USA Championships
Three-time USA Outdoor champion – 2008 (12.95); 2010 (12.93); 2011 (13.04)
2008 USA Indoor champion (7.47)
International Championships
2008 Olympic Games bronze medalist (13.18)
2010 World Indoor bronze medalist (7.44)
Collegiate Championships
Two-time NCAA All-American
Awards and Honors
2010 Jesse Owens Athlete of the Year Award winner
2010 Diamond League champion
About David
David Oliver is in the middle of a deep American hurdle group that includes Aries Merritt, Jason Richardson and Jeff Porter heading into 2013. Oliver placed fifth at the 2012 Olympic Trials and was the fourth fastest outdoor in the world. This was after battling through injuries in 2011. But 2010 proved to be a spectacular season for Oliver. He twice established the American record in the 110m hurdles en route to going undefeated outdoors. He first tied Dominique Arnold's record of 12.90 before taking sole possession of the mark at 12.89. By the time the 2010 season came to a close, Oliver was unbeaten in 15 finals races and held the top five times and eight of the top nine times in the world. It was also his last fully healthy season. Oliver is the first two-time NCAA All-American in any sport from Howard University. Also a football player at Howard, Oliver graduated with a BBA in marketing in the fall of 2004. His mother was a 400m hurdler at the University of Colorado. Oliver is a huge fan of European soccer and has one son, Dawson.
Results
2012: 5th at USA Outdoors (13.17); 4th in Monaco (13.14); 1st at DecaNation (13.07); 2nd in Lausanne (13.14); 3rd in Birmingham (13.28); 2nd in Zagreb (13.22); 5th in Bruxelles (13.21); 4th at Adidas Grand Prix (13.37);5th at Pre Classic (13.13); 2nd at Shanghai (13.13); 2nd at Daegu (13.22); 1st at Gainesville Invitational (13.17); 1st at Disney Invitational (13.37); 5th at USA Indoors (7.56); 1st at Boston Indoor Grand Prix (7.60); 1st at Millrose Games (7.51)
2011: Fourth at World Outdoors (13.44); USA Outdoor champion (13.04); 1st at Pre Classic (12.94); 2nd at Shanghai (13.18); 2nd at Paris (13.09); 2nd at Stockholm (13.28)
2010: USA Outdoor champion (12.93); USA Indoor runner-up (7.54); World Indoor Champs bronze medalist (7.44); 1st at Paris (12.89AR, WL); 1st at Pre Classic (12.90); 1st in Shanghai (12.99); 1st in Daegu (13.11); 1st at Ponce (13.12); 1st at IFF Games (13.24);1st at Monaco (13.01)
2009: 1st at Doha (13.09); strained calf muscle kept him from competing at USA Outdoors
2008: Olympic Games bronze medalist (13.18); Olympic Trials champion (12.95, +2.5 mps); 1st at DKB-ISTAF Berlin (13.19); USA Indoor champ (7.47); 1st at Doha (12.95, U.S. Leader); 4th in opening round at World Indoor Champs (7.65)
2007: 3rd at USA Outdoor Championships (13.18); 4th in semis at World Outdoors (13.42); 2nd at USA Indoors (7.51); 1st at Tyson Invitational (7.60); 3rd at Reebok Indoor Games (7.61); 2nd at Doha (13.14); 3rd at adidas Track Classic (13.29); 6th at Reebok Grand Prix (13.28); 6th at Nike Prefontaine Classic (13.42); 2nd at Madrid (13.45); 4th at Monaco (13.30); 2nd at Athens (13.14); 5th at Paris (13.27)
2006: 5th in semis at USA Outdoors (13.49); 1st at Dubnica (13.20); 1st at Berlin (13.25); 5th at World Athletics Final (13.24)
2004: 6th in opening round at NCAA Outdoors (13.90); MEAC Outdoor champ (13.81)
2003: 4th at NCAA Outdoors (13.60); MEAC Outdoor champ (13.97); MEAC Indoor 55mH champ (7.34)
2002: MEAC Outdoor champ (13.88)
2001: MEAC Outdoor champ (14.04)
USA/World Rankings and Personal Bests
2012: Indoor bests - 60mH, 7.51 (No. 5 in the USA, No. 7 in the world); Outdoor bests - 110mH, 13.07 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 4 in the world, ranked No. 3 in the world by T&FN)
2011: Indoor bests - 60mH, 7.37 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world); Outdoor bests - 110mH, 12.94 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world, ranked No. 2 in the USA & ranked No. 3 in the world by T&FN)
2010: Indoor bests - 60mH, 7.44 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 4 in the world); Outdoor bests - 110mH, 12.89 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 1 in the world by T&FN)
2009: Indoor bests - 60mH, 7.45 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 2 in the world); Outdoor bests - 110mH, 13.09 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 2 in the world, ranked No. 5 in the USA & ranked No. 8 in the world by T&FN)
2008: Indoor bests - 60mH, 7.47 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 4 in the world); Outdoor bests - 110mH, 12.95 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 2 in the world by T&FN, ranked No. 1 in the USA by T&FN)
2007: Indoor bests - 60mH, 7.56 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 8 in the world); Outdoor bests - 110mH, 13.14 (No. 6 in the USA by T&FN, No. 8 in the world, ranked No. 9 in the world by T&FN)
2006: Indoor bests - 60mH, 7.61 (No. 9 in the USA, No. 15 in the world); Outdoor bests - 110mH, 13.20 (No. 5 in the USA by T&FN, No. 8 in the world, ranked No. 7 in the world by T&FN)
2005: Outdoor bests - 110mH, 13.29 (No. 7 in the USA, No. 12 in the world)