Shane Brathwaite in 2015
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Nationality | Barbados | ||||||||||||||||||
Born | February 8, 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 180 lb (82 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 110 m hurdles | ||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 110 m hurdles 13.31 (+1.8 m/s) (Irapuato 2012) | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Shane Brathwaite (born 8 February 1990 in Bridgetown) is a hurdler from Barbados who competed in the 110 metres hurdles at the 2012 Summer Olympics but did not finish the race in the qualifying heats. His gold medal in the octathlon at the 2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics made his the first person from Barbados to win a gold medal at a global athletics championship.
Brathwaite competed for Texas Tech University at Lubbock, Texas. Although he shares a birthplace, surname and speciality with Ryan Brathwaite, the two are not related.