Dayron Robles

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Dayron Robles
Dayron Robles Doha 2010-2.jpg
Personal information
NationalityFlag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Born (1986-11-19) 19 November 1986 (age 37) [1]
Guantánamo, Cuba [1]
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) [1] [2]
Weight89 kg (196 lb) [2]
Sport
Sport Running
Event 110 metres hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal best110m hurdles: 12.87 s (Ostrava 2008)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Beijing 110 m hurdles
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Doha 60 m hurdles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Moscow 60 m hurdles
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Rio de Janeiro 110 m hurdles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Guadalajara 110 m hurdles
World Junior Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2004 Grosseto 110 m hurdles
Pan American Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2005 Windsor 110 m hurdles

Dayron Robles (born 19 November 1986) is a Cuban track and field athlete who specialises in the 110 metre hurdles.

Contents

He won his first major medal (a silver) in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2006 World Indoor Championships. He finished the 2006 season having improved his outdoor best to 13 seconds and become the Central American and Caribbean Games champion. Pan American gold came the following year in which also set a meet record of 12.92 seconds at the 2007 IAAF World Athletics Final – making him the joint fourth fastest ever.

He reached the pinnacle of his event in 2008 by setting a world record of 12.87 seconds in June at the Golden Spike Ostrava meet, [3] [4] and winning an Olympic gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in 12.93 seconds. Injury ruled him out for much of 2009, but he returned strongly with a championship record win at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships. He was disqualified at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles, for violation of rule 163.2, obstruction.

Career

He won his first international medal at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics, taking the silver medal in the 110 m hurdles which was Cuba's only medal of the competition. [5] At the 2006 World Indoor Championships in Moscow he finished second with a new personal best time (indoor) of 7.46 seconds. [6] [7] He improved upon this time with a run of 7.33 s at the 2008 PSD Bank Meeting – this was a Panamerican record and made him the second-fastest ever indoors, behind Colin Jackson. [8]

At the 2008 World Indoor Championships in Valencia he didn't advance from the heats due to fact that he stopped running, thinking that fellow hurdler Liu Xiang had made a false start. This was great disappointment for Robles, who had posted nine of the 11 fastest times of the winter season and was a favorite for winning the gold medal. [9]

At the Beijing Olympics in 2008, many anticipated a Robles and Liu showdown in the final, but Liu was forced to pull out injured in the opening heat due to tendinitis. [10] Robles went on to comfortably win the gold medal, posting a time of 12.93 s in the final. [11]

During the 2009 IAAF World Championships, Dayron Robles was forced out of the competition, not finishing his semi-final because of muscular injury. After recovering from his injury, he entered the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships. The 60 metres final was the first time in over two years that Robles had faced Liu and Terrence Trammell in the same race. Robles began the race slowly but his power and technique saw him overhaul Trammell in the second half of the race to finish in 7.34 seconds, the third quickest time ever over the distance. The win marked a return to form and he said his first indoor gold ahead of the American was as important to him as his Olympic victory two years earlier. [12]

After a season's best run of 13.12 seconds in the rain to win at the Ostrava Golden Spike meeting, he secured his first 2010 IAAF Diamond League victory at the Golden Gala with a time of 13.14 seconds, [13] followed by a win at the Memorial Primo Nebiolo later that month. [14] His best run of the season (13.01) at the Athletissima meet made him the second fastest man that year behind David Oliver, but an injury curtailed yet another season. He returned to action in May 2011 and won at the Grand Prix Région Guadeloupe meet. [15]

Robles finished first in the 110m hurdles at the 2011 World Athletics Championships, with a time of 13.14 seconds. However, the result was invalidated, as replays showed Robles reaching out to impede the progress of competitor Liu Xiang, using his hand to knock Xiang's hand. [16] [17]

Achievements

Personal bests

EventTime (seconds)VenueDate
50 meters hurdles 6.39 Stockholm, Sweden21 February 2008
60 metres hurdles 7.33 Düsseldorf, Germany8 February 2008
110 metres hurdles 12.87 Ostrava, Czech Republic12 June 2008

Competition record

Robles leading the 110 meters hurdles final at the Beijing Olympics RoblesBeijing.jpg
Robles leading the 110 meters hurdles final at the Beijing Olympics
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
2003 World Youth Championships Sherbrooke, Canada6th110 m hurdles (91.4 cm)13.91
2004 World Junior Championships Grosseto, Italy2nd110 m hurdles 13.77 (wind: -0.6 m/s)
2005 Central American and Caribbean Championships Nassau, Bahamas 2nd110 m hurdles 13.41 w(wind: +2.6 m/s)
2006 World Indoor Championships Moscow, Russia2nd60 m hurdles7.46 s PB
Central American and Caribbean Games Cartagena, Colombia 1st110 m hurdles13.12 s CR
2007 Panamerican Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1st110 m hurdles13.25 s
World Championships in Athletics Osaka, Japan4th110 m hurdles13.15 s
IAAF World Athletics Final Stuttgart, Germany1st110 m hurdles12.92 s CR
2008Golden Spike Meet Ostrava, Czech Republic1st110 m hurdles12.87 s WR
Olympic Games Beijing, PR China1st110 m hurdles,12.93 s
2009 Central American and Caribbean Championships Havana, Cuba 1st110 m hurdles 13.18 w(wind: +2.5 m/s)
2010 World Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 1st 60 m hurdles 7.34
2011 2011 World Championships in Athletics Daegu, South Korea 110 m hurdles DQ
Pan American Games Guadalajara, Mexico 1st 110 m hurdles 13.10
2012 Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 110 m hurdles DNF


Track records

As of 7 September 2024, Robles holds the following track records for 110 metres hurdles.



LocationTimeWindspeed
m/s
DateNotes
Alcalá de Henares 13.28+ 0.224/06/2006
Beijing 12.93+ 0.121/08/2008
Cáceres13.34– 0.728/06/2006
Cartagena13.12+ 0.726/07/2006
Dubnica nad Váhom 12.95– 1.707/09/2008
Guadalajara 13.10+ 1.628/10/2011
Linz 13.05– 1.211/09/2007
Ostrava 12.87+ 0.912/06/2008This was the world record for 4 years 3 months
and remains the Cuban record.
Reims 13.09– 0.430/06/2010
Paris 12.88+ 0.518/07/2008
Sotteville-lès-Rouen 13.18+ 1.808/07/2013
Stockholm 12.91+ 0.222/07/2008
Tangier 13.28NOT KNOWN12/07/2009
Turin 13.08+ 1.212/06/2010
Villeneuve d'Ascq 12.96– 0.627/06/2008

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Records
Preceded by Men's 110 m Hurdles World Record Holder
June 12, 2008 – September 7, 2012
Succeeded by
Sporting positions
Preceded by Men's 110 m Hurdles Best Year Performance
2007 (alongside Liu Xiang), 2008
Succeeded by
Preceded by IAAF Performance of the Year
2008
Succeeded by