Hansle Parchment (born 17 June 1990) is a Jamaican track and field athlete, competing in the 110 metres hurdles.[1] He won the gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics in the event.
 Parchment at the 2015 World Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17 June 1990 St Thomas, Jamaica |
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 90 kg (198 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | 110-metre hurdles |
| College team | University of the West Indies |
| Coached by | Fitz Coleman |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best | 110 m hurdles 12.93 (Eugene 2023) |
Medal record | |
Parchment is an alumnus of the University of the West Indies, Kingston and won a gold medal at the 2011 Summer Universiade, running a then-personal best of 13.24 to win the title for Jamaica.
On 8 August 2012, Parchment won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He ran a then-Jamaican record of 13.12 to clinch third place, behind Aries Merritt and Jason Richardson.[2]
At the 2015 World Championships, Parchment won the silver medal. In a high-quality field consisting of world record holder and Olympic Champion Aries Merritt, defending champion David Oliver, and European champion Sergey Shubenkov, Parchment was beaten only by the Shubenkov, running a time of 13.03.[3]
On 5 August 2021, Parchment won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in a time of 13.04, ahead of Grant Holloway and Ronald Levy.[4]
At the 2023 World Championships, he won a silver medal in a time of 13.07s, behind only Grant Holloway.[5] Parchment then avenged this defeat to win the 2023 Diamond League Final in a new personal best of 12.93s.[6] Parchment made the finals of the 110 meter hurdles at the 2024 Olympics but finished 8th of 8.
Competition record
edit1 Did not start in the final.
Track records
editAs of 12 September 2024, Parchment holds the following track records for 110 metres hurdles.
| Location | Time | Windspeed m/s |
Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shenzhen | 13.24 | – 0.3 | 20/08/2011 |
| Xiamen | 12.96 | 0.0 | 02/09/2023 |
References
edit- ^ "Hansle Parchment London 2012 Profile". London 2012. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
- ^ "London 2012: USA's Aries Merritt wins 110m hurdles". NBC. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "JWorld Championships 2015: Sergey Shubenkov wins 110m hurdles". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "Jamaica's Parchment defeats Holloway, wins 110m hurdles gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "World Athletics Championships 2023: Grant Holloway wins third successive 110m hurdles gold". NBC. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "Parchment runs world-leading 12.93s to defeat world champion Holloway and win Diamond League trophy". SportsMax. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ Did not finish the semifinal
External links
edit
- Hansle Parchment at World Athletics
- Hansle Parchment at Olympedia (archive)
- Hansle Parchment at Olympics.com
