Dayron Robles

Dayron Robles

Personal information
Nationality	Cuba
Born	(1986-11-19) 19 November 1986 (age 37)[1] Guantánamo, Cuba[1]
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1][2]
Weight	89 kg (196 lb)[2]
Sport
Sport	Running
Event	110 metres hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal best	110m hurdles: 12.87 s (Ostrava 2008)
Medal record Men’s athletics Representing  Cuba Olympic Games 2008 Beijing 110 m hurdles World Indoor Championships 2010 Doha 60 m hurdles 2006 Moscow 60 m hurdles Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro 110 m hurdles 2011 Guadalajara 110 m hurdles World Junior Championships 2004 Grosseto 110 m hurdles Pan American Junior Championships 2005 Windsor 110 m hurdles

Dayron Robles (born 19 November 1986) is a Cuban track and field athlete who specialises in the 110 metre hurdles.

He won his first major medal (a silver) in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2006 World Indoor Championships. He finished the 2006 season having improved his outdoor best to 13 seconds and become the Central American and Caribbean Games champion. Pan American gold came the following year in which also set a meet record of 12.92 seconds at the 2007 IAAF World Athletics Final – making him the joint fourth fastest ever.

He reached the pinnacle of his event in 2008 by setting a world record of 12.87 seconds in June at the Golden Spike Ostrava meet,^[3][4] and winning an Olympic gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in 12.93 seconds. Injury ruled him out for much of 2009, but he returned strongly with a championship record win at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships. He was disqualified at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles, for violation of rule 163.2, obstruction.