Garfield Darien
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Garfield Darien is a French
track and field
athlete who specialises in the 110 metres hurdles
.
Born in Lyon
, Darien made his first international appearances as a junior, finishing in seventh at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics
and becoming the 110 m hurdles champion at the 2005 European Athletics Junior Championships
. He set a personal best of 13.73 seconds that year, but competed infrequently over the following two years. He returned to action in 2008 and improved his best to 13.50 seconds.
The 2009 season saw him enter into major senior competitions for the first time. He was sixth in the 60 metres hurdles
at the 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships. He began to make in-roads into the major circuit, taking third place at the Meeting Areva in Paris, before improving to 13.36 seconds with a fourth place finish at the Herculis
meeting. He attended the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
and reached the semi-finals of the 110 m hurdles competition. He represented France at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships
but did not progress past the heats stage.
Despite entering the 2010 European Athletics Championships as a rank outsider for the title, Darien won the silver medal
with a personal best time of 13.34 seconds. He proved this to be no flash in the pan by repeating this success at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships
on March 4, winning silver in the 60m hurdles in another PB of 7.56 seconds.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
track and field
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
athlete who specialises in the 110 metres hurdles
110 metres hurdles
The 110 metres hurdles is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is incuded in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metre hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hurdles of 1.067 metres in height are evenly spaced along a straight...
.
Born in Lyon
Lyon
Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
, Darien made his first international appearances as a junior, finishing in seventh at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics
2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics
The 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics was the 2004 version of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held in Grosseto in Italy.-Men:-Women:-Medals table:-References:*. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-06-06....
and becoming the 110 m hurdles champion at the 2005 European Athletics Junior Championships
2005 European Athletics Junior Championships
The 2005 European Athletics Junior Championships is the 2005 version of the European Athletics Junior Championships. It was held in Kaunas, Lithuania.-Men:-Women:-Medal table:-Notes and references:*...
. He set a personal best of 13.73 seconds that year, but competed infrequently over the following two years. He returned to action in 2008 and improved his best to 13.50 seconds.
The 2009 season saw him enter into major senior competitions for the first time. He was sixth in the 60 metres hurdles
60 metres hurdles
60 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling which is generally run in indoor competitions. It is equivalent with the first 60 metres including the first 5 hurdles of a standard outdoor hurdle race. The current women's and men's world records are 7.68 seconds and 7.30 seconds ,...
at the 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships. He began to make in-roads into the major circuit, taking third place at the Meeting Areva in Paris, before improving to 13.36 seconds with a fourth place finish at the Herculis
Herculis
The Herculis is an annual track and field meet at Stade Louis II in Fontvieille, Monaco. Previously one of the five IAAF Super Grand Prix events, it is now part of the IAAF Diamond League.-World records:...
meeting. He attended the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
2009 World Championships in Athletics
The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics were held in Berlin, Germany from 15–23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenburg Gate....
and reached the semi-finals of the 110 m hurdles competition. He represented France at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships
2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships
The 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics was held between 12 and 14 March at the ASPIRE Dome in Doha, Qatar. The championships was the first of six IAAF World Athletics Series events to take place in 2010.-Bidding and organisation:...
but did not progress past the heats stage.
Despite entering the 2010 European Athletics Championships as a rank outsider for the title, Darien won the silver medal
Silver medal
A silver medal is a medal awarded to the second place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, and contests with similar formats....
with a personal best time of 13.34 seconds. He proved this to be no flash in the pan by repeating this success at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships
2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships
The 31st European Athletics Indoor Championships were held at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France, from 4 to 6 March 2011.A record high of 630 athletes, representing 46 countries, were entered into the three-day competition. Twenty-six track and field events were contested at the...
on March 4, winning silver in the 60m hurdles in another PB of 7.56 seconds.