Tyron Akins
Appearance
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Nickname | Ty | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | American, Nigerian | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Bainbridge, Georgia, United States | 6 January 1986||||||||||||||||||||
Education | Auburn University | ||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 175 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 110 metres hurdles | ||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Auburn Tigers[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Ralph Spry | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Tyron Akins (born 6 January 1986) is a US-born hurdler competing internationally for Nigeria.[2] He switched allegiance from his country of birth to Nigeria in 2014 [3] and has since won several medals on the continental level.
His personal bests are 13.25 seconds in the 110 metres hurdles (+0.4, Des Moines 2008) and 7.60 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (Liévin 2009).
Competition record
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing the United States | |||||
2005 | Pan American Junior Championships | Windsor, Canada | 2nd | 110 m hurdles | 14.00 |
Representing Nigeria | |||||
2014 | Commonwealth Games | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 9th (sf) | 110 m hurdles | 13.75 |
African Championships | Marrakech, Morocco | 1st | 110 m hurdles | 13.57 | |
Continental Cup | Marrakech, Morocco | 5th | 110 m hurdles | 13.48[4] | |
2015 | African Games | Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo | 3rd | 110 m hurdles | 13.54 |
2016 | African Championships | Durban, South Africa | 2nd | 110 m hurdles | 13.74 |
References
[edit]- ^ College team profile
- ^ Tyron Akins at World Athletics
- ^ 2014 CWG profile
- ^ Representing Africa
Categories:
- 1986 births
- Living people
- American male hurdlers
- Nigerian male hurdlers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games
- People from Bainbridge, Georgia
- African Games bronze medalists for Nigeria
- African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Nigeria
- NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
- Auburn Tigers men's track and field athletes
- 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen
- Nigerian athletics biography stubs