Personal life
Rollins was born in Miami, Florida, and was the niece of Temperance Rollins. She is the eldest of seven siblings and the only female. She is a 2009 graduate of Miami Northwestern Senior High School. Rollins attended Clemson University and graduated in 2013, focusing on travel and tourism. Rollins, a three-time NCAA champion, has won the 60 meters hurdles in 2011 and 2013 as well as the 100 meters hurdles in 2013. She turned professional after the 2013 NCAA Outdoor Championships, where she set a new NCAA record in the 100 m hurdles in a time of 12.39 seconds.
In 2017, she married Bryce McNeal in a San Diego wedding. Both men met in Clemson, where Bryce was a member of the Tigers football team.
Career
Rollins qualified in the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials but did not make the Olympic team, finishing fifth in the 100 meters hurdles in a time of 12.94. Rollins claimed gold in the 100 meters hurdles at the 2012 NACAC Under-23 Championships in a time of 12.60 (+4.5).
Rollins won the 100 meters hurdles in an American record of 12.26, beating Gail Devers' previous record of 12.33 set in 2000. Rollins won the 100 meters hurdles in Moscow, beating Olympic and reigning world champion Sally Pearson (12.50). Rollins had the slowest reaction time in the field (0.263), but they were able to run down the field and gain gold in the final. She was named the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Athlete of the Year Award for her 2013 appearances.
Rollins won the one hundred meters hurdles race in Rome in a time of 12.53 seconds at the 2014 IAAF Diamond League, which is made up of fourteen meetings from May to September. Rollins finished fifth in the 100 meters hurdles at the 2014 USA Track and Field Championships in an average of 12.81 seconds.
Rollins took the 60 meters hurdles in 7.76 seconds at the 2016 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships. In 60 m hurdles, she came in second, placing second in the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships.
Brianna Rollins won in the 100 hurdles at the 2016 United States Olympic Trials (track and field), ahead of Team USA teammates Kristi Castlin and Nia Ali, who qualified to represent the United States at Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil. Not only did she win a gold medal, but her colleagues placed second and third, making it the first time a nation gained all medals in this sport at the Olympic Games, and the first time American women had such a sweep in any Olympic sport.
The World Anti-Doping Agency suspended her for a year after failing three drug tests in 2016, two of which occurred because she failed to update her whereabouts information when she was visiting the White House to speak with the president. Rollins was fined under the World Anti-Doping Agency Act for failing to properly report whereabouts data on three occasions in a 12-month span. Rollins' 12-month absence was retroactive to 19 December 2016, the day on which WADA first warned her of her potential rule breach. As a result, Rollins' competitive results, which were achieved on and subsequent to September 26, 2016, the date of her third whereabouts' loss, have been disqualified, and any medals, points, or prizes have been forfeited. She also was unable to qualify in the 2017 World Championships in Women's 100 meters hurdles.
McNeal placed third in the 100 meters hurdles at the 2019 World Athletic Championships in a season-best time of 12.61, qualifying for the 2019 World Athletic Championships. After a poor start in qualifying at the Doha World Championships, she was disqualified from the 100m hurdles.
Following a missed drug test in January 2020, McNeal was banned from participation by the Athletics Integrity Unit in January 2021. She denied the charges and said she was innocent and clean, although she denied them. The Academic Integrity Unit's Disciplinary Tribunal reported that she intentionally altered three medical papers without consulting the clinic or some other "as a reasonable person would have done." McNeal confessed to not having written the date down at all because it was so vividly embedded in her head. Her appeal was dismissed by the Tribunal.
She was banned for five years for "tampering with the anti-doping testing process," which would effectively make her ineligible to compete in both the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2024 Summer Olympics. In August 2025, her official ban is set to be complete. When she appealed the suspension in the court, McNeal was allowed to participate in national trials for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. However, Gabbi Cunningham was in fourth place when disqualification was declared, replacing McNeal in the fourth position. The ban was upheld by CAS on July 2nd, 2021. McNeal said on social media that the presence of "white European men" on the Panel may have resulted in a different opinion than if she were a "white woman" or a European.