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.
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| Nickname | Ty | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American, Nigerian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 January 1986 Bainbridge, Georgia, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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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
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| 2005 | Pan American Junior Championships | Windsor, Canada | 2nd | 110 m hurdles | 14.00 |
Representing  Nigeria
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| 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
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