Ameer Kenneth Webb (born March 19, 1991) is an American sprinter specializing in the 100 m and 200 m.

College career

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, Webb was the 200 meter champion at the 2013 NCAA Division I Indoor Championships and the 2013 NCAA Outdoor Championships. Prior to Texas A&M he ran for Cerritos College, where he was the 2011 CCCAA State Champion in both the 100 meters and 200 meters. He had run for

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, finishing fifth in the 200 meters at the 2009 CIF California State Meet behind Randall Carroll's sweep of both sprinting events. Webb was a dual-sport student-athlete (track & field and football) at Tustin High for all 3 and 1/2 years he attended there. He attended a small charter school during his first semester of his junior year. The charter school had no sports program. He returned to Tustin for his second semester of his junior year. As a senior, he started both ways and helped lead the football team to its first CIF championship title game in a decade. They eventually fell to a Ronnie Hillman-led La Habra football team.

Professional career

He competed at the

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in the finals, but due to his involvement in an exchange infraction the team was disqualified. Webb won the 200 meters at the 2016 Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix with a meet record of 19.85 (+1.9 m/s). That time ranks him tied with

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, Konstadinos Kederis and

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as the number 25 performer in history. He competed at the

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., reaching the semi-finals. On June 25, 2017, Webb won the 200 meters at the

2017 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships The 2017 USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships were held at Hornet Stadium (Sacramento), Hornet Stadium on the campus of California State University, Sacramento in Sacramento, California, Sacramento, California. Organized by USA Track & Field ...

with a time of 20.09 seconds, thus qualifying for the

2017 World Championships in Athletics The 2017 IAAF World Championships, the sixteenth edition of the IAAF World Championships, were held from 4 to 13 August at London Stadium in London, United Kingdom. London was officially awarded the championships on 11 November 2011. Bidding p ...

Statistics

Information from

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profile or Track & Field Results Reporting System unless otherwise noted.

Personal bests

* = wind-assisted (more than +2.0 m/s) * = world lead (fastest time in the year)

International championship results

* = personal best

National championship results

* = wind-assisted (more than +2.0 m/s) * = personal best * = seasonal best

200 m circuit wins

Representing

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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

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: 2016 **

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Webb, Ameer Living people 1991 births Sportspeople from Carson, California American male sprinters African-American track and field athletes Texas A&M Aggies men's track and field athletes Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic track and field athletes for the United States World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners 21st-century American sportsmen 21st-century African-American sportsmen Tustin High School alumni Track and field athletes from Orange County, California NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners Diamond League winners