Trecia Roberts

Trecia Roberts
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Thailand
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2000 Jakarta 100 m hurdles
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Colombo 100 m hurdles
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Colombo 4×100 m
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Manila 100 m hurdles

Trecia Roberts (Thai: ทรีเซีย โรเบิร์ตส; born 4 February 1971 in Bangkok, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon) is a Thai-American 100 metres hurdles runner. She was born to a Thai mother and an African-American father.[1]

She competed for the United States up to and including the 1999 indoor season,[2] but represented Thailand at the 1999 World Championships.[3]

She won the silver medal at the 2000 Asian Championships and bronze medals at the Asian Championships in 2002 and 2003 as well as the 2002 Asian Games, where she also helped win a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay. She finished sixth at the 2006 Asian Games.

She also competed at the World Championships in 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2005, the World Indoor Championships in 2001 and the Olympic Games in 2000 and 2004 without reaching the final.

Her personal best time is 12.73 seconds, achieved in July 1998 in Flagstaff. She competed for the United States at the time, but later set a Thai record of 12.83 seconds.[4]

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Thailand
1999 World Championships Seville, Spain 11th (sf) 100m hurdles 12.83
2000 Asian Championships Jakarta, Indonesia 2nd 100m hurdles 13.01
4th 4 × 100 m relay 45.14
Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 14th (sf) 100m hurdles 13.15
19th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 44.51
2001 World Indoor Championships Lisbon, Portugal 19th (h) 60m hurdles 8.34
World Championships Edmonton, Canada 23rd (h) 100m hurdles 13.27
Southeast Asian Games Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1st 100m hurdles 13.21
2002 Asian Championships Colombo, Sri Lanka 3rd 100m hurdles 13.60
3rd 4 × 100 m relay 44.89
Asian Games Busan, South Korea 3rd 100m hurdles 13.07
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 44.25
2003 World Championships Paris, France 27th (h) 100m hurdles 13.29
Asian Championships Manila, Philippines 3rd 100m hurdles 13.29
Southeast Asian Games Hanoi, Vietnam 1st 100m hurdles 13.45 (w)
2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 34th (h) 100m hurdles 13.80
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 28th (h) 100m hurdles 13.93
Asian Championships Incheon, South Korea 7th (h) 100m hurdles 13.83[5]
Asian Indoor Games Pattaya, Thailand 3rd 60m hurdles 8.56
Southeast Asian Games Manila, Philippines 3rd 100m hurdles 14.25
2006 Asian Games Doha, Qatar 6th 100m hurdles 13.75

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Trecia Roberts". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 24 September 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  2. ^ IAAF top list, women's 60 metres hurdles 1999 (indoor) Archived 18 September 2004 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ 1999 World Championships
  4. ^ Thai athletics records Archived 26 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Did not finish in the final


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