2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships • Biographical Entry List 68 Entrants Men’s 60 Metres NR National Indoor Record QBR Qualified by ranking Event starts: March 18 Age (Days) Born Indoor SB Indoor PB 102 BAILEY Daniel ANT 29y 190d 1986 - 6.54 -09/10 NR Fourth at the 2009 World Championship 100m, then fifth in 2011 // 100 pb: 9.91 -09. 200 pb: 20.40 -14. 4 World Youth 200 2003 (sf 100); 4 WJC 100 2004; 3 Pan-Am junior 200 2005 (4 100); qf COM 100 2006; dq ht WIC 60 2008; 2 Central American & Caribbean Champs 100 2009/2011 & Games 100 2010; 4 WCH 100 2009 (2005-ht, 2011-5, 2013-qf); 3 WIC 60 2010; 2 IAAF Continental Cup 100 2010; sf OLY 100 2012 (2008-qf); 6 COM 200 2014 (sf 100). Member of Racers Track Club in Jamaica (with Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake, etc) In 2016: 1 Kingston Camperdown 400 ‘E’ (pb 48.56) 103 WALSH Chavaughn ANT 28y 79d 1987 6.59 6.59 -16 First leg for Antiguan sprint relay team which finished sixth in Beijing 2015 100 pb: 10.21w, 10.22 -15. 200 pb: 20.85 -15. ht COM 100 2010/2014; 6 WCH 4x100 2015. He is a cousin of fellow Antiguan international sprinter Tahir Walsh In 2016: 1 Houston Hilton 60; 1 Houston Invitational 60; 2 Houston Ryan 60 106 SANITOA Scheyenne ASA 18y 12d 1998 - - ht World Youth 100 2015 117 GRIFFITH Adrian BAH 31y 126d 1984 6.60 6.60 -16 Led off the winning Bahamian sprint relay team at 2013 Central American & Caribbean Championships 100 pb: 10.03w, 10.14 -14 (10.20 -16). 200 pb: 20.54 -14. 5 Central American & Caribbean Champs 100 2009 (2008-8, 2011-7); qf WCH 100 2009; 5 Central American & Caribbean Games 100 2010; sf COM 100 2010 (2014-ht); 1 Central American & Caribbean Champs 4x100 2013; ht WIC 60 2014. 1 Bahamian 100 2010/2011 In 2016: 1 Birmingham AL KMS invitational 60; 3 College Station 60; 1 Birmingham AL Samford Open exhibition 60; 1 Tampa 100 121 CADOGAN Levi BAR 20y 130d 1995 6.62 6.62 -16 Fourth at 2014 World Junior Championships 100m // 100 pb: 10.01w, 10.06 -15 (10.45 -16). 200 pb: 20.67- 14 (20.87 -16). 6 Pan-Am junior 100 2013; 4 WJC 100 2014; 2 Central American & Caribbean Games 100 2014; 8 Pan-Am Games 100 2015; 3 North/Central America & Caribbean 100 2015; sf WCH 100 2015 In 2016: 1 Bridgetown 100/200; 3 Lódz 60; 7 Karlsruhe IAAF Tour 60; 1 Waterford 100 122 GITTENS Ramon BAR 28y 241d 1987 6.60 6.60 -16 2015 Pan-Am Games silver medallist at 100m // 100 pb: 10.02 -13/15. 200 pb: 20.44 -14. ht World Youth 100/200 2003; 5 WJC 200 2006; ht WCH 100/200 2009; ht OLY 100 2012; 3 Central American & Caribbean Champs 100 2013 (2011-5); sf WCH 100 2013/2015 (2011-ht); 8 COM 100 2014; 2 Pan-Am Games 100 2015; 2 North/Central America & Caribbean 100 2015 In 2016: 1 Winston-Salem 60 (Jan 16); 1 Winston-Salem 60 (Jan 30); 3 Athlone 60; 1 Metz 60 132 GILL Shaun BIZ 22y 343d 1993 - - 139 KOBÉANÉ Gerard BUR 27y 327d 1988 6.76 6.76 -16 NR Burundian indoor record holder at 60m // 100 pb: 10.29 -11. 200 pb: 21.05 -13. pr (preliminary round) WCH 100 2011; 8 African Games 100 2011 (2015-sf); ht OLY 100 2012; 7 Francophone Games 100/200 2013 In 2016: 5 Birmingham AL Blazer 60 140 BOSSÉ Beranger CAF 31y 5d 1985 6.68 6.64 -14 NR Central African Republic record holder at 60m // 100 pb: 10.34w -06, 10.38 -07. 200 pb: 21.08 -06. ht WCH 200 2005 & 100 2007; qf OLY 100 2012 (2008-ht); dq ht WCH 100 2015. Based-Dakar In 2016: 1 Reims 60 (2 200) (Jan 10); 1 Reims 60 (2 200 ‘B’) (Jan 16); 3 Kirchberg 60; 4 Mondeville 60; 3 Ghent IFAM 60; 4 Metz 60/200; 3 French indoor 60 142 AJOMALE Bolade CAN 20y 199d 1995 6.57 6.57 -15 Full name-Mobolade Ajomale // 100 pb: 10.27w, 10.31 -15. 200 pb: 21.05 -15. 3 WJC 4x100 2012; ht WJC 200 2014; sf WSG 100/200 2015. 1 NCAA div 2 60 (2 200). Student of Advertising at the Academy of Art University, San Francisco. Coaches-Paul T. Williams & Earl Letford In 2016: 1 Nampa 200; 1 Seattle Washington Invitational 60/200; 1 Seattle Classic 60 ‘B’; 1 Seattle 400 (Feb 14); 2 Flagstaff 60; 2 Boston 200; 1 NCAA div 2 indoor 60 (2 200) 147 HYMAN Kemar CAY 26y 158d 1989 6.66 6.56 -12 Caymanian record holder at 60m & 100m (though the former is shared with Kareem Streete-Thompson) Outdoor 100 pb: 9.85w -15, 9.95 -12. 