Terrence Trammell

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.<ref>Athlete BioTemplate:Dead link. Mezoom. Retrieved on 2009-07-17.</ref> The 1997 Track & Field News Male High School Athlete of the Year,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2021 he was elected into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Personal bests

Event	Performance	Location	Date
100 m	10.04	Durham	June 2, 2000
200 m	20.74	Gainesville	January 1, 1998
110 m hurdles	12.95	New York	June 2, 2007

Achievements

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	110 m 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 23 November 2024, Trammell holds the following track records for 110 metres hurdles.

Location	Time	Windspeed m/s	Date
Athens, GA.	13.29	0.0	May 16, 1999
Indianapolis, Ind.	13.08	+0.5	June 24, 2007

External links

• Terrence Trammell at USA Track & Field
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