Greggmar Swift

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Greggmar Swift
Personal information
Full nameGreggmar Orial Swift
NationalityFlag of Barbados.svg  Barbados
Born (1991-02-16) February 16, 1991 (age 32)
Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight170 lb (77 kg)
Sport
Sport Track and field
Event 110 metres hurdles
College teamIndiana State University
ClubAdidas
Coached byJohn Mc Nichols
Achievements and titles
Personal best110 m hurdles 13.28 +0.8 Toronto (CIBC) 24 JUL 2015
Updated on 16 May 2016.

Greggmar Orial Swift (born 16 February 1991 in Bridgetown) is a sprint hurdler from Barbados. [1] Greggmar attended Indiana State University, where he studied Insurance & Risk Management and was a Five-time All-American in the 60-meter and 110-meter hurdles. [2] [3] He competed in the 110 metres hurdles at the 2012 Summer Olympics. [4] He qualified for the 2015 Pan-Am Games with his gold medal win at the Universiade. [5]

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Personal bests

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados
2007 CARIFTA Games (U17) Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands 2nd100m hurdles (91.4 cm)13.39 (+0.5 m/s)
2008 CARIFTA Games (U20) Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis 3rd110m hurdles (99.0 cm)14.22 (-0.5 m/s)
World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 61st (h)110m hurdles (99.0 cm) 15.77 (-0.6 m/s)
2009 CARIFTA Games (U20) Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia 3rd110m hurdles (99.0 cm)14.09 (+0.7 m/s)
Pan American Junior Championships Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 8th110m hurdles (99.0 cm)14.31 (+2.0 m/s)
2010 CARIFTA Games (U20) George Town, Cayman Islands 2nd110m hurdles (99.0 cm)13.75 (+1.3 m/s)
4 × 100 m relayDNF
Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 1st110m hurdles (99.0 cm)13.90 (-1.0 m/s)
5th4 × 100 m relay40.92
World Junior Championships Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada 8th110m hurdles (99.0 cm) 13.93 (-2.4 m/s)
2011 Central American and Caribbean Championships Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 6th110m hurdles 13.84 (+0.7 m/s)
Universiade Shenzhen, China 9th (sf)110m hurdles 13.90 (-1.0 m/s)
2012 NACAC Under-23 Championships Irapuato, México 3rd110m hurdles 13.54 (+1.8 m/s)
5th4 × 100 m relay 40.30
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 5th (h)110m hurdles 13.62 (+0.1 m/s)
2013 Universiade Kazan, Russia 7th (h)1110m hurdles 13.75 (+0.7 m/s)
World Championships Moscow, Russia 27th (h)110m hurdles 13.79 (-0.6 m/s)
2014 Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom 6th110m hurdles 13.74 (-0.3 m/s)
Central American and Caribbean Games Xalapa, México 3rd110m hurdles 13.59 A(+0.7 m/s)
2015 Universiade Gwangju, South Korea 1st100m hurdles 13.43 (+0.7 m/s)
Pan American Games Toronto, Canada 4th110m hurdles 13.28 (+0.8 m/s)
NACAC Championships San Jose, Costa Rica 5th110m hurdles 13.40 (+1.5 m/s)
World Championships Beijing, China 17th (sf)110m hurdles 13.44 (-0.2 m/s)
2019 Pan American Games Lima, Peru 4th110m hurdles 13.51

1: Did not finish in the final.

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References

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  4. "Greggmar Swift". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 26 August 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
  5. "Gold for Greggmar". 11 July 2015.