Greggmar Orial Swift (born 16 February 1991 in

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) is a sprint hurdler from

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. Greggmar attended

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, where he studied Insurance & Risk Management and was a Five-time

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n in the 60-meter and 110-meter hurdles. He competed in the

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at the

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. He qualified for the 2015 Pan-Am Games with his gold medal win at the

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Personal bests

*110 m hurdles outdoor: 13.28 s (wind: +0.8 m/s) –

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, United States, 24 July 2015 *60 m hurdles indoor: 7.54 s – New York (Armory), NY, United States, February 2015 NR

International competitions

¹: Did not finish in the final.

References

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Tilastopaja biography
1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Bridgetown Barbadian male hurdlers Olympic athletes of Barbados Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games competitors for Barbados Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Barbados Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Barbados Indiana State Sycamores men's track and field athletes Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Barbados Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games Universiade medalists for Barbados Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade {{Barbados-athletics-bio-stub