Michael Berry

Birth dateDec 10, 1991

BirthplaceSeattle, United States

Height1.86 m

Weight75 kg

Michael Berry (born December 10, 1991) is an American sprinter, who specializes in the 400 meters.

Berry was part of the USA team that won the gold medal in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics.

A native of Seattle, Washington, Berry attended Rainier Beach High School In 2010 he received a three-month ban after testing positive for cannabis.

Key facts

400 Metres Short Track

45.64

500 Metres Short Track

1:00.43

2024 season best

11.37

Apr 20, 2024 · Rice University Ley Track/Holloway Field, Houston, TX (USA)

2024 season best

Last competition

J Fred Duckett Rice Twilight Meet

Apr 20, 2024 · 11.37

J Fred Duckett Rice Twilight Meet

Medals

World Championships: 1 gold

Age

34 years old

As of Sep 12, 2026: 400 Metres Short Track 45.64, 500 Metres Short Track 1:00.43, 2024 season best 11.37 (Apr 20, 2024, Rice University Ley Track/Holloway Field, Houston, TX (USA)) · Last competition: J Fred Duckett Rice Twilight Meet, Apr 20, 2024, 11.37 · World Championships: 1 gold · 34 years old

Personal bests

11.35

20.74*

44.75

2:01.65

39.60

2:58.82

6.54

3:06.51

9:19.93

6.94

45.64

20.84

33.13

33.13

1:00.43

1:00.43

1:22.58

* Wind-assisted (> 2.0 m/s)

