Yordan O'Farrill

Yordan O'Farrill
	Yordan O'Farrill in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Yordan Luis O'Farrill Olivera
Nationality	Cuban
Born	9 February 1993 (age 31); Santa Cruz del Sur, Camagüey, Cuba
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Sport	Running
Event	110 metre hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal best	110 m H (99cm): 13.18 (Barcelona 2012)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Cuba
CAC Championships
World Junior Championships
CAC Junior Championships
	Updated on 19 December 2014.

Yordan Luis O'Farrill Olivera (born 9 February 1993 in Santa Cruz del Sur, Camagüey) is a Cuban hurdler.^[2]

He won a gold medal in the 110 metres hurdles at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Barcelona, while also beating Artur Noga's championship record.^[3]

O'Farrill is of Irish descent through his grandfather on his father's side.^{[citation needed]}

Personal bests edit

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Cuba
2010	Youth Olympic Games	Singapore	5th	110 m hurdles (91.4 cm)	13.69 (+0.1 m/s)
2012	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U20)	San Salvador, El Salvador	1st	110 m hurdles (99.0 cm)	13.27 (0.0 m/s)
2012	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	1st	110 m hurdles (99.0 cm)	13.18 (+1.0 m/s)
2013	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Morelia, Mexico	3rd	110m hurdles	13.82 A (-3.4 m/s)
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	18th (h)	60m hurdles	7.75
	Pan American Sports Festival	Mexico City, Mexico	5th (h)¹	110m hurdles	13.72 A (-0.2 m/s)
	Continental Cup	Marrakech, Morocco	7th	110m hurdles	13.67 (+0.1 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, Mexico	1st	110m hurdles	13.46 A (+0.7 m/s)
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	26th (h)	110m hurdles	13.64
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, United States	8th (h)	60 m hurdles	7.67
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	21st (sf)	110 m hurdles	13.70
2017	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	5th (B)	4 × 100 m relay	39.90
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	22nd (h)	110 m hurdles	13.56²

¹: Disqualified in the final.
²: Did not finish in the semifinals

^ "Rio 2016 bio". Archived from the original on 2016-11-25. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
^ Iglesias Manresa, Harold (8 October 2014), Volar sobre vallas para Yordan O’Farrill (in Spanish), CubaSi.cu, retrieved December 19, 2014
^ O'Farrill set to inherit Robles' role as the Cuban hurdling king

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