Terrence Trammell

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Terrence Trammell
Trammell at the 2007 World Championships
Personal information
BornNovember 23, 1978 (1978-11-23) (age 46)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2000 Sydney110 m hurdles
Silver medal – second place2004 Athens110 m hurdles
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2003 Paris110 m hurdles
Silver medal – second place2007 Osaka110 m hurdles
Silver medal – second place2009 Berlin110 m hurdles
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place2001 Lisbon60 m hurdles
Gold medal – first place2006 Moscow60 m hurdles
Bronze medal – third place2006 Moscow60 m
Silver medal – second place2010 Doha60 m hurdles
Universiade
Gold medal – first place1999 Palma de Mallorca110 m hurdles
Gold medal – first place1999 Palma de Mallorca4 × 100 m relay

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]

Event Performance Location Date
100 m 10.04 DurhamJune 2, 2000
200 m20.74 GainesvilleJanuary 1, 1998
110 m hurdles12.95 New YorkJune 2, 2007

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