Photo: filip bossuyt from Kortrijk, Belgium / CC BY 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Kenny Bednarek is one of those athletes who makes you feel genuinely cheated on his behalf — the guy has three Olympic and World Championship silver medals, and every single time the gold goes to someone else by a blink. Born in Rice Lake, Wisconsin (not exactly a sprinting hotbed), he's turned himself into one of the fastest humans on the planet, specializing in the 200m where his long stride and absurd acceleration make races look almost unfair — until Letsile Tebogo showed up in Paris 2024 and reminded everyone that sprinting has no ceiling. Still, Bednarek in his mid-twenties with that kind of résumé? I'm genuinely excited to see if he ever converts that silver into gold, because the talent is clearly there.
Overview
Kenneth Bednarek (born October 14, 1998) is an American track and field sprinter from Rice Lake, Wisconsin. He specializes in the 100-meter and 200-meter distance, having won a silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2022 World Championships, and at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Kenny Bednarek
- Name (Japanese)
- ケニー・ベドナレク
- Reading
- けにー・べどなれく
- Born
- October 14, 1998 (age 27)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Tiger
- Origin
- Rice Lake, Wisconsin, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- athletics competitor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.