Jack Pierce (athlete)
Jack Pierce 
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| birthday | 23rd September 1962 (age 57) | |||||||||||||||
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| discipline | 110 meter hurdles | |||||||||||||||
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Jack Pierce (born September 23, 1962 in Cherry Hill , New Jersey ) is a former American track and field athlete whose specialty was the 110-meter hurdles .
Sporting successes
At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona Pierce won the bronze medal behind Mark McKoy and Tony Dees in 13.26 seconds - at the same time as fourth-placed Tony Jarrett . The year before, he had won the silver medal at the World Championships in Tokyo in 13.06 seconds at the same time as Greg Foster after a photo finish decision. At the same time, Pierce took third place at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart behind Colin Jackson and Tony Jarrett (13.00 seconds), who set world records in 12.91 seconds .
Top performances
- 110 meter hurdles - 12.94 s (1996)
- Pierce is one of the exclusive circle of twelve hurdle sprinters who have undercut the 13-second mark. It ranks 8th on the all-time world best list
Others
At a height of 1.85 m, Pierce's competition weight was 84 kg.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jack Pierce in the database of World Athletics (English)
- ↑ IAAF's best list for the 110-meter hurdles
- ↑ Jack Pierce in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Web links
- Jack Pierce in the database of World Athletics (English)
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| SURNAME | Pierce, Jack |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American hurdler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 23, 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cherry Hill , New Jersey |