Terrence Trammell
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| Born | November 23, 1978 (age 46) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Terrence Trammell (born November 23, 1978) is a retired American track and field athlete who was the silver medalist for the 110 meter hurdles at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics, and three time silver medalist for the World Championships.
He was born to Leonard (Deceased)2010 and Ann Trammell in Atlanta, Georgia.[1] The 1997 Track & Field News Male High School Athlete of the Year,[2] he attended the University of South Carolina where he trained under Curtis Frye. His main training partner until 2002 was Olympic gold medalist Allen Johnson. He was the 1999-2000 NCAA Champion Indoors and Outdoors.
He qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympics but had to pull out of the competition after injuring his hamstring in the preliminary rounds. He retired in 2015.
He trained in Atlanta with his high school (Southwest Dekalb High School) coach Napoleon Cobb.
Trammell is a member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity.
He currently serves as an assistant track and field coach at Pace Academy in Atlanta.[3]
In 2021 he was elected into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame.[4]
Personal bests
[edit]| Date | Event | Venue | Time |
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| June 2, 2000 | 100 m | Durham, North Carolina | 10.04 |
| January 1, 1998 | 200 m | 20.74 | |
| June 2, 2007 | 110 m hurdles | New York, New York | 12.95 |
Achievements
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 1998 | 1998 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships | Buffalo, New York | 2nd | 110 m hurdles | |
| 1999 | 1999 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships | Indianapolis, Indiana | 1st | 110 m hurdles | |
| 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | ||||
| World University Games | Palma de Mallorca, Spain | 1st | 110 m hurdles | 13.44 (wind: -0.1 m/s) | |
| 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.55 | |||
| 2000 | 2000 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships | Fayetteville, Arkansas | 1st | 60 m | |
| 1st | 60 m hurdles | ||||
| 1st | 110 m hurdles | ||||
| Summer Olympics | Sydney, Australia | 2nd | 110 m hurdles | 13.16 (wind: +0.6 m/s) | |
| 2001 | World Indoor Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 1st | 60 m hurdles | 7.51 |
| IAAF Grand Prix Final | Melbourne, Australia | 7th | 110 m hurdles | 14.17 (wind: -1.7 m/s) | |
| 2002 | United States Indoor Championships | New York City, New York | 1st | 60 m | |
| NACAC U-25 Championships | San Antonio, Texas, United States | 1st | 110m hurdles | 13.45 (wind: +1.3 m/s) | |
| 2003 | World Championships | Paris, France | 2nd | 110 m hurdles | 13.20 (wind: +0.3 m/s) |
| IAAF World Athletics Final | Monaco | 2nd | 110 m hurdles | 13.17 (wind: -1.5 m/s) | |
| 2004 | U.S. Olympic Team Trials | Sacramento, California | 1st | 110 m hurdles | |
| Summer Olympics | Athens, Greece | 2nd | 110 m hurdles | 13.18 (wind: +0.3 m/s) | |
| 2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 5th | 110 m hurdles | 13.20 (wind: -0.2 m/s) |
| IAAF World Athletics Final | Monaco | 3rd | 110 m hurdles | 13.17 (wind: -1.4 m/s) | |
| 2006 | World Indoor Championships | Moscow, Russia | 1st | 60 m hurdles | 7.43 |
| 3rd | 60 m | 6.54 | |||
| 2007 | United States Outdoor Championships | Eugene, Oregon | 1st | 110 m hurdles | |
| World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 2nd | 110 m hurdles | 12.99 (wind: +1.7 m/s) | |
| 2008 | U.S. Olympic Trials | Eugene, Oregon | 2nd | 110 m hurdles | |
| 2009 | United States Indoor Championships | Boston, Massachusetts | 1st | 60 m hurdles | |
| 2010 | World Indoor Championships | Doha, Qatar | 2nd | 60 m hurdles | 7.36 |
Track records
[edit]As of 14 September 2024, Trammell holds the following track records for 110 metres hurdles.
| Location | Time | Windspeed m/s |
Date |
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| Athens, GA. | 13.29 | 0.0 | 16/05/1999 |
| Indianapolis, Ind. | 13.08 | + 0.5 | 24/06/2007 |
References
[edit]- ^ Athlete Bio[permanent dead link]. Mezoom. Retrieved on 2009-07-17.
- ^ "Track & Field News - the Bible of the Sport Since 1948". Archived from the original on 2016-08-18. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
- ^ "Team Detail - Pace Academy". www.paceacademy.org. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
- ^ "USA Track & Field | USATF announces 2021 Hall of Fame class".
External links
[edit]- Terrence Trammell at USA Track & Field
- Terrence Trammell at World Athletics
- Terrence Trammell at Olympedia
- Terrence Trammell at Olympics.com
- Terrence Trammell at Olympic.org (archived)
- Official website: TerrenceTrammellUSA.com at the Wayback Machine (archived November 22, 2015)
World Indoor Champions in men's 60 metres hurdles | |
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World University Games champions in men's 110 metres hurdles | |
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Categories:
- USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners
- 1978 births
- Living people
- American male hurdlers
- African-American track and field athletes
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in track and field
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists
- South Carolina Gamecocks men's track and field athletes
- Track and field athletes from Atlanta
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for the United States
- World Athletics Indoor Championships winners
- Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade
- 21st-century African-American sportsmen
- 20th-century African-American sportsmen
- NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
- NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners
- 21st-century American sportsmen