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Wayne Davis (hurdler)

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Nationality
  
American

Height
  
1.71 m

Sport
  
Running

Weight
  
70 kg


Name
  
Wayne Davis

Role
  
Athlete

Siblings
  
Danielle Davis

Wayne Davis (hurdler) Wayne Davis II lands NCAA hurdles gold The Trinidad

Born
  
August 22, 1991 (age 32) (
1991-08-22
)
Raleigh, North Carolina

Personal best(s)
  
110m hurdles: 13.08 s (Port-of-Spain 2009)

Residence
  
College Station, Texas, United States

College team
  
Texas A&M University

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Wayne Courtney Davis II (born August 22, 1991) is an American athlete, now representing Trinidad and Tobago, who specializes in the 110 metre hurdles. He currently holds the world youth record, world junior record and the US high school record in the 39" 110 m hurdles with a time of 13.08 seconds. He is a graduate of Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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Career

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Davis broke the World Youth 110 hurdles record (36") on July 12, 2007 at the 2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Two years later, on July 31, 2009, he broke the World Junior 110 m hurdles record (39") at the 2009 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad beating the previous mark of 13.12 seconds set by 2004 Olympic gold medalist Liu Xiang in 2002. Competing in 2016 Olympics in Rio for Trinidad.

Eligibility

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Davis' parents are both natives of Trinidad and Tobago. On August 4, 2011, Davis officially transferred his eligibility to compete for Trinidad and Tobago. His sister Dannielle also competes internationally for Trinidad and Tobago. As a member of the Trinidad and Tobago 2012 Olympic Team he finished sixth in his semi-final of the 110 metres hurdles.


Wayne Davis (hurdler) World Youth champion Wayne Davis inspired by Liu Xiang

Wayne Davis (hurdler) Davis breaks national 60m hurdles record The Trinidad

References

Wayne Davis (hurdler) Wikipedia