Dudley Dorival

Haitian hurdler

Dudley Dorival (born 1 September 1975) is a retired Haitian hurdler. He was born in Elizabeth, United States.

Dorival graduated from Ewing High School in 1993 and attended and competed at the University of Connecticut.^[1] He is best known for his bronze medal in 110 metres hurdles at the 2001 World Championships, which he won in a personal best time of 13.25 seconds.

Born in the United States to Haitian parents, Dorival took Haitian nationality on July 29, 1999.^[2]

He is now the Sprints and Hurdles Coach for Rider University's Track and Field team, which he helped lead to a Metro-Atlantic Athletic Conference Men's Outdoor Championship in 2010–2011.^[3]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing United States
1994	World Junior Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	2nd	110 m hurdles	13.65 w (wind: +2.1 m/s)
1997	Universiade	Catania, Italy	3rd	110 m hurdles	13.53
1998	Goodwill Games	Uniondale, United States	7th	110 m hurdles	13.71
Representing Haiti
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	15th (sf)	110 m hurdles	13.86
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	7th	110 m hurdles	13.49
2001	World Indoor Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	7th	60 m hurdles	7.73
	Jeux de la Francophonie	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	1st	110 m hurdles	13.60
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	3rd	110 m hurdles	13.25
	Goodwill Games	Brisbane, Australia	7th	110 m hurdles	13.64
2002	Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	1st	110 m hurdles	13.82 w (wind: 2.6 m/s)
2003	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	15th (sf)	60 m hurdles	7.81
	Pan American Games	Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep.	5th	110 m hurdles	13.48
	World Championships	Paris, France	11th (sf)	110 m hurdles	13.59
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	11th (sf)	110 m hurdles	13.39
2005	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Nassau, Bahamas	4th	110 m hurdles	13.50
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	23rd (sf)	110 m hurdles	14.11
2006	World Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	21st (sf)	60 m hurdles	7.94
2006	Central American and Caribbean Games	Cartagena, Colombia	5th	110 m hurdles	13.68
2007	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	5th (h)	110 m hurdles	13.64
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	23rd (sf)	110 m hurdles	13.82
2008	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Cali, Colombia	9th (h)	110 m hurdles	14.09
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	25th (qf)	110 m hurdles	13.71

References

^ Smith, Ben. "Dorival brings Olympian mindset to Rider", The Rider News, March 1, 2012. Accessed October 10, 2019. "Dorival has made strides since graduating from Ewing High School in 1993. He received a scholarship to UConn and ran at a high level becoming a four-time All-American, even winning silver his freshman year in the World Junior Championships 110-meter hurdles with a 13.65 time."
^ Dudley Dorival at Sports Reference
^ "Dudley Dorival Bio - Rider University Broncs | the Official site of Rider Athletics". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2013-05-20.