Yordan O'Farrill
Yordan O'Farrill in 2015
Personal information
Full nameYordan Luis O'Farrill Olivera
NationalityCuban
Born (1993-02-09) 9 February 1993
Santa Cruz del Sur, Camagüey, Cuba
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
SportRunning
Event110 metre hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal best110 m H (99cm): 13.18 (Barcelona 2012)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Cuba
CAC Championships
Bronze medal – third place2013 Morelia110 m hurdles
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2012 Barcelona110 m hurdles
CAC Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2012 San Salvador 110 m hurdles
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.

Personal bests

Outdoor

  • 100 m: 10.44 s (wind: +1.8 m/s) – Spain Bilbao, 21 June 2014
  • 110 m hurdles: 13.19 s (wind: 0.0 m/s) – Czech Republic Prague, 9 June 2014

Indoor

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Cuba
2010 Youth Olympic Games Singapore 5th 110 m hurdles (91.4 cm) 13.69 (+0.1 m/s)
2012 Central American and Caribbean
Junior Championships (U20)		 San Salvador, El Salvador 1st 110 m hurdles (99.0 cm) 13.27 (0.0 m/s)
World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 1st 110 m hurdles (99.0 cm) 13.18 (+1.0 m/s)
2013 Central American and Caribbean Championships Morelia, Mexico 3rd 110m hurdles 13.82 A (-3.4 m/s)
2014 World Indoor Championships Sopot, Poland 18th (h) 60m hurdles 7.75
Pan American Sports Festival Mexico City, Mexico 5th (h)1 110m hurdles 13.72 A (-0.2 m/s)
Continental Cup Marrakech, Morocco 7th 110m hurdles 13.67 (+0.1 m/s)
Central American and Caribbean Games Xalapa, Mexico 1st 110m hurdles 13.46 A (+0.7 m/s)
2015 World Championships Beijing, China 26th (h) 110m hurdles 13.64
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 8th (h) 60 m hurdles 7.67
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 21st (sf) 110 m hurdles 13.70
2017 IAAF World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 5th (B) 4 × 100 m relay 39.90
World Championships London, United Kingdom 22nd (h) 110 m hurdles 13.562

1: Disqualified in the final.
2: Did not finish in the semifinals

References

  1. ↑ "Rio 2016 bio". Archived from the original on 2016-11-25. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
  2. ↑ Iglesias Manresa, Harold (8 October 2014), Volar sobre vallas para Yordan O’Farrill (in Spanish), CubaSi.cu, retrieved December 19, 2014
  3. ↑ O'Farrill set to inherit Robles' role as the Cuban hurdling king


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