100m Results | 200m Results

LONDON – Deja Young won double gold at the World Para Athletics Championships with a win in the 100 meters Tuesday afternoon at Olympic Park.
 
Young finished first in the 100 meters with a time of 12.39 to defend her World Championship. Saturday she won the 200 meters with a season best time of 25.10.

Young also won two gold medals at the summer 2016 Paralympics in Rio. Young finished second in the 2015 World Championships in the 200 meters and first in the 100 meters.

Young earned All-American honors as a freshman member of the Shockers' 2015 4x100 meter relay team that finished 16th at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, and also holds the WSU 4x100 meter relay record (44.30).

She was one of 47 athletes (30 male, 17 female), including four guides, that were named to the 2016 U.S. Paralympics Track and Field National Team in July following the Team Trials.  She was named to the U.S. National Team in January.

The junior from Mesquite, Texas, made a name for herself in Doha, Qatar, at the 2015 International Paralympic Committee Athletics World Championships, winning the Gold Medal in the T47 100 meters with a time of 12.69. It was her second medal in the games as she won the Silver Medal in the T47 200 meters in a time of 25.08.

Young earned a spot on the 2015 team after winning the 100 meter dash at the 2015 United States Paralympics June 20, 2015, in Minneapolis, Minn., in a time of 12.26. Her time, in addition to running a 25.08 in the 200 meters, qualified her for the World Championships in Qatar, her first international competition.