An upset win in the 110m hurdles at the 1997 USATF Junior Championships signaled the start of a long career at the elite level for three-time Olympian Terrence Trammell that would produce multiple medals across indoor and outdoor global championships. That 13.87 over the 42-inch barriers was the fourth-fastest ever by a high schooler at the time, and Trammell credited it to his prep coach, Napoleon Cobb, who stressed good technique. It didn't hurt that Trammell also had some of the best top-end flat speed ever seen in the hurdles world. Earlier that year, Trammell set a national high school indoor record in the 60m hurdles. A product of Southwest DeKalb High School in Decatur, Georgia, where one of his teammates was Olympic 400m hurdles gold medalist Angelo Taylor, Trammell was named High School Athlete of the Year by Track & Field News and he was a prized recruit for the University of South Carolina. Football's loss was track's gain, since Trammell was also highly rated on the gridiron and had strong interest from many of the sport's powerhouse programs. In his three years at South Carolina, Trammell twice won the NCAA hurdles double, taking gold indoors in the 60H and outdoors in the 110H in 1999 & 2000. After capturing his first senior U.S. title with a 60H win at the USATF Indoor Championships, he also won the 60m at the 2000 NCAA indoor meet, joining Willie Gault as the only men in NCAA meet history to complete the dash/hurdles double. Capping off that memorable season, Trammell won his first global medal with a silver in the 110H at the Sydney Olympic Games. Choosing to forego his senior collegiate season, Trammell won the USATF Indoors 60H in 2001, and then won his first of two golds in that event at the World Indoor Championships. Over the next nine seasons he would earn seven more medals, including a second Olympic silver in the 110H in 2004 and another World Indoor gold in the 60H in 2006. Trammell ended up with three World Championships 110H silvers in 2003, 2007 and 2009. Trammell set an American record of 7.36 in the 60H to take silver at the 2010 World Indoor Championships in Doha, and he twice cracked the 13.00 barrier in the 110H, ending up with a best of 12.95 from 2007. Coupled with his 6.45 PR in the 60m and a 10.04 best in the 200m, Trammell etched his name in the books as the best combined sprinter/hurdler of his time. An advocate for athlete rights, Trammell serves as president of the USATF Alumni Board and has been involved in the USATF Athletes' Advisory Committee. He also has a sports apparel company and has worked with youth athletes in speed development, track and field and football.