Ryan Brathwaite

Ryan Brathwaite

Personal information
Nationality	Barbados
Born	(1988-06-06) June 6, 1988 (age 36) Hillaby, St. Andrew
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
Sport	Running
Event	110 metres hurdles
College team	Barton County Community College
Achievements and titles
Personal best	110 m h: 13.14 s (Berlin 2009)
Medal record Representing  Barbados Men's athletics World Championships 2009 Berlin 110 m hurdles Central American and Caribbean Games 2010 Mayagüez 110 m hurdles CAC Championships 2009 Havanna 110 m hurdles NACAC U-23 Championships 2010 Miramar 110 m hurdles Pan American Junior Championships 2007 São Paulo 110 m hurdles CAC Junior Championships (U20) 2006 Port of Spain 110 m hurdles CARIFTA Games Junior (U20) 2006 Les Abymes 110 m hurdles 2007 Providenciales 110 m hurdles 2005 Bacolet, Tobago 110 m hurdles World Youth Championships 2005 Marrakesh 110 m hurdles CAC Junior Championships (U17) 2004 Coatzacoalcos 100 m hurdles
Updated on 22 January 2015

Ryan Brathwaite (born June 6, 1988)^[1] is a track and field athlete from Barbados who won the gold medal in the 110 metres hurdles at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin.^[2] In recognition of his achievements, on September 17, 2009 Brathwaite was given the honour of being an ambassador while formally receiving the title Ambassador His Excellency Ryan Brathwaite.^{[3][better source needed]}

He is from the Hillaby district in the parish of St. Andrew. Although he shares a birthplace, surname and speciality with Shane Brathwaite, the two are not related.^[4][5]

He first ran on the world stage at the 2005 World Youth Championships in Athletics, taking the silver medal in the 110 meter hurdles. More success came in regional competition when he won the 2006 CAC Junior Championships. He competed as a senior athlete at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics and he reached the sprint hurdles semi-finals. He also represented Barbados at the 2007 Pan American Games where he finished in fourth place.

Brathwaite set a national record at the 2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics, winning his heat in a time of 13.49 seconds and finishing fourth in the final.^[6] He improved this further at the 2008 Summer Olympics, running 13.38 seconds in the heats. He made it through to the Olympic semi-finals before being knocked out.

He broke a championship record the following year at the 2009 CAC Championships, which he achieved in the semi-finals. However, he was beaten in the final by the reigning Olympic champion Dayron Robles. At the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, neither Robles nor the defending world champion Liu Xiang were present for the final as they withdrew due to injury. Brathwaite took advantage of this, setting a new best of 13.18 in the semi-finals, and he improved to 13.14 to win the gold and become the 2009 world champion. At 21 years old, he was the youngest ever champion for the event.^[7] After the gold medal, he won at the Memorial Van Damme meeting and closed a successful year with another gold at the 2009 IAAF World Athletics Final.

Event	Result	Venue	Date
Outdoor
110 m hurdles	13.14 s (wind: +0.1 m/s)	Berlin	20 Aug 2009
Indoor
60 m hurdles	7.61 s	New York, New York	29 Jan 2010

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Barbados
2004	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17)	Coatzacoalcos, México	7th (h)	100 m	11.71 s (wind: +1.1 m/s)
			1st	100 m hurdles (91.4 cm)	13.20 s w (wind: +2.5 m/s)
2005	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Bacolet, Trinidad and Tobago	2nd	110 m hurdles (106.7 cm)	14.64 s (wind: -0.7 m/s)
	World Youth Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	2nd	110 m hurdles (91.4 cm)	13.44 s (wind: +1.1 m/s)
	Pan American Junior Championships	Windsor, Ontario, Canada	5th	110m hurdles (106.7 cm)	14.79 (wind: -1.6 m/s)
2006	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Les Abymes, Guadeloupe	1st	110 m hurdles (99.0 cm)	13.85 s CR (wind: -1.4 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	1st	110 m hurdles (99.0 cm)	13.69 s CR (wind: +1.6 m/s)
	World Junior Championships	Beijing, China	—	110m hurdles (99.0 cm)	DQ
2007	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands	1st	110 m hurdles (99.0 cm)	13.42 s CR (wind: +0.2 m/s)
	ALBA Games	Caracas, Venezuela	2nd	110 m hurdles	13.91 s (wind: +0.6 m/s)
	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	4th	110 m hurdles	13.70 s (wind: +0.4 m/s)
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	24th (sf)	110 m hurdles	13.87 s (wind: -0.3 m/s)
	Pan American Junior Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	3rd	110m hurdles (99.0 cm)	13.61 (wind: +0.9 m/s)
2008	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Cali, Colombia	4th	110 m hurdles	13.66 s w (wind: +2.3 m/s)
	NACAC Under-23 Championships	Toluca, México	2nd	110m hurdles	13.50 (wind: -1.0 m/s) A
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	7th (sf)	110 m hurdles	13.59 s (wind: -0.4 m/s)
2009	Central American and Caribbean Championships	La Habana, Cuba	2nd	110 m hurdles	13.31 s w (wind: +2.5 m/s)
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	1st	110 m hurdles	13.14 s (wind: +0.1 m/s) NR
	World Athletics Final	Thessaloniki, Greece	1st	110m hurdles	13.16 (wind: -0.3 m/s)
2010	NACAC Under-23 Championships	Miramar, Florida, United States	2nd	110 m hurdles	13.10 s w (wind: +3.1 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	1st	110 m hurdles	13.39 s
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	18th (h)	110 m hurdles	13.57 s (wind: +1.0 m/s)
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	5th	110 m hurdles	13.40 s
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	14th (sf)	110m hurdles	13.64 (wind: -0.3 m/s)
2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	5th	110m hurdles	13.63 (wind: -0.3 m/s)
	Pan American Sports Festival	Ciudad de México, México	1st	110m hurdles	13.41 A (wind: -0.1 m/s)

• Barbados at the Olympics

• Ryan Brathwaite at World Athletics
• Ryan Brathwaite at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

Olympic Games
Preceded by Bradley Ally	Flagbearer for  Barbados London 2012	Succeeded by Ramon Gittens