Terrence Trammell

Terrence Trammell

Trammell at the 2007 World Championships
Personal information
Born	November 23, 1978 (1978-11-23) (age 46) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Medal record Men's athletics Representing the  United States Olympic Games 2000 Sydney 110 m hurdles 2004 Athens 110 m hurdles World Championships 2003 Paris 110 m hurdles 2007 Osaka 110 m hurdles 2009 Berlin 110 m hurdles World Indoor Championships 2001 Lisbon 60 m hurdles 2006 Moscow 60 m hurdles 2006 Moscow 60 m 2010 Doha 60 m hurdles Universiade 1999 Palma de Mallorca 110 m hurdles 1999 Palma de Mallorca 4x100 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]

Personal bests

Date	Event	Venue	Time
June 2, 2000	100 m	Durham, North Carolina	10.04
January 1, 1998	200 m		20.74
June 2, 2007	110 m hurdles	New York, New York	12.95

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
1998	1998 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships	Buffalo, New York	2nd	110 m hurdles
1999	1999 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships	Indianapolis, Indiana	1st	110 m hurdles
			1st	4 × 100 m relay
	World University Games	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	1st	110 m hurdles	13.44 (wind: -0.1 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	38.55
2000	2000 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships	Fayetteville, Arkansas	1st	60 m
			1st	60 m hurdles
			1st	110 m hurdles
	Summer Olympics	Sydney, Australia	2nd	110 m hurdles	13.16 (wind: +0.6 m/s)
2001	World Indoor Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	1st	60 m hurdles	7.51
	IAAF Grand Prix Final	Melbourne, Australia	7th	110 m hurdles	14.17 (wind: -1.7 m/s)
2002	United States Indoor Championships	New York City, New York	1st	60 m
	NACAC U-25 Championships	San Antonio, Texas, United States	1st	110m hurdles	13.45 (wind: +1.3 m/s)
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	2nd	110 m hurdles	13.20 (wind: +0.3 m/s)
	IAAF World Athletics Final	Monaco	2nd	110 m hurdles	13.17 (wind: -1.5 m/s)
2004	U.S. Olympic Team Trials	Sacramento, California	1st	110 m hurdles
	Summer Olympics	Athens, Greece	2nd	110 m hurdles	13.18 (wind: +0.3 m/s)
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	5th	110 m hurdles	13.20 (wind: -0.2 m/s)
	IAAF World Athletics Final	Monaco	3rd	110 m hurdles	13.17 (wind: -1.4 m/s)
2006	World Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	1st	60 m hurdles	7.43
			3rd	60 m	6.54
2007	United States Outdoor Championships	Eugene, Oregon	1st	110 m hurdles
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	2nd	110 m hurdles	12.99 (wind: +1.7 m/s)
2008	U.S. Olympic Trials	Eugene, Oregon	2nd	110 m hurdles
2009	United States Indoor Championships	Boston, Massachusetts	1st	60 m hurdles
2010	World Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	2nd	60 m hurdles	7.36

Track records

As of 14 September 2024, Trammell holds the following track records for 110 metres hurdles.

Location	Time	Windspeed m/s	Date
Athens, GA.	13.29	0.0	16/05/1999
Indianapolis, Ind.	13.08	+ 0.5	24/06/2007

References

1. Athlete Bio^{[permanent dead link‍]}. Mezoom. Retrieved on 2009-07-17.
2. "Track & Field News - the Bible of the Sport Since 1948". Archived from the original on 2016-08-18. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
3. "Team Detail - Pace Academy". www.paceacademy.org. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
4. "USA Track & Field | USATF announces 2021 Hall of Fame class".

External links

• Terrence Trammell at USA Track & Field
• Terrence Trammell at World Athletics
• Terrence Trammell at Olympedia (archive)
• Terrence Trammell at Olympics.com
• Terrence Trammell at Olympic.org (archived)
• Official website: TerrenceTrammellUSA.com at the Wayback Machine (archived November 22, 2015)

Awards
Preceded by Obea Moore	Track & Field News High School Boys Athlete of the Year 1997	Succeeded by Greg Yeldell