200 pb: 20.89 -09, 21.06 -07. sf World Youth 200 2005 (ht 100); sf WJC 100/200 2006; 8 WJC 100 2008; ht WCH 100 2009/2013/2015; sf OLY 100 2012; sf COM 100 2014. Ran first leg for Florida State sprint relay team which won at 2011 NCAA Championships In 2016: 5 Birmingham AL Vulcan 60; 4 Clemson 60 153 SU Bingtian CHN 26y 201d 1989 6.53 6.53 -16 NR 2015 World 100m finalist & relay silver. Missed the 2014 World Indoor 60m bronze by three thousandths 100 pb: 9.99 -15. 200 pb: 21.23 -08. 1 Asian Indoor Games 60 2009; 1 East Asian Games 100 2009; 1 Asian Champs 100 2011/2013 (1 4x100 2015); 3 WSG 100 2011; sf OLY 100 2012; ht WCH 100 2013; 1 East Asian Games 100 2013; 4 WIC 60 2014; 2 Asian Games 100 2014 (1 4x100); 2 WCH 4x100 2015 (9 100). 1 Chinese 100 2011/2012/2013 Born in a rural area in China's south-eastern province of Guangdong. Coach Yuan Guoqiang set China’s first national record of the electrical timing era, clocking 10.61 in 1978 before improving to 10.52 In 2016: 2 New York Millrose 60; 1 Staten Island 60 156 XIE Zhenye CHN 22y 213d 1993 6.66 6.60 -15 2012 Youth Olympic Champion at 200m. Second leg for Chinese sprint relay team which won silver at 2015 World Championships 100 pb: 10.24w -14, 10.25 -15. 1 Youth Olympic Games 200 2010; 1 Asian junior 200 2012 (2 100); 5 WJC 200 2012 (8 100); ht WCH 200 2013; 1 Asian Games 4x100 2014; 4 Asian Champs 100 2015; 2 WCH 4x100 2015 (dq ht 200 for running out of lane) In 2016: 5 Boston IAAF Tour 60 158 KOFFI Wilfried CIV 28y 157d 1987 6.62 6.62 -16 Full name-Hua Wilfried Serge Koffi 2014 African Champion at both sprints 100 pb: 10.05 -14. 200 pb: 20.25 -14. 7 WSG 200 2011; 3 African Champs 100 2012; 3 WSG 100 2013 (6 200); qf WCH 100 2013; 1 African Champs 100/200 2014; 7 IAAF Continental Cup 100/200 2014; 1 WSG 200 2015; ht WCH 100/200 2015. Attends Shanghai University In 2016: 2 Flagstaff 60 (Jan 30); 2 Flagstaff 60 (Feb 13) 159 KITUNGWA Desmond COD 19y 29d 1997 - - 160 DALLAY Yanis COM 21y 337d 1994 - 6.90 -12 ht WJC 100 2012 178 MARTINEZ Yancarlos DOM 23y 252d 1992 6.78 6.78 -16 Dominican Republic record holder at both sprints outdoors // 100 pb: 10.14 -15. 200 pb: 20.22 -15. 4 Central American & Caribbean Games 100 2014; 7 Pan- Am Games 200 2015; 2 North/Central America & Caribbean 200 2015; sf WCH 200 2015 (ht 100) At the 2015 Pan-American Games, he broke the Dominican Republic 100m record of Juan Núñez (10.16) which had stood since 1983 In 2016: 7 New York Armory 60; 1 Santo Domingo 250 187 HORTELANO Bruno ESP 24y 181d 1991 6.64 6.64 -16 Spanish record holder for 200m outdoors // 100 pb: 10.27 -12. 200 pb: 20.47 -13 (21.18i -16). sf WJC 200 2010; ht ECH 200 2012; 5 under-23 ECH 200 2013; sf WCH 200 2013; 6 ETCh 200 2015. 1 Spanish 200 2013. Student of College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell University In 2016: 1 University Park 60/200; 1ht Geneva OH 60; 1 Staten Island Fastrack 60 189 RODRÍGUEZ Ángel David ESP 35y 326d 1980 6.65 6.55 -13 NR Full name-Ángel David Rodríguez García 6x Spanish Champion at 100m 100 pb: 10.14 -08. 200 pb: 20.34w -11, 20.61 -08. 6 EJC 100 99; 8 WCP 100 2002; 4 ECP 100 2006/2008; sf ECH 100 2006/2010/2014; sf EIC 60 2007/2011/2015 (2009-ht); qf WCH 100 2007/2009; sf WIC 60 2008/2010/2012; qf OLY 100/200 2008; ht WCH 200 2009; ht OLY 100 2012; 5 ETCh 100 2014. 1 Spanish 100 2006/2007/2009/2010/2011/2013 (1 200 2009/2010/2011) (1 indoor 60 2007/2008/2009/2010/2012). His nickname is ‘El Pájaro’ (the bird) In 2016: 2 Spanish Clubs indoor 60; 1 Zaragoza 60; 4ht Stockholm IAAF Tour 60; 5ht Glasgow IAAF Tour 60; 3 Madrid 60; 7 Spanish indoor 60 212 DASAOLU James GBR 28y 194d 1987 6.53 6.47 -14 Full name-Oyeyemi Olatokunbo James Dasaolu. Name pronounced “Das-a-o-loo” (four syllables). 2014 European Champion at 100m 100 pb: 9.91 -13.