Hansle Parchment
 Parchment at the 2015 World Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17 June 1990 St Thomas, Jamaica |
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 90 kg (198 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | 110-metre hurdles |
| College team | University of the West Indies |
| Coached by | Fitz Coleman |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best | 110 m hurdles 12.93 (Eugene 2023) |
Medal record | |
Hansle Parchment OLY[citation needed] (born 17 June 1990) is a Jamaican track and field athlete, competing in the 110 metres hurdles.[1] He won the gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics in the event.
Parchment is an alumnus of the University of the West Indies, Kingston and won a gold medal at the 2011 Summer Universiade, running a then-personal best of 13.24 to win the title for Jamaica.
On 8 August 2012, Parchment won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He ran a then-Jamaican record of 13.12 to clinch third place, behind Aries Merritt and Jason Richardson.[2]
At the 2015 World Championships, Parchment won the silver medal. In a high-quality field consisting of world record holder and Olympic Champion Aries Merritt, defending champion David Oliver, and European champion Sergey Shubenkov, Parchment was beaten only by the Shubenkov, running a time of 13.03.[3]
On 5 August 2021, Parchment won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in a time of 13.04, ahead of Grant Holloway and Ronald Levy.[4]
At the 2023 World Championships, he won a silver medal in a time of 13.07s, behind only Grant Holloway.[5] Parchment then avenged this defeat to win the 2023 Diamond League Final in a new personal best of 12.93s.[6] Parchment made the finals of the 110 meter hurdles at the 2024 Olympics but finished 8th of 8.
Competition record
[edit]1 Did not start in the final.
Track records
[edit]As of 12 September 2024, Parchment holds the following track records for 110 metres hurdles.
| Location | Time | Windspeed m/s |
Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shenzhen | 13.24 | – 0.3 | 20/08/2011 |
| Xiamen | 12.96 | 0.0 | 02/09/2023 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Hansle Parchment London 2012 Profile". London 2012. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
- ^ "London 2012: USA's Aries Merritt wins 110m hurdles". NBC. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "JWorld Championships 2015: Sergey Shubenkov wins 110m hurdles". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "Jamaica's Parchment defeats Holloway, wins 110m hurdles gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "World Athletics Championships 2023: Grant Holloway wins third successive 110m hurdles gold". NBC. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "Parchment runs world-leading 12.93s to defeat world champion Holloway and win Diamond League trophy". SportsMax. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ Did not finish the semifinal
External links
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World University Games champions in men's 110 metres hurdles | |
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