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Place of Birth: Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas
About Shamar Sands
- Shamar Sands (born 30 April 1985) is a Bahamian track and field athlete who specialises in the 110 metres hurdles.
- He is the Bahamian national record holder in the event with 13.40 seconds.
- Sands is the cousin of triple jumper Leevan Sands and also has a degree in accounting.Sands made his first appearance at a major tournament in 2001, competing at the World Youth Championships in Athletics.
- He reached the semi-finals of 110 m hurdles but finished with a disappointing 14.36 seconds, over half a second slower than the personal best he had set the previous day.
- He performed well in the 2002 World Junior Championships, taking the bronze medal in the 110 m hurdles (91.4 cm) event, setting a personal best of 13.67 seconds with a strong tail wind.His first major senior tournament came in 2007: although he had improved his best to 13.47 seconds that summer, he failed to progress beyond the heats at the Osaka World Championships.
- The following year he attended his first major indoor tournament, but did not get past the heats, recording a sub-par 7.97 seconds in the 60 metre hurdles at the 2008 World Indoor Championships.
- He qualified to represent his country at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and reached the quarter-finals.The 2009 season began with significant improvements for Sands.
- He registered a 60 m hurdles best of 7.49 seconds in the indoor season and set the national record in the 110 m hurdles at the 2009 Osaka Grand Prix.
- He was pleased with both the achievement and winning the race, which he had done despite hitting two of the hurdles.
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