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Medals

	🥇	🥈	🥉	Total
World Championships	1	-	-	1

Performance Charts

Season bests

Season	Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Trend	Competitions
2024	100m	11.37	-0.2	Apr 20, 2024	↑	J Fred Duckett Rice Twilight Meet
2023	LJ	6.54	+2.0	Apr 22, 2023	-	J Fred Duckett Rice Twilight Meet, Rice University Ley Track/Holloway Field, Houston, TX
2023	100m	11.35	-3.3	Apr 22, 2023	↑	J Fred Duckett Rice Twilight Meet, Rice University Ley Track/Holloway Field, Houston, TX
2019	200m	21.53	+0.0	Aug 14, 2019	↑	Cork City Games, Cork City
2019	300m	33.26	-	Jun 4, 2019	↓	Clean Air Games, Oslo
2019	300m-short-track	34.03	-	Jan 26, 2019	↓	Saskatoon (CAN) (i)
2019	4x100m	40.27	-	Jun 4, 2019	↓	Clean Air Games, Oslo
2019	400m	45.72	-	Jun 1, 2019	↑	Oordegem (BEL)
2019	400m-short-track	47.88	-	Jan 25, 2019	↓	Saskatoon (CAN) (i)
2019	4x200Metre	1:22.58	-	Mar 23, 2019	-	Prairie View, TX (USA)
2019	4x400m	3:03.08	-	Mar 23, 2019	↑	Prairie View, TX (USA)
2018	60m	7.12	-	Jan 27, 2018	↓	Seattle, WA (USA) (i)
2018	200m	21.43	-	Jan 26, 2018	↑	Seattle, WA (USA) (i)
2018	400m	45.72	-	Jun 9, 2018	↑	Montverde, FL (USA)
2018	400m-short-track	46.42	-	Feb 17, 2018	↓	US Indoor Championships, Albuquerque, NM (i)
2018	4x400m	3:01.31	-	Apr 28, 2018	↑	Philadelphia Penn Relays, Philadelphia, PA - USA vs. the World
2017	200m	20.74	+3.2	Apr 15, 2017	↑	Clermont, FL (USA)
2017	400m	45.79	-	Apr 15, 2017	↑	Clermont, FL (USA)
2017	4x400m	3:03.25	-	Apr 29, 2017	↑	Philadelphia, PA (USA)
2017	4x400Metre	3:17.29	-	Apr 23, 2017	↓	IAAF World Relays, T. Robinson Stadium, Nassau
2016	300m	33.13	-	Feb 14, 2016	↓	Reggie Lewis Center, Boston, MA (USA) (i)
2016	300m-short-track	33.13	-	Feb 14, 2016	↓	Reggie Lewis Center, Boston, MA (USA) (i)
2016	400m	45.18	-	Jun 4, 2016	↑	Atlanta, GA (USA)
2016	400m-short-track	46.09	-	Feb 28, 2016	↓	Boston, MA (USA) (i)
2016	4x400m	3:02.43	-	Apr 1, 2016	↑	Gainesville, FL (USA)
2016	4x400Metre	3:15.68	-	Jul 29, 2016	↓	Eugene, OR (USA)
2015	200m	21.44	-	Jan 17, 2015	↑	Seattle, WA (USA) (i)
2015	400m	45.13	-	Jun 25, 2015	↑	Hayward Field, Eugene, OR (USA)
2015	500m-short-track	1:00.43	-	Feb 14, 2015	-	New York, NY (USA) (i)
2015	500Metres	1:00.43	-	Feb 14, 2015	-	New York, NY (USA) (i)
2015	DistanceMe	9:19.93	-	Jan 31, 2015	↑	New York, NY (USA) (i)
2014	200m	20.84	-	Feb 14, 2014	↑	Albuquerque, NM (USA) (i)
2014	200m-short-track	20.84	-	Feb 14, 2014	↑	Albuquerque, NM (USA) (i)
2014	4x100m	39.60	-	May 17, 2014	↓	Pullman, WA (USA)
2014	400m	45.05	-	May 18, 2014	↑	Pullman, WA (USA)
2014	400m-short-track	45.64=	-	Mar 15, 2014	↓	Albuquerque, NM (USA) (i)
2014	800m	2:02.76	-	Mar 22, 2014	↓	Eugene, OR (USA)
2014	4x400m	3:06.51	-	Apr 26, 2014	↑	Philadelphia, PA (USA)
2014	4x400Metre	3:06.51	-	Mar 15, 2014	↓	Albuquerque, NM (USA) (i)
2013	60m	6.98=	-	Jan 12, 2013	↓	Nampa, ID (USA) (i)
2013	200m	21.61	-	Jan 25, 2013	↑	Seattle, WA (USA) (i)
2013	4x100m	40.00	-	May 12, 2013	↓	Los Angeles, CA (USA)
2013	400m	45.14	-	May 12, 2013	↑	Los Angeles, CA (USA)
2013	400m-short-track	45.64	-	Mar 8, 2013	↓	Fayetteville, AR (USA) (i)
2013	800m	2:01.65	-	Mar 16, 2013	↓	Eugene, OR (USA)
2013	4x400m	3:03.61	-	Jun 8, 2013	↑	Eugene, OR (USA)
2013	4x400Metre	3:09.25	-	Feb 9, 2013	↓	Fayetteville, AR (USA) (i)
2013	DistanceMe	9:27.09	-	Apr 26, 2013	↑	Philadelphia, PA (USA)
2012	60m	6.94	-	Jan 14, 2012	↓	Nampa, ID (USA) (i)
2012	200m	21.10	+1.3	Mar 24, 2012	↑	Los Angeles, CA (USA)
2012	200m-short-track	21.43	-	Jan 28, 2012	↑	College Station, TX (USA) (i)
2012	4x100m	40.03	-	Jun 6, 2012	↓	Des Moines, IA (USA)
2012	400m	44.75	-	Jun 8, 2012	↑	Des Moines, IA (USA)
2012	400m-short-track	45.93	-	Mar 10, 2012	↓	Nampa, ID (USA) (i)
2012	4x400m	3:08.30	-	May 13, 2012	↑	Eugene, OR (USA)
2012	4x400Metre	3:09.38	-	Feb 10, 2012	↓	Albuquerque, NM (USA) (i)
2012	DistanceMe	9:31.91	-	Mar 2, 2012	↑	-
2011	60m	6.96	-	Jan 15, 2011	↓	Seattle, WA (USA) (i)
2011	100m	11.43	-	Apr 23, 2011	↑	San Mateo, CA (USA)
2011	200m	21.08	+1.0	Apr 17, 2011	↑	Los Angeles, CA (USA)
2011	200m-short-track	21.56	-	Feb 12, 2011	↑	Fayetteville, AR (USA) (i)
2011	4x100m	40.09	-	May 14, 2011	↓	Tucson, AZ (USA)
2011	400m	44.91	-	May 14, 2011	↑	Tucson, AZ (USA)
2011	4x400m	2:58.82	-	Sep 1, 2011	↑	IAAF World Championships, DS, Daegu
2011	DistanceMe	9:28.01	-	May 6, 2011	↑	Eugene, OR (USA)
2010	200m	21.56	+0.6	Jul 27, 2010	↑	Sacramento, CA (USA)
2010	400m	46.13	-	Aug 1, 2010	↑	Sacramento, CA (USA)
2010	4x400m	3:04.76	-	Jul 25, 2010	↑	IAAF World Junior Championships, Croix-Bleue Medavie Stadium, Moncton
2009	400m	47.93	-	May 30, 2009	↑	Tacoma, WA (USA)

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
100m	11.37	-0.2	Apr 20	J Fred Duckett Rice Twilight Meet

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
LJ	6.54	+2.0	Apr 22	J Fred Duckett Rice Twilight Meet, Rice University Ley Track/Holloway Field, Houston, TX
100m	11.35	-3.3	Apr 22	J Fred Duckett Rice Twilight Meet, Rice University Ley Track/Holloway Field, Houston, TX

