Hansle Parchment
 Parchment at the 2015 World Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Jamaican |
| Born | 17 June 1990 St Thomas, Jamaica |
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 90 kg (198 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | 110 metre hurdles |
| College team | University of the West Indies, Morant Bay High and Kingston College |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best | 110 m hurdles 12.94 (0.8 m/s) (Meeting Areva 2014) |
Hansle Parchment (born 17 June 1990) is a Jamaican track and field athlete, competing in the 110 metres hurdles.[1]
Hansle is a student of Psychology at the University of the West Indies, Kingston and won a gold medal at the 2011 Summer Universiade, running a personal best 13.24 to win the title for Jamaica.
In June 2012, Parchment won the Jamaica Olympic trials in a new personal best of 13.18 to qualify for the Jamaican team for the 2012 Summer Olympics.[2] On 8 August 2012, Parchment won the bronze medal in the final of the 110 m hurdles. He ran a new Jamaican record of 13.12 to clinch third place, behind Aries Merritt and Jason Richardson.
At the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, Parchment took the silver medal in the final of the 110m hurdles. 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 season's best time of 13.03.
Competition record
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  Jamaica
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| 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 | 1st (h) | 110 m hurdles | 13.85 |
| 4th (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[3] |
| 2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 2nd | 110m 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 | |
References
- ^ "Hansle Parchment London 2012 Profile". London 2012. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
- ^ "Hansle Parchment records PB to snatch 110m title". The Gleaner. 30 June 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
- ^ Did not finish the semifinal
External links
World University Games champions in men's 110 metres hurdles | |
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