Greggmar Swift

Greggmar Swift

Personal information
Full name	Greggmar Orial Swift
Nationality	Barbados
Born	(1991-02-16) 16 February 1991 Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	170 lb (77 kg)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event	110 metres hurdles
College team	Indiana State University
Club	Adidas
Coached by	John Mc Nichols
Achievements and titles
Personal best	110 m hurdles 13.28 +0.8 Toronto (CIBC) 24 JUL 2015
Updated on 16 May 2016

Greggmar Orial Swift (born 16 February 1991) is a Barbadian sprint hurdler. Greggmar attended Indiana State University, where he studied Insurance & Risk Management and was a Five-time All-American in the 60-meter and 110-meter hurdles. He competed in the 110 metres hurdles at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He qualified for the 2015 Pan-Am Games with his gold medal win at the Universiade.

Personal bests

• 110 m hurdles outdoor: 13.28 s (wind: +0.8 m/s) – Toronto, Canada, 24 July 2015
• 60 m hurdles indoor: 7.54 s – Newark, United States, February 2015 NR

Coaching

After his athletics career, Swift was a coach for the Indiana State, Merritt College, and the Minot State Beavers track and field teams.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Barbados
2007	CARIFTA Games (U17)	Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands	2nd	100m hurdles (91.4 cm)	13.39 (+0.5 m/s)
2008	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis	3rd	110m hurdles (99.0 cm)	14.22 (-0.5 m/s)
	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	61st (h)	110m hurdles (99.0 cm)	15.77 (-0.6 m/s)
2009	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia	3rd	110m hurdles (99.0 cm)	14.09 (+0.7 m/s)
	Pan American Junior Championships	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	8th	110m hurdles (99.0 cm)	14.31 (+2.0 m/s)
2010	CARIFTA Games (U20)	George Town, Cayman Islands	2nd	110m hurdles (99.0 cm)	13.75 (+1.3 m/s)
			—	4 × 100 m relay	DNF
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	1st	110m hurdles (99.0 cm)	13.90 (-1.0 m/s)
			5th	4 × 100 m relay	40.92
	World Junior Championships	Moncton, Canada	8th	110m hurdles (99.0 cm)	13.93 (-2.4 m/s)
2011	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	6th	110m hurdles	13.84 (+0.7 m/s)
	Universiade	Shenzhen, China	9th (sf)	110m hurdles	13.90 (-1.0 m/s)
2012	NACAC Under-23 Championships	Irapuato, Mexico	3rd	110m hurdles	13.54 (+1.8 m/s)
			5th	4 × 100 m relay	40.30
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	5th (h)	110m hurdles	13.62 (+0.1 m/s)
2013	Universiade	Kazan, Russia	7th (h)1	110m hurdles	13.75 (+0.7 m/s)
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	27th (h)	110m hurdles	13.79 (-0.6 m/s)
2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	6th	110m hurdles	13.74 (-0.3 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, Mexico	3rd	110m hurdles	13.59 A (+0.7 m/s)
2015	Universiade	Gwangju, South Korea	1st	100m hurdles	13.43 (+0.7 m/s)
	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	4th	110m hurdles	13.28 (+0.8 m/s)
	NACAC Championships	San José, Costa Rica	5th	110m hurdles	13.40 (+1.5 m/s)
	World Championships	Beijing, China	17th (sf)	110m hurdles	13.44 (-0.2 m/s)
2019	Pan American Games	Lima, Peru	4th	110m hurdles	13.51

¹: Did not finish in the final.

External links

• Greggmar Swift at World Athletics
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Greggmar Swift". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2015-09-14.
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