Dayron Capetillo (born 11 September 1987) is a retired Cuban athlete who specialised in the

sprint hurdles Hurdling is the act of jumping over an obstacle at a high speed or in a sprint. In the early 19th century, hurdlers ran at and jumped over each hurdle (sometimes known as 'burgles'), landing on both feet and checking their forward motion. Today, ...

. He represented his country at the 2009 World Championships and 2010 World Indoor Championships reaching the semifinals on both occasions. In addition, he won a bronze medal at the

2009 Central American and Caribbean Championships The 2009 Central American and Caribbean Championships (Spanish: ''XXII Campeonato CAC Atletismo'') was the twenty second edition of the tournament and was held between 3 and 7 July in Havana, Cuba. Event summary The host country Cuba dominated the ...

. His personal bests are 13.46 seconds in the

110 metres hurdles The 110 metres hurdles, or 110-metre hurdles, is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is included in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metres hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hur ...

(+1.1 m/s, Tomblaine 2009) and 7.64 seconds in the

60 metres hurdles 60 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling which is generally run in indoor competitions. It is equivalent with the first 5 hurdles of a standard outdoor hurdle race. The current women's and men's world records are 7.68 seconds ( Susanna K ...

(Düsseldorf 2010).

International competitions

References

1987 births Living people Cuban male hurdlers World Athletics Championships athletes for Cuba 21st-century Cuban people {{Cuba-athletics-bio-stub