Stanley Grant Holloway (born November 19, 1997) is an American

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and sprinter. He is the 2019 and 2022

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in the

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, 2020 Olympic silver medalist in the same event, and current world record holder in the indoor 60 m hurdles, with a time of 7.29 seconds which he set on February 24, 2021. He is also the second fastest man in the 110 meters hurdles in history with a personal best of 12.81 seconds, set at the

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on June 26, 2021. Despite being a hurdler, Holloway showed incredible versatility whilst competing for the

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, by also doing the long jump, flat races and relays. His incredible range was a driving force in Florida's team performances at the NCAA Championships. In the 6 NCAA Championships Holloway competed in between 2017 and 2018, Florida won 3 and finished 2nd in the other 3.

Early life

Stanley Grant Holloway was born November 19, 1997 in

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to mother Latasha and father Stan. Holloway was coached with his older brother Trey by their father Stan in track and field until high school as members of the Track 757 club. Holloway continued to compete in track and field with his brother at

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for the Grizzlies, as well as competing on the

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team as a wide receiver. He chose to compete for the

in the hurdles rather than the

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in football.

Collegiate career

2017

Holloway showed incredible range by competing in the long jump and the 4x400m relay, in addition to his hurdles specialty. He went undefeated in the 60m high hurdles, and won the NCAA Indoor Title in a collegiate-leading 7.58 seconds. He also finished 11th in the long jump and ran the second leg on Florida's 4x400m relay team that finished 2nd. Outdoors, he won the 110m hurdles, finished 2nd in the long jump and anchored Florida's 4x400m relay team to 4th place. He also ran the 3rd leg on their 4x100m team throughout the season. Holloway competed in the US Championships in the hopes of qualifying for the

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, but finished 4th and missed out by .05 seconds.

2018

Holloway's 2018 season was a repeat of 2017. He continued his unbeaten streak in the 60m high hurdles, defending his NCAA title in a collegiate record-breaking and world leading 7.42 seconds. This year, he finished 2nd in the long jump and Florida finished 3rd in the 4x400m relay with his help on the second leg. Outdoors, he set a then-world-leading 13.15 seconds in the 110m hurdles at the SEC Championships, and defended his NCAA title 4 weeks later. He finished 9th in the long jump, ran the 2nd leg on the 4x100m team that finished 3rd, and anchored Florida to 4th place in the 4x400m. He once again went to the US Championships, this time finishing 2nd by thousandths of a second.

2019

2019 was Holloway's breakthrough year. Despite finding strong challenge from Daniel Roberts of the

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, he went unbeaten in the 60m high hurdles and won his 3rd consecutive NCAA title in the event, becoming the first to do so. He also smashed his own collegiate record with 7.35 seconds, also an American record. He was one of the most versatile athletes in the NCAA, setting personal bests of 6.50 s in the 60 m dash, 12.98 s in the 110 m hurdles, 8.17 m in the long jump, and a 43.75 s split in the relay while competing for the

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. He holds the NCAA and American record in the 60 m hurdles with a time of 7.35 s, set at the NCAA Division I Indoor Championships in 2019. The time of 7.35 s in the 60 m hurdles also makes him the third fastest man in the event in history. His NCAA record of 12.98 s in the 110 m hurdles, set at the 2019 championships, broke a 40-year-old record held by former world record holder

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. He was a member of the championship and record breaking relay team at the 2019 championships, which clocked the first sub-38 relay in NCAA history with a time of 37.97 s. Prior to setting the NCAA and American record in the 60 m hurdles, in February 2018 he set the NCAA record with a 7.42 s clocking at the Clemson Tiger Paw Invitational, beating and taking the record away from Olympic champion in the 110 m hurdles

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. Later that year he clocked 13.15 s in the 110 m hurdles at the

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(SEC) Championships, winning the meet in the second fastest time in NCAA history. This became the third fastest time a year later at the same meet when Holloway ran 13.07 s, just 0.07 s slower than Renaldo Nehemiah's NCAA record. Holloway was NCAA champion in both the 60 m hurdles and the 110 m hurdles from 2017 to 2019, champion in both the 60 m dash and 60 m hurdles in 2019, and had multiple podium finishes in the long jump, relay, and relay in the same years. His performances were critical in helping the Florida Gators win the team titles at the 2017 NCAA Division I Championships, the 2018 NCAA Division I Indoor Championships, and the 2019 NCAA Division I Indoor Championships.

Professional track career

Holloway set the 60 m hurdles world record on February 24, 2021 at the conclusion of the

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in Madrid, beating

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's 27-year old world record of 7.30 s by one hundredth of a second. Holloway had previously matched his American record of 7.32 s in the heats, already the #2 all-time performance going into the meet, before winning the final in 7.29 s. His victory in the final also made him the overall winner of the

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in the 60 m hurdles. He made his outdoor debut at the Miramar Invitational in Miramar, Florida on April 10, winning the 110 m hurdles final in a windy (+2.2 m/s) 13.04 s, his fastest opening performance in the event.

Awards and recognition

Holloway was one of three men's finalists in 2018 for

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—an annual American collegiate track and field award—and was the fan favorite by vote. The United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) awarded him The Bowerman in 2019, and additionally named him both the Men's Indoor Track Athlete of the Year and the Men's Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year. ''

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'' awarded him both the U.S. Collegiate Men's Indoor Athlete Of The Year and the U.S. Collegiate Men's Outdoor Athlete Of The Year titles in 2019. After setting the world record in the 60 m hurdles and having an undefeated indoor season in which he won the 2021 World Indoor Tour title, Holloway was runner-up for the Indoor Men's Athlete Of The Year title by ''Track & Field News''.

Statistics

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profile unless otherwise noted.

Personal bests

International championship results

Circuit wins

* World Indoor Tour Gold (60 m hurdles) **Overall winner:

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National championship results

* = personal best * = seasonal best * = world lead, fastest time in the world in a calendar year * = collegiate record * = national (American) record *

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results from Track & Field Results Reporting System.

Seasonal bests

Notes

References

External links

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Videos

Men's 60m Hurdles World Indoor Record - Grant Holloway , World Athletics Indoor Tour
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Grant Holloway breaks 40-year collegiate record, three-peats in 110m hurdles , 2019
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