What is Leroy Burrell?
[[File:Conferencia de prensa de medallistas Carl Lewis y Leroy Burrel - 48468076341 (cropped).jpg|right|200px]] '''Leroy Russel Burrell''' (born February 21, 1967) is an [[United States|American]] [[track and field]] athlete. He twice set the [[men's 100 metres world record progression|world record]] for the [[100 metres|100&nbsp;m]] [[Sprint (running)|sprint]]. He was born in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]. Burrell won a gold medal at the [[1992 Summer Olympics]]. Burrell married Olympic gold medalist [[Michelle Finn-Burrell]] in 1992. They have three sons; including sprinter [[Cameron Burrell]].<ref>{{cite web |title=In His Parents' Very Fast Footsteps |author=Jeré Longman |date=May 23, 2013 |website=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=April 28, 2019 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/23/sports/cameron-burrell-is-following-in-very-fast-footsteps.html}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Burrell, Leroy}} [[Category:1967 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:African-American track and field athletes]] [[Category:American sprinters]] [[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Philadelphia]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Houston]] [[Category:World record holders]] {{US-sports-bio-stub}}