Matthew Centrowitz Jr.

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human middle-distance runner

Matthew Centrowitz Jr. is an American middle-distance runner best known for winning the gold medal in the 1500 meters at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Matthew Centrowitz Jr. canonical	2
Centrowitz	1
Matt Centrowitz	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6137347 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Matthew Centrowitz Jr.
Context triple: [Oregon Ducks men’s track and field, hasNotableAlumni, Matthew Centrowitz Jr.]

A. Galen Rupp
Galen Rupp is an American long-distance runner and Olympic medalist known for his success in track and marathon events.
B. Ashton Eaton
Ashton Eaton is an American decathlete and two-time Olympic gold medalist who formerly held the world record in the decathlon.
C. Ryan Jamaal Swain
Ryan Jamaal Swain is an American actor and dancer best known for his breakout role as Damon Richards-Evangelista on the FX drama series "Pose."
D. Noah Lyles
Noah Lyles is an American sprinter and multiple world champion renowned for his dominance in the 200 meters and his charismatic presence on the track.
E. Deric Angelettie
Deric Angelettie is an American hip-hop producer and songwriter best known for his work with Bad Boy Records and contributions to major 1990s rap hits.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Matthew Centrowitz Jr.
Target entity description: Matthew Centrowitz Jr. is an American middle-distance runner best known for winning the gold medal in the 1500 meters at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

A. Galen Rupp
Galen Rupp is an American long-distance runner and Olympic medalist known for his success in track and marathon events.
B. Ashton Eaton
Ashton Eaton is an American decathlete and two-time Olympic gold medalist who formerly held the world record in the decathlon.
C. Ryan Jamaal Swain
Ryan Jamaal Swain is an American actor and dancer best known for his breakout role as Damon Richards-Evangelista on the FX drama series "Pose."
D. Noah Lyles
Noah Lyles is an American sprinter and multiple world champion renowned for his dominance in the 200 meters and his charismatic presence on the track.
E. Deric Angelettie
Deric Angelettie is an American hip-hop producer and songwriter best known for his work with Bad Boy Records and contributions to major 1990s rap hits.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human ⓘ middle-distance runner ⓘ
activeYears	2000s–2020s ⓘ
coachedBy	Alberto Salazar ⓘ
collegiateTeam	Oregon Ducks men's track and field ⓘ linked to: Oregon Ducks men’s track and field
competitionClass	track and field ⓘ
continentOfCitizenship	North America ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1989-10-18 ⓘ
education	University of Oregon ⓘ
ethnicGroup	of Jewish descent through his father ⓘ
eventSpecialty	1500 metres ⓘ 3000 metres ⓘ 800 metres ⓘ mile run ⓘ
familyName	Centrowitz ⓘ linked to: Matthew Centrowitz Jr.
father	Matt Centrowitz ⓘ linked to: Matthew Centrowitz Jr.
fullName	Matthew Centrowitz Jr. ⓘ
givenName	Matthew ⓘ
hasInstagramAccount	https://www.instagram.com/mcentro ⓘ
hasResidence	Portland, Oregon, United States ⓘ
hasSibling	Lauren Centrowitz ⓘ
hasTwitterAccount	https://twitter.com/mcentro ⓘ
height	1.75 m ⓘ
isKnownFor	winning the gold medal in the 1500 metres at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
jerseyNumber	1500 specialist (no fixed number in track) ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
medalistAt	2011 World Championships in Athletics ⓘ linked to: 2011 IAAF World Championships in Athletics 2013 World Championships in Athletics ⓘ 2016 Summer Olympics ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ
NCAATitle	NCAA champion in the 1500 metres for the University of Oregon ⓘ
notableAchievement	first American man since 1908 to win Olympic gold in the 1500 metres ⓘ
notableRace	tactical 1500 metres final at the 2016 Rio Olympics with slow early pace and fast finish ⓘ
OlympicGoldMedalIn	1500 metres at the 2016 Summer Olympics ⓘ
OlympicParticipation	2012 Summer Olympics in London ⓘ 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro ⓘ 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Beltsville, Maryland, United States ⓘ linked to: Beltsville, Maryland
religion	Christianity (reported) ⓘ linked to: Christianity
representedCountry	United States of America ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
sport	athletics ⓘ
teamAffiliation	Nike Oregon Project ⓘ
turnedProfessional	2011 ⓘ
weight	approximately 61 kg ⓘ
worldChampionshipMedal	bronze medal in the 1500 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu ⓘ silver medal in the 1500 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oregon Ducks men’s track and field → hasNotableAlumni → Matthew Centrowitz Jr. ⓘ

Matthew Centrowitz Jr. → fullName → Matthew Centrowitz Jr. ⓘ

Matthew Centrowitz Jr. → familyName → Centrowitz ⓘ

linked to: Matthew Centrowitz Jr.

Matthew Centrowitz Jr. → father → Matt Centrowitz ⓘ