Wayne Courtney Davis II (born August 22, 1991) is an American athlete, now representing

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, who specializes in the

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. He currently holds the world youth record, world junior record and the US high school record in the 39" 110 m hurdles with a time of 13.08 seconds. He is a graduate of

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Career

Davis broke the World Youth 110 hurdles record (36") on July 12, 2007, at the

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. Two years later, on July 31, 2009, he broke the World Junior 110 m hurdles record (39") at the

2009 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships The 2009 Pan American Junior Championships were held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago at the Hasely Crawford Stadium on July 31 to August 2, 2009. A report on the results was given. Participation (unofficial) Detailed result lists can b ...

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beating the previous mark of 13.12 seconds set by 2004 Olympic gold medalist Liu Xiang in 2002. He competed at the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...

Eligibility

Davis' parents are both natives of

. On August 4, 2011, Davis officially transferred his eligibility to compete for Trinidad and Tobago. His sister Dannielle also competes internationally for Trinidad and Tobago.Davis now a TT athlete
trinidadexpress.com (January 20, 2012) As a member of the Trinidad and Tobago 2012 Olympic Team he finished sixth in his semi-final of 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 ...

References

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* * 1991 births Living people American sportspeople of Trinidad and Tobago descent Track and field athletes from Raleigh, North Carolina American male hurdlers Trinidad and Tobago male hurdlers Olympic athletes for Trinidad and Tobago Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games competitors for Trinidad and Tobago Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Trinidad and Tobago Texas A&M Aggies men's track and field athletes {{US-sprint-athletics-bio-stub