Man of many talents: Olympic 100m bronze medallist Fred Kerley shows off new skill as part of off-season activities
Paris Olympics 100m bronze medallist Fred Kerley is surely enjoying his time off-track activities as he recently showed off his new skill on his social media platform.
The American speedster who won the 100m bronze medal behind Noah Lyles and Kishane Thompson at the Paris Olympic Games, had a brilliant season to be proud of despite being written off by many athletics enthusiasts at the start of the season.
While the highlight of his season came at the Olympics, Kerley also blazed back in the conversation of the world's best sprinters with the Top 10 fastest times, as his Season's Best performance of 9.81s is fourth on the 100m Toplists and his 19.81s is seventh on the 200m Toplists.
Following an end to his impressive Olympic season, the 2022 world champion has been sharing details of his off-track activities on his social media platforms, his recent being his skills as a barber.
Kerley shared a post on his X page with pictures of him barbing a man's hair with the caption: "Man of many talents go check out the barber shop here in Miami," he wrote.
Man of many talents go check out the barber shop here in Miami pic.twitter.com/UUAXJO9ca9
— Fred Kerley (@fkerley99) October 1, 2024
Aside from this, the versatile sprinter and Texas native has been posting a series of motivational quotes with a hint of even buying more land. Below are some of his posts on his X page.
"They doubted the come-up, now they can’t keep up"
"Time to buy more land"
"Turning dreams into reality, one hustle at a time. What next?"
"Where the streets taught me everything success never could."
"That story still unfolding"
"God make no mistake about me Greatness on its way"
Kerley is highly regarded as one of the richest American track stars as he owns a vast farmland in Texas amongst many other investments outside his athletics career.