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{{Short description|British athlete (born 1968)}}
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{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Tony Jarrett
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| nationality = British (English)
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|8|13|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[London Borough of Enfield|Enfield]], England
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| height =188 cm 
| weight =80 kg
| sport = [[Track and field]]
| event = [[110 metres hurdles]]
| club = [[Haringey AC]]
| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Sport | Men's [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]]}}
{{Medal|Country | {{GBR2}} }}
{{Medal|Competition|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics|1993 Stuttgart]]|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 110 metre hurdles|110 m hurdles]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics|1993 Stuttgart]]|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 4 x 100 metres relay|4x100 m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics|1995 Gothenburg]]|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 110 metre hurdles|110 m hurdles]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics|1991 Tokyo]]|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 110 metre hurdles|110 m hurdles]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics|1991 Tokyo]]|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 4 x 100 metres relay|4x100 m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze |[[1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1995 Barcelona]]|60 m hurdles}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Silver |[[1990 European Championships in Athletics|1990 Split]]|[[1990 European Championships in Athletics - Men's 110 metre hurdles|110 m hurdles]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze |[[1994 European Championships in Athletics|1994 Helsinki]]|[[1994 European Championships in Athletics - Men's 110 metre hurdles|110 m hurdles]]}}
{{Medal|Country | {{ENG}} }}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold | [[1990 Commonwealth Games|1990 Auckland]] | [[Athletics at the 1990 Commonwealth Games|4x100m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Gold |[[1998 Commonwealth Games|1998 Kuala Lumpur]]|110 m hurdles}}
{{Medal|Silver |[[1990 Commonwealth Games|1990 Auckland]]|110 m hurdles}}
{{Medal|Silver |[[1994 Commonwealth Games|1994 Victoria]]|110 m hurdles}}
}}

'''Anthony Alexander Jarrett''' (born 13 August 1968) is a male former [[Sprint (running)|sprint]] and [[hurdling]] [[Athletics (sport)|athlete]] from England. He competed at four Olympic Games.<ref name=oly>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69190 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=22 June 2025}}</ref>

== Biography ==
He was a silver medalist in the [[110 metres hurdles]] at the [[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] in 1993 and 1995, and at the [[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] in 1990, and won the gold medal in the event at the [[Commonwealth Games]] in 1990 and 1998.

Jarrett came fourth in the 110m hurdles at the [[1992 Summer Olympics]] in Barcelona, missing out on a bronze medal by 1000th of a second to [[Jack Pierce (athlete)|Jack Pierce]] of the United States. He again narrowly missed out on an Olympic medal when he was a member of the 4 × 100 m sprint relay team that also finished 4th in the Olympic final of that year. Four years earlier in 1988 he finished in 6th place in the 110m hurdles at the [[1988 Summer Olympics]] in [[Seoul]].<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Tony Jarrett |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/tony-jarrett-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418025435/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/tony-jarrett-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |access-date=2010-01-24}}</ref>

He represented [[England at the 1990 Commonwealth Games|England]] and won a gold medal as part of the 4 x 100 metres relay team and a silver medal in the 110 metres hurdles, at the [[1990 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Auckland]], New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/auckland-1990/athletes |title=1990 Athletes |website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/19/all |title=England team in 1990 |website=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=14 October 2019 |archive-date=4 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404120931/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/19/all |url-status=dead }}</ref> Four years later he represented [[England at the 1994 Commonwealth Games|England]] and won another silver medal, at the [[1994 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]], Canada.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/victoria-1994/athletes |title=1994 Athletes |website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3043/19/all |title=England team in 1994 |website=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=14 October 2019 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507165937/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3043/19/all |url-status=dead }}</ref> He represented [[England at the 1998 Commonwealth Games|England]] for a third Games and won a gold medal, at the [[1998 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Kuala Lumpur]], Malaysia.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/kuala-lumpur-1998/athletes |title=1998 Athletes |website=Team England}}</ref> He also made a fourth appearance during the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3044/19/all |title=England team in 1998 |website=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=14 October 2019 |archive-date=30 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330125318/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3044/19/all |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/36396 |title=Athletes and results |website=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=14 October 2019 |archive-date=14 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191014145520/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/36396 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Jarrett's career was overshadowed by the achievements of fellow Briton [[Colin Jackson]], who beat him into second place on numerous occasions at major competitions such as the World Championships, Commonwealth Games (twice), European Championships and [[Goodwill Games]]. Jackson also defeated Jarrett eight times at the national championships. In all Jarrett won two individual world silver medals and one individual bronze medal in the 110m hurdles, and another silver and bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m sprint relay.

Jarrett was a four-times [[List of British champions in sprint hurdles|British 110 metres hurdles champion]] after winning the British [[AAA Championships]] title at the [[2001 AAA Championships]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=22 June 2025}}</ref> the [[UK Athletics Championships]] in 1987, 1988 and 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=22 June 2025}}</ref>

Jarrett was disqualified for false starts at both the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] in Sydney, in the first round, and in the semi-finals of the [[2001 World Championships in Athletics|2001 World Championships]], events from which he appeared never to recover.

Jarrett's personal best time for the 110m hurdles is 13.00 seconds, set when he finished as runner-up to Jackson at the 1993 World Championships.

== Other Achievements ==
*[[1987 European Athletics Junior Championships]]
**Gold medal
*[[Athletics at the 1994 Goodwill Games|1994 Goodwill Games]]
**Silver medal
*[[1994 IAAF World Cup]]
**Gold medal
*[[1999 European Cup (athletics)|1999 European Cup]]
**Silver medal

===Track records===

As of 7 September 2024, Jarrett holds the following track records for 110&nbsp;metres&nbsp;hurdles.

{| class="wikitable" style= "text-align: center"
|-
!Location
!Time
!Windspeed<br>m/s
!Date
|-
|  [[Dijon]]  ||  13.37  ||  + 0.6  ||  13/06/1992
|-
|  [[Kuala Lumpur]]  ||  13.32  ||  – 0.2  ||  19/09/1998
|-
|  [[Larnaca]]  ||  13.33  ||  + 0.5  ||  17/07/1991
|-
|  [[Ljubljana]]  ||  13.27  ||  + 1.0  ||  26/05/1996
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{World Athletics}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Olympics.com|tony-jarrett}}
* {{Team GB}}
* {{CGF profile}}

{{Footer Commonwealth Champions 110m Hurdles Men}}
{{Footer Commonwealth Champions 4x100 m Men|1990}}
{{Footer IAAF World Cup Champions 110m Hurdles Men}}
{{Footer IAAF World Cup Champions 4x100 m Men}}
{{Footer UK NC 110 Metres Hurdles Men}}
{{British Indoor Athletics Championships men's 60 metres hurdles champions}}
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