Yordan Luis O'Farrill Olivera (born 9 February 1993 in
Santa Cruz del Sur
Santa Cruz del Sur is a town and municipality in Cuba. It is located in Camagüey Province south of the provincial capital of Camagüey. It lies on the Caribbean coast.
Geography
The municipality is divided into the barrios of Buenaventura, Do ...
,
Camagüey
Camagüey () is a city and municipality in central Cuba and is the nation's third-largest city with more than 321,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Camagüey Province.
It was founded as Santa María del Puerto del Príncipe in 1514, by S ...
) is a
Cuban
hurdler.
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He won a gold medal in the 110 metres hurdles at the
2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics
The 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition for athletes qualifying as juniors (born 1993 or later) which was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, on 10–15 ...
in
Barcelona, while also beating
Artur Noga
Artur Noga (born 2 May 1988 in Racibórz) is a Polish athlete. He mainly competes in the 110 metres hurdles. He finished 5th at the 2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also know ...
's championship record.
O'Farrill set to inherit Robles' role as the Cuban hurdling king
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O'Farrill is of Irish descent through his grandfather on his father's side.
Personal bests
Outdoor
*100 m: 10.44 s (wind: +1.8 m/s) – Bilbao, 21 June 2014
*110 m hurdles: 13.19 s (wind: 0.0 m/s) – Prague, 9 June 2014
Indoor
*60 m hurdles: 7.65 s – Düsseldorf, 8 February 2013
International competitions
1: Disqualified in the final.
2: Did not finish in the semifinals
References
External links
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Tilastopaja biography
1993 births
Living people
Cuban male hurdlers
Olympic male hurdlers
Olympic athletes for Cuba
Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
World Athletics Championships athletes for Cuba
Cuban people of Irish descent
Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games
Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba
People from Santa Cruz del Sur
21st-century Cuban people
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