Projects/Information: Winner of the 400m hurdles at the 1992 Summer Olympics, Young became the first man to run under 47 seconds and his time in the final of 46.78 seconds remains unbeaten. He became the 400m hurdles world champion the following year, winning at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics with a time of 47.18 seconds. Young was noted for an unusual hurdling technique of switching between 12 and 13 strides between the hurdles, departing from the 13-stride technique popularized by Edwin Moses. He was inducted into the United States Track & Field Hall of Fame in 2006.