Grant Holloway facts for kids
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Holloway at the 2018 U.S. Championships
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| Full name | Stanley Grant Holloway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | November 19, 1997 Chesapeake, Virginia, U.S. |
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| Employer | Adidas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  United States |
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| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Hurdles Sprints Long jump |
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| College team | Florida Gators (2017–2019) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | June 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Mike Holloway (since 2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | 1st (110 m hurdles, 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stanley Grant Holloway (born November 19, 1997) is an American professional hurdler and sprinter. He is known for being one of the fastest hurdlers in history. Grant has won three world championships in the 110 meters hurdles (in 2019, 2022, and 2023). He also won a gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the 110 meters hurdles.
Grant Holloway is the second-fastest man ever in the 110 meters hurdles, with a personal best time of 12.81 seconds. This amazing time was set in 2021. In the 60 meters hurdles, which is an indoor event, he holds the world record with a time of 7.27 seconds. He set this record in 2024 and has won two World Indoor Championships in this event (in 2022 and 2024).
Even though he is mainly a hurdler, Grant is also very good at other track and field events. When he competed for the University of Florida, he also ran flat races, relays, and did the long jump. His wide range of skills helped his team a lot at the NCAA Championships. From 2017 to 2018, his Florida team won three NCAA Championships and came in second in three others. As of February 2024, he had not lost an indoor sprint hurdles race since March 2014, when he was only 16 years old!
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Grant Holloway's Early Life
Stanley Grant Holloway was born on November 19, 1997, in Chesapeake, Virginia. His parents are Latasha and Stan Holloway. When he was younger, his father, Stan, coached him and his older brother, Trey, in track and field. They were part of a club called Track 757.
Grant continued to compete in track and field with his brother at Grassfield High School. He also played football as a wide receiver. When it was time for college, he chose to go to the University of Florida for hurdles instead of playing football at the University of Georgia.
Grant Holloway's College Career
Competing in 2017
In 2017, Grant showed how talented he was by competing in many events. Besides his main event, hurdles, he also did the long jump and the 4x400m relay. He won every 60m high hurdles race he entered indoors. He also won the NCAA Indoor Title with a time of 7.58 seconds, which was the best in college that year. He placed 11th in the long jump and helped his team get second place in the 4x400m relay.
Outdoors, he won the 110m hurdles. He also finished second in the long jump and helped his team get fourth place in the 4x400m relay. He also ran in the 4x100m relay team throughout the season. Grant competed in the U.S. Championships to try and qualify for the World Championships in London. He finished fourth, just missing out by a tiny amount.
Competing in 2018
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Grant's 2018 season was very similar to 2017. He continued his winning streak in the 60m high hurdles. He defended his NCAA title and set a new college record and world-leading time of 7.42 seconds. He finished second in the long jump and helped his team get third place in the 4x400m relay.
Outdoors, he set a world-leading time of 13.15 seconds in the 110m hurdles at the SEC Championships. Four weeks later, he defended his NCAA title in that event. He also finished ninth in the long jump and helped his team get third in the 4x100m relay and fourth in the 4x400m relay. He competed in the U.S. Championships again, finishing second by a very small margin.
In February 2018, he set a new NCAA record in the 60m hurdles with 7.42 seconds. This beat the record held by Olympic champion Omar McLeod. Later that year, he ran 13.15 seconds in the 110m hurdles at the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Championships. This was the second-fastest time in NCAA history at that point.
Competing in 2019
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The year 2019 was a huge year for Grant Holloway. Even with strong competition from Daniel Roberts, Grant won every 60m high hurdles race. He won his third straight NCAA title in this event, being the first person ever to do so. He also broke his own college record with an amazing time of 7.35 seconds, which was also an American record.
Grant was one of the most versatile athletes in college sports. He set personal bests in many events: 6.50 seconds in the 60 m dash, 12.98 seconds in the 110m hurdles, 8.17 meters in the long jump, and a super fast 43.75-second split in the 4 × 400m relay.
His NCAA record of 12.98 seconds in the 110m hurdles, set at the NCAA Division I Championships, broke a 40-year-old record! He was also part of the team that set a record in the 4 × 100m relay at these championships, running it in 37.97 seconds. This was the first time a college team ran it under 38 seconds.
Grant won NCAA championships in both the 60m hurdles and 110m hurdles from 2017 to 2019. He also won the 60m dash and 60m hurdles in 2019. He earned many top finishes in the long jump, 4 × 100m relay, and 4 × 400m relay. His amazing performances were key to helping the Florida Gators win team titles in 2017, 2018, and 2019.
