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Aries Merritt

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aries Merritt is the 3,132nd most popular athlete (down from 2,563rd in 2019), the 15,307th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,249th in 2019) and the 505th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Aries Merritt ranks 3,132 out of 6,025Before him are Butch Reynolds, Tanyu Kiryakov, Kim Dong-hyeon, Inna Lasovskaya, Joe DeLoach, and Cristieana Cojocaru. After him are Mariya Lasitskene, Beth Heiden, John Collins, Lilia Vaygina-Efremova, Nicola Vizzoni, and Moses Tanui.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Aries Merritt ranks 463Before him are Julian Schuster, Davey Boy Smith Jr., Yōko Hikasa, Michael Mørkøv, Laurent Ciman, and Tao Okamoto. After him are Mauro Boselli, Kayla Ewell, Túlio de Melo, Olga Kaniskina, Shoko Nakagawa, and Elizaveta Boyarskaya.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Aries Merritt ranks 15,313 out of 20,380Before him are Donald R. McMonagle (1952), Russ Feingold (1953), Paul Laxalt (1922), Joe DeLoach (1967), Peggy McCay (1927), and Edward P. Jones (1950). After him are Bonnie Rotten (1993), James Murphy (1967), Adam G. Sevani (1992), Chris Wood (1988), Bob Mould (1960), and Kayla Ewell (1985).

Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Aries Merritt ranks 505Before him are Esther Jones (1969), Mildrette Netter (1948), Carol Lewis (1963), Noah Lyles (1997), Butch Reynolds (1964), and Joe DeLoach (1967). After him are Beth Heiden (1959), Athing Mu (2002), Carmelita Jeter (1979), Richmond Landon (1898), Walter Davis (1979), and Reese Hoffa (1977).