Dayron Robles is a 22 year old Cuban hurdling athlete, a rising star in the athletics scene, set the world record in the 110 meter hurdles of 12.87 seconds on June 12, 2008 at the “Golden Spike” meeting in Ostrava, Czech Republic.

He finished 0.01 seconds ahead of the previous record of 12.88 seconds set two years ago by Liu Xiang, China’s Olympic and world champion.

His record breaking feat overshadowed Usain Bolt’s victory in the 200m event. Bolt finished in a time of 19.83 seconds which is a leading 200m time of the season

Golden Spike Grand Prix: IAAF World Athletics Tour (Ostrava) 110mh +0.9 m/s

  1. Dayron Robles CUB 12.87 WR;
  2. Terrence Trammell USA 13.21;
  3. Sergiy Demidyuk UKR 13.42;
  4. Jeff Porter USA 13.47;
  5. Petr Svoboda CZE 13.48;
  6. Thomas Blaschek GER 13.49;
  7. Stanislav Sajdok CZE 13.53;
  8. David Payne USA 13.64

Dayron Robles Profile

DOB
November 19, 1986

Achievements
Year Tournament Venue Result Extra

  • 2003 World Youth Championships Sherbrooke, Canada 6th 110m hurdles
  • 2004 World Junior Championships Grosseto, Italy 2nd 110m hurdles
  • 2005 Central American and Caribbean Championships Nassau, Bahamas 2nd 110m hurdles
  • 2006 World Indoor Championships Moscow, Russia 2nd 60m hurdles, 7.46s PB
  • 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Cartagena, Colombia 1st 110m hurdles, 13.12s CR
  • 2007 World Championships in Athletics Osaka,Japan 4th 110m hurdles, 13.15s
  • 2007 IAAF World Athletics Final Stuttgart, Germany 1st 110 m hurdles, 12.92s CR

Dayron Robles at the 2006 World Indoor Championships in Moscow he finished second with a new personal best time (indoor) of 7.46 seconds, a time which he has since improved to 7.33, making him the second-fastest ever indoors, behind Colin Jackson.

At the 2008 World Indoor Championships in Valencia he didn’t advance from the heats due to stopping running thinking that fellow hurdler Liu Xiang had made a false start. This was great disappointment for Robles, who had posted 9 of the 11 fastest times of the winter season and was a favorite for winning the gold medal

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