Grant Holloway's Professional Career
Grant Holloway set the 60m hurdles world record on February 24, 2021. He did this at the end of the 2021 World Athletics Indoor Tour in Madrid. He beat Colin Jackson's 27-year-old world record of 7.30 seconds by just one hundredth of a second, running 7.29 seconds.
He made his first professional outdoor appearance in April 2021. He won the 110m hurdles final with a time of 13.04 seconds. At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, he finished second in the finals.
Awards and Recognition
Grant Holloway has received many awards for his incredible talent. In 2018, he was one of three finalists for The Bowerman, which is a top award for college track and field athletes in America. In 2019, he won The Bowerman. The United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) also named him the Men's Indoor Track Athlete of the Year and the Men's Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year in 2019.
Track & Field News also recognized him as the U.S. Collegiate Men's Indoor Athlete Of The Year and the U.S. Collegiate Men's Outdoor Athlete Of The Year in 2019.
After setting the world record in the 60m hurdles and having a perfect indoor season in 2021, he was the runner-up for the Indoor Men's Athlete Of The Year by Track & Field News.
In 2024, Grant Holloway was named Jesse Owens Male Athlete of the Year at the Night of Legends Award.
Grant Holloway's Statistics
Information from World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.
Personal Best Times
| Event | Time (m):s | Venue | Date | Notes |
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| 60 meters indoor | 6.50 | Birmingham, AL, United States | March 9, 2019 | |
| 60 m hurdles indoor | 7.29 | Madrid, Spain | February 24, 2021 | World record |
| 100 meters | 10.21 | Gainesville, FL, United States | April 16, 2022 | |
| 110 m hurdles | 12.81 | Eugene, OR, United States | June 26, 2021 | #2 all-time |
| 4 × 400 m relay split | 43.75 | Austin, TX, United States | June 7, 2019 | Anchor leg |
| Event | Mark | Venue | Date | Notes |
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| Long jump | 8.17 m (26 ft 9.52854331 in) | Knoxville, TN, United States | May 12, 2018 | |
| High jump | 2.16 m (7 ft 0.91437008 in) | Newport News, VA, United States | June 6, 2014 |
International Championship Results
| Year | Championship | Position | Event | Time | Venue |
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| 2019 | World Championships | 1st | 110 m hurdles | 13.10 | Doha, Qatar |
| 2021 | Olympic Games | 2nd | 110 m hurdles | 13.09 | Tokyo, Japan |
| 2022 | World Indoor Championships | 1st | 60 m hurdles | 7.39 | Belgrade, Serbia |
| 2022 | World Championships | 1st | 110 m hurdles | 13.03 | Eugene, OR, United States |
| 2023 | World Championships | 1st | 110 m hurdles | 12.96 | Budapest, Hungary |
| 2024 | World Indoor Championships | 1st | 60 m hurdles | 7.29 | Glasgow, United Kingdom |
| 2024 | Olympic Games | 1st | 110 m hurdles | 12.99 | Paris, France |
Circuit Wins
Grant Holloway has won several major circuit titles:
- World Indoor Tour Gold 60m hurdles overall winner: 2021
- In 2021, he won races in Liévin, Toruń, and Madrid.
- In 2022, he won races in New York City, Liévin, and Birmingham.
- In 2023, he won races in Boston and Liévin.
National Championship Results
Grant has achieved great success in national championships, including:
- In 2017, he won the 60m hurdles at the NCAA Division I Indoor Championships. He also won the 110m hurdles at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships.
- In 2018, he defended his NCAA titles in both the 60m hurdles (indoor) and 110m hurdles (outdoor).
- In 2019, he won his third straight NCAA title in the 60m hurdles (indoor), setting a new American record. He also won the 60m dash (indoor) and the 110m hurdles (outdoor) at the NCAA Championships. He was part of the winning 4x100m relay team that set a college record.
- In 2021, he won the 110m hurdles at the U.S. Olympic Trials.
- In 2022, he won the 60m hurdles at the U.S. Indoor Championships.
- In 2024, he won the 110m hurdles at the U.S. Olympic Trials.
Images for kids
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Holloway at the 2018 U.S. Championships
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Holloway competing at the 2018 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships.
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Holloway (right) winning the 110m hurdles at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar.
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Grant Holloway (center) races in the 110m hurdles semifinal at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon.
See also
In Spanish: Grant Holloway para niños
