Thomas Joseph "T.J." Kearns (born 2 June 1966) is a retired

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athlete who specialised in the

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. He represented his country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988, as well as three consecutive World Championships starting in 1987. His personal bests are 13.55 seconds in the

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(Atlanta 1996) and 7.69 seconds in the indoor

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(Seville 1991).

Competition record

References

1966 births Living people Irish male hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Ireland {{Ireland-athletics-bio-stub