Yordan Luis O'Farrill Olivera (born 9 February 1993 in

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) is a

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. He won a gold medal in the 110 metres hurdles at the

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, while also beating

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's championship record.O'Farrill set to inherit Robles' role as the Cuban hurdling king
/ref> 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) –

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, 21 June 2014 *110 m hurdles: 13.19 s (wind: 0.0 m/s) –

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, 9 June 2014

Indoor

*60 m hurdles: 7.65 s –

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, 8 February 2013

International competitions

¹: Disqualified in the final.
²: Did not finish in the semifinals

References

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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 Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba People from Santa Cruz del Sur Sportspeople from Camagüey Province 21st-century Cuban sportsmen Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games {{Cuba-athletics-bio-stub