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Dayron Robles

Cuban hurdler

Dayron Robles

Personal information
Nationality	Cuba
Born	(1986-11-19) 19 November 1986 (age 37)[1] Guantánamo, Cuba[1]
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1][2]
Weight	89 kg (196 lb)[2]
Sport
Sport	Running
Event	110 metres hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal best	110m hurdles: 12.87 s (Ostrava 2008)
Medal record Men’s athletics Representing  Cuba Olympic Games 2008 Beijing 110 m hurdles World Indoor Championships 2010 Doha 60 m hurdles 2006 Moscow 60 m hurdles Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro 110 m hurdles 2011 Guadalajara 110 m hurdles World Junior Championships 2004 Grosseto 110 m hurdles Pan American Junior Championships 2005 Windsor 110 m hurdles

Dayron Robles (born 19 November 1986) is a Cuban track and field athlete who specialises in the 110 metre hurdles.

He won his first major medal (a silver) in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2006 World Indoor Championships. He finished the 2006 season having improved his outdoor best to 13 seconds and become the Central American and Caribbean Games champion. Pan American gold came the following year in which also set a meet record of 12.92 seconds at the 2007 IAAF World Athletics Final – making him the joint fourth fastest ever.

He reached the pinnacle of his event in 2008 by setting a world record of 12.87 seconds in June at the Golden Spike Ostrava meet,^[3][4] and winning an Olympic gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in 12.93 seconds. Injury ruled him out for much of 2009, but he returned strongly with a championship record win at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships. He was disqualified at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles, for violation of rule 163.2, obstruction.

He won his first international medal at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics, taking the silver medal in the 110 m hurdles which was Cuba's only medal of the competition.^[5] At the 2006 World Indoor Championships in Moscow he finished second with a new personal best time (indoor) of 7.46 seconds.^[6][7] He improved upon this time with a run of 7.33 s at the 2008 PSD Bank Meeting – this was a Panamerican record and made him the second-fastest ever indoors, behind Colin Jackson.^[8]

At the 2008 World Indoor ChampionshipsinValencia he didn't advance from the heats due to fact that he stopped running, thinking that fellow hurdler Liu Xiang had made a false start. This was great disappointment for Robles, who had posted nine of the 11 fastest times of the winter season and was a favorite for winning the gold medal.^[9]

At the Beijing Olympics in 2008, many anticipated a Robles and Liu showdown in the final, but Liu was forced to pull out injured in the opening heat due to tendinitis.^[10] Robles went on to comfortably win the gold medal, posting a time of 12.93 s in the final.^[11]

During the 2009 IAAF World Championships, Dayron Robles was forced out of the competition, not finishing his semi-final because of muscular injury. After recovering from his injury, he entered the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships. The 60 metres final was the first time in over two years that Robles had faced Liu and Terrence Trammell in the same race. Robles began the race slowly but his power and technique saw him overhaul Trammell in the second half of the race to finish in 7.34 seconds, the third quickest time ever over the distance. The win marked a return to form and he said his first indoor gold ahead of the American was as important to him as his Olympic victory two years earlier.^[12]

After a season's best run of 13.12 seconds in the rain to win at the Ostrava Golden Spike meeting, he secured his first 2010 IAAF Diamond League victory at the Golden Gala with a time of 13.14 seconds,^[13] followed by a win at the Memorial Primo Nebiolo later that month.^[14] His best run of the season (13.01) at the Athletissima meet made him the second fastest man that year behind David Oliver, but an injury curtailed yet another season. He returned to action in May 2011 and won at the Grand Prix Région Guadeloupe meet.^[15]

Robles finished first in the 110m hurdles at the 2011 World Athletics Championships, with a time of 13.14 seconds. However, the result was invalidated, as replays showed Robles reaching out to impede the progress of competitor Liu Xiang, using his hand to knock Xiang's hand.^[16][17]

• All information from IAAF Profile^[18]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Cuba
2003	World Youth Championships	Sherbrooke, Canada	6th	110 m hurdles (91.4 cm)	13.91
2004	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	2nd	110 m hurdles	13.77 (wind: -0.6 m/s)
2005	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Nassau, Bahamas	2nd	110 m hurdles	13.41 w (wind: +2.6 m/s)
2006	World Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	2nd	60 m hurdles	7.46 s PB
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Cartagena, Colombia	1st	110 m hurdles	13.12 s CR
2007	Panamerican Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	1st	110 m hurdles	13.25 s
	World Championships in Athletics	Osaka, Japan	4th	110 m hurdles	13.15 s
	IAAF World Athletics Final	Stuttgart, Germany	1st	110 m hurdles	12.92 s CR
2008	Golden Spike Meet	Ostrava, Czech Republic	1st	110 m hurdles	12.87 s WR
	Olympic Games	Beijing, PR China	1st	110 m hurdles,	12.93 s
2009	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Havana, Cuba	1st	110 m hurdles	13.18 w (wind: +2.5 m/s)
2010	World Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	1st	60 m hurdles	7.34
2011	2011 World Championships in Athletics	Daegu, South Korea	—	110 m hurdles	DQ
	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, Mexico	1st	110 m hurdles	13.10
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	—	110 m hurdles	DNF

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