Aries Merritt
Event Best Location Date
55 meters hurdles 7.10 s Gainesville , Florida , United States January 21 , 2006
60 meters hurdles 7.43 s Albuquerque , New Mexico , United States February 26 , 2012
110 meters hurdles 12.80 s Brussels , Belgium September 7 , 2012
200 meters 21.46 s Bloomington , Indiana , United States January 7 , 2006
400 meters hurdles 51.94 s Knoxville , Tennessee , United States April 9 , 2004
Personal bests
Aries Merritt (born July 24, 1985) is an American track and field athlete who specializes 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.