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Terrence Trammell
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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.
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Born | November 23, 1978 (1978-11-23) (age 45) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]