Greggmar Swift
Barbadian hurdler (born 1991)
Personal information | |
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Full name | Greggmar Orial Swift |
Nationality | ![]() |
Born | (1991-02-16) February 16, 1991 (age 33) Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados |
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Weight | 170 lb (77 kg) |
Sport | |
Sport | Track and field |
Event | 110 metres hurdles |
College team | Indiana State University |
Club | Adidas |
Coached by | John Mc Nichols |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best | 110 m hurdles 13.28 +0.8 Toronto (CIBC) 24 JUL 2015 |
Updated on 16 May 2016 |
Greggmar Orial Swift (born 16 February 1991 in Bridgetown) is a sprint hurdler from Barbados.[1] Greggmar attended Indiana State University, where he studied Insurance & Risk Management and was a Five-time All-American in the 60-meter and 110-meter hurdles.[2][3] He competed in the 110 metres hurdles at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[4] He qualified for the 2015 Pan-Am Games with his gold medal win at the Universiade.[5]
Personal bests
- 110 m hurdles outdoor: 13.28 s (wind: +0.8 m/s) – Toronto, Canada, United States, 24 July 2015
- 60 m hurdles indoor: 7.54 s – New York (Armory), NY, United States, February 2015 NR
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2007 | CARIFTA Games (U17) | Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands | 2nd | 100m hurdles (91.4 cm) | 13.39 (+0.5 m/s) |
2008 | CARIFTA Games (U20) | Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3rd | 110m hurdles (99.0 cm) | 14.22 (-0.5 m/s) |
World Junior Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 61st (h) | 110m hurdles (99.0 cm) | 15.77 (-0.6 m/s) | |
2009 | CARIFTA Games (U20) | Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia | 3rd | 110m hurdles (99.0 cm) | 14.09 (+0.7 m/s) |
Pan American Junior Championships | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | 8th | 110m hurdles (99.0 cm) | 14.31 (+2.0 m/s) | |
2010 | CARIFTA Games (U20) | George Town, Cayman Islands | 2nd | 110m hurdles (99.0 cm) | 13.75 (+1.3 m/s) |
— | 4 × 100 m relay | DNF | |||
Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 1st | 110m hurdles (99.0 cm) | 13.90 (-1.0 m/s) | |
5th | 4 × 100 m relay | 40.92 | |||
World Junior Championships | Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada | 8th | 110m hurdles (99.0 cm) | 13.93 (-2.4 m/s) | |
2011 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | 6th | 110m hurdles | 13.84 (+0.7 m/s) |
Universiade | Shenzhen, China | 9th (sf) | 110m hurdles | 13.90 (-1.0 m/s) | |
2012 | NACAC Under-23 Championships | Irapuato, México | 3rd | 110m hurdles | 13.54 (+1.8 m/s) |
5th | 4 × 100 m relay | 40.30 | |||
Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 5th (h) | 110m hurdles | 13.62 (+0.1 m/s) | |
2013 | Universiade | Kazan, Russia | 7th (h)1 | 110m hurdles | 13.75 (+0.7 m/s) |
World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 27th (h) | 110m hurdles | 13.79 (-0.6 m/s) | |
2014 | Commonwealth Games | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 6th | 110m hurdles | 13.74 (-0.3 m/s) |
Central American and Caribbean Games | Xalapa, México | 3rd | 110m hurdles | 13.59 A (+0.7 m/s) | |
2015 | Universiade | Gwangju, South Korea | 1st | 100m hurdles | 13.43 (+0.7 m/s) |
Pan American Games | Toronto, Canada | 4th | 110m hurdles | 13.28 (+0.8 m/s) | |
NACAC Championships | San Jose, Costa Rica | 5th | 110m hurdles | 13.40 (+1.5 m/s) | |
World Championships | Beijing, China | 17th (sf) | 110m hurdles | 13.44 (-0.2 m/s) | |
2019 | Pan American Games | Lima, Peru | 4th | 110m hurdles | 13.51 |
1: Did not finish in the final.
References
- ^ Greggmar Swift - Biography, Commonwealth Games Federation, retrieved December 20, 2014
- ^ "Greggmar Swift - Track & Field".
- ^ Track & Field - Bio - Greggmar Swift, Indiana State Sycamores, retrieved December 20, 2014
- ^ "Greggmar Swift". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 26 August 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ^ "Gold for Greggmar". 11 July 2015.
External links
- Greggmar Swift at World Athletics
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Greggmar Swift". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2015-09-14.
- Tilastopaja biography
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Summer Universiade champions in men's 110 m hurdles
- 1959: Stanko Lorger (YUG)
- 1961: Valentin Chistyakov (URS)
- 1963: Anatoly Mikhaylov (URS)
- 1965–1967: Eddy Ottoz (ITA)
- 1970: David Hemery (GBR)
- 1973: Berwyn Price (GBR)
- 1975: Charles Foster (USA)
- 1977: Alejandro Casañas (CUB)
- 1979: Andrey Prokofyev (URS)
- 1981: Larry Cowling (USA)
- 1983: Andrey Prokofyev (URS)
- 1985: Cletus Clark (USA)
- 1987: Jon Ridgeon (GBR)
- 1989: Roger Kingdom (USA)
- 1991: Elbert Ellis (USA)
- 1993: Dietmar Koszewski (GER)
- 1995: Jonathan Nsenga (BEL)
- 1997: Andrey Kislykh (RUS)
- 1999: Terrence Trammell (USA)
- 2001: Liu Xiang (CHN)
- 2003: Anselmo da Silva (BRA)
- 2005: Matheus Facho Inocêncio (BRA)
- 2007: Serhiy Demydyuk (UKR)
- 2009: Yin Jing (CHN)
- 2011: Hansle Parchment (JAM)
- 2013: Eddie Lovett (ISV)
- 2015: Greggmar Swift (BAR)
- 2017: Balázs Baji (HUN)
- 2019: Gabriel Constantino (BRA)
- 2021: Ken Toyoda (JPN)
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