Yordan O'Farrill
 Yordan O'Farrill in 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yordan Luis O'Farrill Olivera | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 February 1993 Santa Cruz del Sur, Camagüey, Cuba | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Running | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 110 metre hurdles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best | 110 m H (99cm): 13.18 (Barcelona 2012) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Updated on 19 December 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yordan Luis O'Farrill Olivera (born 9 February 1993 in Santa Cruz del Sur, Camagüey) is a Cuban hurdler.[2]
He won a gold medal in the 110 metres hurdles at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Barcelona, while also beating Artur Noga's championship record.[3]
O'Farrill is of Irish descent through his grandfather on his father's side.[citation needed]
Personal bests
[edit]Outdoor
[edit]- 100 m: 10.44 s (wind: +1.8 m/s) –
Bilbao, 21 June 2014 - 110 m hurdles: 13.19 s (wind: 0.0 m/s) –
Prague, 9 June 2014
Indoor
[edit]- 60 m hurdles: 7.65 s –
Düsseldorf, 8 February 2013
International competitions
[edit]1: Disqualified in the final.
2: Did not finish in the semifinals
References
[edit]- ^ "Rio 2016 bio". Archived from the original on 2016-11-25. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
- ^ Iglesias Manresa, Harold (8 October 2014), Volar sobre vallas para Yordan O’Farrill (in Spanish), CubaSi.cu, retrieved December 19, 2014
- ^ O'Farrill set to inherit Robles' role as the Cuban hurdling king
External links
[edit]
World U20 Champions in men's 110 metres hurdles | |
|---|---|
|
 | This biographical article relating to Cuban athletics is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Categories:
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Cuban male hurdlers
- Olympic male hurdlers
- Olympic athletes for Cuba
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Cuba
- Cuban people of Irish descent
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
- Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba
- People from Santa Cruz del Sur
- 21st-century Cuban people
- Cuban athletics biography stubs