Nationality Trinidad and Tobago Name Rondel Sorrillo Club Palo Seco Weight 64 kg | Event(s) Sprinting Height 1.72 m Role Olympic athlete | |
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Born 24 January 1986 (age 38) ( 1986-01-24 ) La Brea, Siparia Personal best(s) 100m: 10.03200m: 20.16 | ||
Iaaf wic portland 2016 rondel sorrillo tto 60m m 1st round
Rondel Sorrillo (born 24 January 1986) is a Trinidad and Tobago sprinter, who specializes in the 200 meters. He was the first University of Kentucky athlete to win the men's 200 m title at the NCAA championships, winning it in 2010.
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- Iaaf wic portland 2016 rondel sorrillo tto 60m m 1st round
- Usain Bolt and the Jamaican won gold medals in the 100m and 200m events at the 2016 Games in Rio
- International competitions
- References
Sorrillo competed in the 200 meters event at the 2008 Olympic Games, but without reaching the final round. He ran a personal best for the 100 m at the 2012 national championships, placing third with a time of 10.03 seconds. He represented Trinidad and Tobago in both the 100 and 200 metres at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
He was part of the Trinidad and Tobago 4 × 100 m team that won the bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
His personal best time for the 200 metres is 20.16 seconds. He also has a 9.99 second (+1.7) personal best in the 100 meters, achieved in 2016 while finishing second in the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Trials. At 30 years, 152 days, he became the third oldest person to achieve a sub-10 second time for the first time; and 6.57 seconds in the 60 meters, achieved in January 2015 in Lexington.
Usain Bolt and the Jamaican won gold medals in the 100m and 200m events at the 2016 Games in Rio
International competitions
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