Terrence Trammell

Terrence Trammell
Trammell at the 2007 World Championships
Personal information
BornNovember 23, 1978 (1978-11-23) (age 45)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney 110 m hurdles
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens 110 m hurdles
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2003 Paris 110 m hurdles
Silver medal – second place 2007 Osaka 110 m hurdles
Silver medal – second place 2009 Berlin 110 m hurdles
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2001 Lisbon 60 m hurdles
Gold medal – first place 2006 Moscow 60 m hurdles
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Moscow 60 m
Silver medal – second place 2010 Doha 60 m hurdles
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1999 Palma de Mallorca 110 m hurdles
Gold medal – first place 1999 Palma de Mallorca 4x100 m relay

Terrence Trammell (born November 23, 1978) is a retired American track and field athlete who was the silver medalist for the 110 meter hurdles at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics, and three time silver medalist for the World Championships.

He was born to Leonard (Deceased)2010 and Ann Trammell in Atlanta, Georgia.[1] The 1997 Track & Field News Male High School Athlete of the Year,[2] he attended the University of South Carolina where he trained under Curtis Frye. His main training partner until 2002 was Olympic gold medalist Allen Johnson. He was the 1999-2000 NCAA Champion Indoors and Outdoors.

He qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympics but had to pull out of the competition after injuring his hamstring in the preliminary rounds. He retired in 2015.

He trained in Atlanta with his high school (Southwest Dekalb High School) coach Napoleon Cobb.

Trammell is a member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity.

He currently serves as an assistant track and field coach at Pace Academy in Atlanta.[3]

In 2021 he was elected into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame.[4]

  1. ^ Athlete Bio[permanent dead link]. Mezoom. Retrieved on 2009-07-17.
  2. ^ "Track & Field News - the Bible of the Sport Since 1948". Archived from the original on 2016-08-18. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
  3. ^ "Team Detail - Pace Academy". www.paceacademy.org. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  4. ^ "USA Track & Field | USATF announces 2021 Hall of Fame class".