Eugene D. Swift (born September 14, 1964) is an American retired hurdler. He was born in

Oakland, California Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast of the United States, West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third ...

. He finished sixth at the

1996 Olympic Games The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

. At the

1999 Pan American Games The 1999 Pan American Games, officially the XIII Pan American Games or the 13th Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event that was held from July 23 to August 8, 1999, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and surrounding towns and ...

he won the bronze medal 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 ...

and finished fourth in the

4 × 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners must begin in the same stagger as for the individu ...

. His personal best time was 13.21 seconds, achieved three times. Indoors, in the 60 metre hurdles, he ran in 7.67 seconds in 1998.

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1964 births Living people Sportspeople from Oakland, California Track and field athletes from California American male hurdlers Olympic track and field athletes for the United States Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Pan American Games track and field athletes for the United States Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games {{US-hurdles-athletics-bio-stub