Hansle Parchment

Hansle Parchment
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Parchment at the 2015 World Championships
Personal information
Born (1990-06-17) 17 June 1990 (age 34)
St Thomas, Jamaica
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event110-metre hurdles
College teamUniversity of the West Indies
Coached byFitz Coleman
Achievements and titles
Personal best110 m hurdles 12.93 (Eugene 2023)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Jamaica
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 110 m hurdles
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London 110 m hurdles
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Beijing 110 m hurdles
Silver medal – second place 2023 Budapest 110 m hurdles
Diamond League
First place 2023 110 m hurdles
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast 110 m hurdles
NACAC Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Toronto 110 m hurdles
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2011 Shenzhen 110 m hurdles

Hansle Parchment (born 17 June 1990) is a Jamaican track and field athlete, competing in the 110 metres hurdles.[1] He won the gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics in the event.

Parchment is an alumnus of the University of the West Indies, Kingston and won a gold medal at the 2011 Summer Universiade, running a then-personal best of 13.24 to win the title for Jamaica.

On 8 August 2012, Parchment won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He ran a then-Jamaican record of 13.12 to clinch third place, behind Aries Merritt and Jason Richardson.[2]

At the 2015 World Championships, Parchment won the silver medal. In a high-quality field consisting of world record holder and Olympic Champion Aries Merritt, defending champion David Oliver, and European champion Sergey Shubenkov, Parchment was beaten only by the Shubenkov, running a time of 13.03.[3]

On 5 August 2021, Parchment won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in a time of 13.04, ahead of Grant Holloway and Ronald Levy.[4]

At the 2023 World Championships, he won a silver medal in a time of 13.07s, behind only Grant Holloway.[5] Parchment then avenged this defeat to win the 2023 Diamond League Final in a new personal best of 12.93s.[6] Parchment made the finals of the 110 meter hurdles at the 2024 Olympics but finished 8th of 8.

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Jamaica
2010 Central American and Caribbean Games Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 5th 110 m hurdles 13.97
Commonwealth Games Delhi, India 5th 110 m hurdles 13.71
2011 Central American and Caribbean Championships Mayagüez, Puerto Rico — 110 m hurdles DQ
1st (h) 4 × 100 m relay 39.74
Universiade Shenzhen, China 1st 110 m hurdles 13.24
2012 Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 3rd 110 m hurdles 13.12
2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia 13th (h) 110 m hurdles 13.43[7]
2015 World Championships Beijing, China 2nd 110 m hurdles 13.03
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 8th 110 m hurdles 13.37
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 2nd 110 m hurdles 13.22
NACAC Championships Toronto, Canada 1st 110 m hurdles 13.28
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 1st 110 m hurdles 13.04
2022 World Championships Eugene, United States 2nd (sf) 110 m hurdles 13.021
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 2nd 110 m hurdles 13.07
2024 Olympic Games Paris, France 8th 110 m hurdles 13.39

1 Did not start in the final.


Track records

As of 12 September 2024, Parchment holds the following track records for 110 metres hurdles.


Location Time Windspeed
m/s 		Date
Shenzhen 13.24 – 0.3 20/08/2011
Xiamen 12.96 0.0 02/09/2023

References

  1. ^ "Hansle Parchment London 2012 Profile". London 2012. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  2. ^ "London 2012: USA's Aries Merritt wins 110m hurdles". NBC. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  3. ^ "JWorld Championships 2015: Sergey Shubenkov wins 110m hurdles". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Jamaica's Parchment defeats Holloway, wins 110m hurdles gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  5. ^ "World Athletics Championships 2023: Grant Holloway wins third successive 110m hurdles gold". NBC. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Parchment runs world-leading 12.93s to defeat world champion Holloway and win Diamond League trophy". SportsMax. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  7. ^ Did not finish the semifinal
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