Harold Houston
Bermudian athlete
Personal information | |
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Nickname | Tre |
Born | (1990-03-23) 23 March 1990 (age 34) Charleston, South Carolina, United States[1] |
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] |
Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | 100 m, 200 m |
Harold "Tre" Houston (born 23 March 1990) is a Bermudian sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres.[3] Houston competed in the 200 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing without advancing from the first round. A year later Houston would compete at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Houston, who qualified with a personal best of 20.42, would go on to place sixth in his heat with a time of 20.85. Houston's appearance in the 200 meters would mark the first time in over 20 years Bermuda had been represented in the event.
Competition record
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Bermuda | |||||
2005 | CARIFTA Games (U17) | Bacolet, Trinidad and Tobago | 13th (h) | 100 m | 11.49 |
11th (h) | 200 m | 23.05 | |||
2006 | CARIFTA Games (U17) | Les Abymes, Guadeloupe | 10th (h) | 100 m | 11.19 |
8th (h) | 200 m | 22.50 | |||
Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U17) | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | 10th (h) | 100 m | 11.20 | |
5th | 200 m | 21.94 | |||
2007 | CARIFTA Games (U20) | Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands | 10th (h) | 100 m | 10.75 |
12th (h) | 200 m | 21.92 (w) | |||
World Youth Championships | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 15th (sf) | 100 m | 10.97 | |
16th (sf) | 200 m | 21.87 | |||
2008 | CARIFTA Games (U20) | Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis | 7th | 100 m | 10.70 |
– | 200 m | DQ | |||
7th | 4 × 400 m | 3:20.93 | |||
World Junior Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 46th (h) | 100 m | 10.92 | |
45th (h) | 200 m | 22.10 | |||
2009 | CARIFTA Games (U20) | Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia | 11th (h) | 100 m | 10.75 (w) |
4th | 200 m | 21.30 (w) | |||
Central American and Caribbean Championships | Havana, Cuba | 25th (h) | 100 m | 10.86 | |
19th (h) | 200 m | 21.69 | |||
Pan American Junior Championships | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | 11th (h) | 200 m | 21.57 | |
2010 | NACAC U23 Championships | Miramar, United States | 14th (h) | 100 m | 10.88 |
7th (h) | 200 m | 21.04 | |||
Commonwealth Games | Delhi, India | 17th (qf) | 100 m | 10.45 | |
11th (sf) | 200 m | 21.25 | |||
2011 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | – | 100 m | DQ |
17th (h) | 200 m | 21.47 | |||
Pan American Games | Guadalajara, Mexico | 11th (h) | 100 m | 10.401 | |
2012 | NACAC U23 Championships | Irapuato, Mexico | 12th (h) | 100 m | 10.48 |
7th | 200 m | 20.96 | |||
2013 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Morelia, Mexico | 22nd (h) | 100 m | 10.58 |
16th (h) | 200 m | 21.37 | |||
2014 | Commonwealth Games | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 38th (h) | 100 m | 10.72 |
41st (h) | 200 m | 21.39 | |||
2015 | Pan American Games | Toronto, Canada | 21st (h) | 200 m | 21.00 |
NACAC Championships | San José, Costa Rica | 19th (h) | 100 m | 10.47 | |
19th (sf) | 200 m | 21.72 | |||
World Championships | Beijing, China | 44th (h) | 200 m | 20.92 | |
2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 63rd (h) | 200 m | 20.85 |
2018 | Commonwealth Games | Gold Coast, Australia | 40th (h) | 200 m | 21.67 |
1Disqualified in the semifinals
Personal bests
Outdoor
- 100 metres – 10.28 (+1.6 m/s, Leonara, Guyana 2016)
- 200 metres – 20.42 (+0.9 m/s, San Marcos 2015)
- 400 metres – 48.51 (Houston, Texas USA 2015)
Indoor
- 60 metres – 6.79 (Houston, Texas USA)
- 200 metres – 21.44 (College Station, Texas USA)
References
External links
- Harold Houston at World Athletics