Hansle Parchment

Hansle Parchment (born 17 June 1990) is a Jamaican track and field athlete, competing in the 110 metres hurdles. He won the gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the event.

Parchment is an alumnus of the University of the West Indies, Kingston and won a gold medal at the 2011 Summer Universiade, running a then-personal best of 13.24 to win the title for Jamaica.

On 8 August 2012, Parchment won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He ran a then-Jamaican record of 13.12 to clinch third place, behind Aries Merritt and Jason Richardson.

At the 2015 World Championships, Parchment won the silver medal. In a high-quality field consisting of world record holder and Olympic Champion Aries Merritt, defending champion David Oliver, and European champion Sergey Shubenkov, Parchment was beaten only by the Shubenkov, running a time of 13.03.

On 5 August 2021, Parchment won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in a time of 13.04, ahead of Grant Holloway and Ronald Levy.

At the 2023 World Championships, he won a silver medal in a time of 13.07s, behind only Grant Holloway. Parchment then avenged this defeat to win the 2023 Diamond League Final in a new personal best of 12.93s.

Biography Hansle is from St. Thomas, Jamaica where he attended Morant Bay High School.

Competition record 1 Did not start in the final due to injury right before the race.

Track records

As of 12 September 2024, Parchment holds the following track records for 110 metres hurdles.

LocationTimeWindspeedm/sDate Shenzhen 13.24 – 0.3 20/08/2011 Xiamen 12.96 0.0 02/09/2023