American hurdler
Terrence Trammell
Trammell at the 2007 World Championships
Born November 23, 1978 (1978-11-23 ) (age 46)Atlanta, Georgia , U.S.
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
Achievements
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Notes
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
As of 14 September 2024, Trammell holds the following track records for 110 metres hurdles.
References
External links
Awards
Preceded by
Track & Field News High School Boys Athlete of the Year 1997
Succeeded by
1876–1878New York Athletic Club 1879–1888NAAAA 1888–1979Amateur Athletic Union 1980–1992The Athletics Congress 1993–presentUSA Track & Field Notes
Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships
120 yd hurdles 1876–1927, 1929–31, 1953–55, 1957–58, 1961–63, 1965–67 and 1969–71; 110 m hurdles otherwise.
First place was shared in 1969 and 1977.
The 1920, 1928, 1932, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.
2020 OT : The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
1959 : Italy (De Murtas , Giannone , Mazza , Berruti )
1961 : Soviet Union (Mikhailov , Ozolin , Bartenev , Chistyakov )
1963 : Hungary (Csutorás , Rábai , Gyulai , Mihályfi )
1965 : West Germany (Obersiebrasse , Metz , Felsen , Sundermann )
1967 : Italy (Giani , Preatoni , Roscio , Berruti )
1970 : Poland (Wagner , Werner , Gramse , Nowosz )
1973 : United States (Brown , Riddick , Whatley , Gilbreath )
1975 : Soviet Union (Zhidkikh , Silovs , Kolesnikov , Vladimirtsev )
1977 : Soviet Union (Kolesnikov , Aksinin , Silovs , Ignatenko )
1979 : Italy (Caravani , Grazioli , Lazzer , Mennea )
1981 : United States (Lattany , Ketchum , Grimes , Smith )
1983 : United States (Scott , Graddy , Robinson , Gault )
1985 : Cuba (Querol , Simón , Chacón , Peñalver )
1987 : United States (McRae , Heard , Daniel , Spearmon )
1989 : United States (Watkins , Dees , Cason , Marsh )
1991 : United States (Drummond , Goins , Bates , Trapp )
1993 : United States (Bridgewater , Oaks , Miller , Jefferson )
1995 : United States (Bowen , Oaks , Hargraves , Dopek )
1997 : United States (Howard , Henderson , Carter , McCall )
1999 : United States (Conwright , Trammell , Miller , Capel )
2001 : Japan (Kawabata , Nara , Omae , Okusako )
2003 : Japan (Ishikura , Takahira , Yoshino , Arai )
2005 : Italy (Verdecchia , Rocco , Donati , Anceschi )
2007 : Thailand (Autas , Sondee , Suwannarangsri , Suwonprateep )
2009 : Russia (Mokrousov , Teplykh , Smirnov , Petryashov )
2011 : South Africa (Dreyer , Magakwe , Sefanyetso , Mpuang )
2013 : Ukraine (Perestiuk , Smelyk , Bodrov , Korzh )
2015 : Japan (Ōseto , Nagata , Suwa , Taniguchi )
2017 : Japan (Tanaka , Tada , Kitagawa , Yamashita )
2019 : Japan (Miyamoto , Someya , Yamashita , Dede )
2021 : China (Chen ,Chen ,Yan ,Deng )
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