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
400m	46.42	-	Aug 21	Morten Games, Dublin
400m	47.34	-	Aug 18	CAS Meeting, Schifflange
200m	21.53	+0.0	Aug 14	Cork City Games, Cork City
400m	46.97	-	Jul 31	Classique de Montréal, Montréal - Invitational Events
400m	47.65	-	Jul 6	Star Athletics Sprint Series #2, Montverde, FL
400m	46.27	-	Jun 18	Athletics Games, Copenhagen
400m	46.30	-	Jun 12	Irena Szewińska Memorial, Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium, Bydgoszcz
400m	46.19	-	Jun 9	Pfingstsportfest, Rehlingen
4x100m	40.27	-	Jun 4	Clean Air Games, Oslo
300m	33.26	-	Jun 4	Clean Air Games, Oslo
400m	45.72	-	Jun 1	Putbos Memorial Léon Buyle, Oordegem
400m	46.21	-	May 29	Meeting International Citta di Savona, Savona
400m	46.34	-	May 25	IFAM Meeting
400m	46.51	-	May 22	Trond Mohn Games, Bergen
4x400m	3:06.63	-	Apr 27	Penn Relays, Philadelphia, PA - USA vs. the World
400m	46.83	-	Apr 20	PURE Athletics/NTC Spring Classic, Clermont, FL
400m	46.38	-	Apr 13	Grenada Invitational, St. George's
4x200Metre	1:22.58	-	Mar 23	Prairie View Relays, Prairie View, TX
4x400m	3:03.08	-	Mar 23	Prairie View Relays, Prairie View, TX - Open Event
300m-short-track	34.03	-	Jan 26	Knight of Columbus Games, Saskatoon (i) - Invitational Events
400m-short-track	47.88	-	Jan 25	Knight of Columbus Games, Saskatoon (i) - Invitational Events

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
400m	46.03	-	Jun 21	Des Moines USA Championships, Drake Stadium, Des Moines, IA
400m	45.72	-	Jun 9	Montverde Star Athletics Sprint Series, Montverde, FL
400m	46.11	-	May 11	Hamilton Bermuda Invitational, Hamilton
200m	21.47	-0.5	May 11	Hamilton Bermuda Invitational, Hamilton
400m	46.62	-	May 4	Eugene Oregon Twilight, Eugene, OR
4x400m	3:01.31	-	Apr 28	Philadelphia Penn Relays, Philadelphia, PA - USA vs. the World
400m	46.83	-	Apr 13	Gainesville Tom Jones Memorial, Gainesville, FL
400m-short-track	46.42	-	Feb 17	US Indoor Championships, Albuquerque, NM (i)
400m	46.49	-	Feb 10	Seattle Husky Classic, Seattle, WA (i)
400m-short-track	47.83	-	Feb 3	New York Millrose Games
60m	7.16	-	Jan 27	Seattle UW Invitational, Seattle, WA (i) - Qualifier Prelims
60m	7.12	-	Jan 27	Seattle UW Invitational, Seattle, WA (i)
200m	21.43	-	Jan 26	Seattle UW Invitational, Seattle, WA (i)

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
400m	46.04	-	Jun 22	USA Championships, Sacramento, CA
400m	46.76	-	Jun 10	Kingston Racers Grand Prix, Kingston
400m	47.33	-	May 13	Clermont NTC Pure Athletics Elite Meet, Clermont, FL
4x400m	3:03.25	-	Apr 29	Philadelphia Penn Relays, Philadelphia, PA - Invitational Events
4x400Metre	3:17.29	-	Apr 23	IAAF World Relays, T. Robinson Stadium, Nassau
400m	45.79	-	Apr 15	Clermont NTC/Pure Athletics Spring Invitational, Clermont, FL
200m	20.74	+3.2	Apr 15	Clermont NTC/Pure Athletics Spring Invitational, Clermont, FL
400m	46.44	-	Mar 30	Gainesville Florida Relays, Gainesville, FL - Open Event
200m	21.26	+0.3	Mar 18	Orlando UCF Black & Gold Challenge, Orlando, FL
400m	46.05	-	Mar 18	Orlando UCF Black & Gold Challenge, Orlando, FL

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
4x400Metre	3:15.68	-	Jul 29	Eugene TrackTown Summer Series, Eugene, OR
400m	45.55	-	Jul 23	London Müller Anniversary Games, Olympic Stadium, London - Promotional Events
400m	46.32	-	Jul 18	Gyulai István Memorial - Hungarian Athletics Grand Prix, Bregyó Athletic Center, Székesfehérvár

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What is Michael Berry's 400 Metres Short Track personal best?

Michael Berry's 400 Metres Short Track personal best is 45.64, set on Mar 8, 2013 in Fayetteville, AR (USA) (i).

Which events does Michael Berry compete in?

Michael Berry competes in the 400 Metres Short Track and 500 Metres Short Track.

How did Michael Berry perform in 2024?

2024 season best: 11.37, set on Apr 20, 2024 in Rice University Ley Track/Holloway Field, Houston, TX (USA). Last competition: J Fred Duckett Rice Twilight Meet on Apr 20, 2024, 11.37.

How many medals has Michael Berry won?

Michael Berry has won 1 World Championships medal.

Michael Berry

Personal bests

Medals

Performance Charts

Season bests

2024

2023

2019

2018

2017

2016

Honours

Frequently asked questions