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Bianca Knight

American sprinter

Born
January 2, 1989
Age in 2026
37
Zodiac sign
Capricorn
Birth year
1989

About Bianca Knight

Bianca Knight (born January 2, 1989) is an American former track and field athlete who competed in the 100 and 200-meter. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she won a team event gold medal in the 4×100 meter relay team. In the final, the quartet of Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, she and Carmelita Jeter broke a 27-year-old world record. She is currently an assistant track and field coach at Queens University of Charlotte and founder of the Bianca Knight Foundation. Knight attended Ridgeland High School in Ridgeland, Mississippi and won the female Gatorade Athlete of the Year in track and field in 2006. As a University of Texas freshman, Knight won the 2008 indoor NCAA 200 m championship in a collegiate-record time of 22.40. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she won a team event gold medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay team.

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Bianca Knight timeline

  1. Knight attended Ridgeland High School in Ridgeland, Mississippi and won the female Gatorade Athlete of the Year in track and field in 2006.
  2. As a University of Texas freshman, Knight won the 2008 indoor NCAA 200 m championship in a collegiate-record time of 22.40.
  3. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she won a team event gold medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay team.

The world when Bianca Knight was born

Bianca Knight was born in 1989. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1989

  • #1 song"Look Away" – Chicago
  • Top movieDriving Miss Daisy
  • Top TV showRoseanne
  • Best-selling bookThe Joy Luck Club – Amy Tan

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentSan Francisco earthquake interrupts the World Series
  • Top headlineFall of the Berlin Wall signals end of the Cold War
  • Technology milestoneWorld Wide Web invented by Tim Berners-Lee
  • Defining fadGame Boy
  • Notable inventionGame Boy
  • World population5.19 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGeorge H.W. Bush
  • Sports championOakland Athletics (World Series)
  • Also wonDetroit Pistons (NBA)
  • U.S. population246.8M

1989 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Bianca Knight's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19892026
Gas$1.02$3.45/gal
Average home$93,100$435,000
Average income$34,213$67,500
Minimum wage$3.35$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$3.97$11.95
Postage stamp$0.25$0.73
Population246.8M341 million

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