Harold Houston

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Harold Houston
Personal information
Nickname(s)Tre
Born (1990-03-23) 23 March 1990 (age 33)
Charleston, South Carolina, United States [1]
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [2]
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 100 m, 200 m

Harold "Tre" Houston (born 23 March 1990) is a Bermudian sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres. [3] Houston competed in the 200 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing without advancing from the first round. A year later Houston would compete at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Houston, who qualified with a personal best of 20.42, would go on to place sixth in his heat with a time of 20.85. Houston's appearance in the 200 meters would mark the first time in over 20 years Bermuda had been represented in the event.

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Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda
2005 CARIFTA Games (U17) Bacolet, Trinidad and Tobago 13th (h)100 m11.49
11th (h)200 m23.05
2006 CARIFTA Games (U17) Les Abymes, Guadeloupe 10th (h)100 m11.19
8th (h)200 m22.50
Central American and Caribbean
Junior Championships
(U17)
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 10th (h)100 m11.20
5th200 m21.94
2007 CARIFTA Games (U20) Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands 10th (h)100 m10.75
12th (h)200 m21.92 (w)
World Youth Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 15th (sf)100 m10.97
16th (sf)200 m21.87
2008 CARIFTA Games (U20) Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis 7th100 m10.70
200 mDQ
7th4 × 400 m3:20.93
World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 46th (h)100 m 10.92
45th (h)200 m 22.10
2009 CARIFTA Games (U20) Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia 11th (h)100 m10.75 (w)
4th200 m21.30 (w)
Central American and Caribbean Championships Havana, Cuba 25th (h)100 m 10.86
19th (h)200 m 21.69
Pan American Junior Championships Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 11th (h)200 m21.57
2010 NACAC U23 Championships Miramar, United States 14th (h)100 m 10.88
7th (h)200 m 21.04
Commonwealth Games Delhi, India 17th (qf)100 m 10.45
11th (sf)200 m 21.25
2011 Central American and Caribbean Championships Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 100 m DQ
17th (h)200 m 21.47
Pan American Games Guadalajara, Mexico 11th (h)100 m 10.40 1
2012 NACAC U23 Championships Irapuato, Mexico 12th (h)100 m 10.48
7th200 m 20.96
2013 Central American and Caribbean Championships Morelia, Mexico 22nd (h)100 m 10.58
16th (h)200 m 21.37
2014 Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom 38th (h)100 m 10.72
41st (h)200 m 21.39
2015 Pan American Games Toronto, Canada 21st (h)200 m 21.00
NACAC Championships San José, Costa Rica 19th (h)100 m 10.47
19th (sf)200 m 21.72
World Championships Beijing, China 44th (h)200 m 20.92
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 63rd (h)200 m 20.85
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 40th (h)200 m 21.67

1Disqualified in the semifinals

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References

  1. 2018 CWG bio
  2. 2015 PanAm Games bio
  3. "Harold Houston". IAAF. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.