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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1985-07-24 ) July 24, 1985 (age 40) , Chicago , Illinois , U.S.
- Home town
- Marietta, Georgia , U.S.
- Height
- 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
- Weight
- 158 lb (72 kg)
- Sport
- Running
- Event
- Hurdles
- College team
- Tennessee Volunteers
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Occupation
- athletics competitor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 2012 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 72
- Official website
- ariesmerrittonline.com
- Image
- Aries Merritt, Bislet Games 2011.jpg
- Height
- 185
- Residence
- Bryan
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- Commons category
- Aries Merritt
- date of birth
- 1985-07-24
- sports discipline competed in
- 110 metres hurdles
- start of work period
- 2003-00-00
- social media followers
- 19402
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Encyclopedic overview
Updated on 28 August 2015
Aries Merritt (born July 24, 1985) is an American track and field athlete who specialized in the 110 metre hurdles, and currently holds the world record in that event with a time of 12.80 s set on September 7, 2012. He won the gold medal in the 110 metre hurdles at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aries Merritt” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.