Question 1

True or false: Coleman was the 2019 World Champion in the 100 meters.

Accepted Answer

True. He won gold in the 100m at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, running 9.76 seconds.

Question 2

True or false: Christian Coleman holds the world record in the 100 meters at 9.76 seconds.

Accepted Answer

False. Usain Bolt holds the world record at 9.58 seconds. Coleman's personal best is 9.76, but that's not the world record.

Question 3

True or false: Christian Coleman has never lost a 100-meter final at the U.S. Olympic Trials.

Accepted Answer

False. He failed to qualify for the 2021 Olympic team in the 100m, finishing 5th in the final at the Trials.

Question 4

True or false: Coleman owns the indoor 60-meter world record with a time of 6.34 seconds.

Accepted Answer

True. He set the indoor 60m world record of 6.34 seconds on February 18, 2018, in Albuquerque.

Question 5

True or false: Coleman graduated from the University of Tennessee with a degree in sports management.

Accepted Answer

False. He attended the University of Tennessee but left early to turn professional; he did not graduate from there.

Question 6

True or false: He once ran a 4.12-second 40-yard dash, unofficially the fastest ever recorded.

Accepted Answer

True. At a 2018 training session, Coleman reportedly clocked 4.12 seconds, faster than any NFL combine time ever recorded.

Question 7

True or false: He was suspended for a year after missing three drug tests, but later cleared on appeal.

Accepted Answer

False. Coleman was suspended for 18 months (not one year) for whereabouts failures, and his appeal was rejected.

Question 8

True or false: Christian Coleman was the youngest man to break 10 seconds in the 100 meters.

Accepted Answer

True. At age 18, he ran 9.97 seconds in 2015, becoming the youngest man under 20 to break 10 seconds.

Christian Coleman Trivia Questions