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Cordell Tinch

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Cordell Tinch
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (2000-07-13) 13 July 2000 (age 25)
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[1]
Weight175 lb (79 kg)[1]
Sport
Country United States
SportAthletics
Event
110 m hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)110 m hurdles: 12.87 (Keqiao, 2025)
High jump: 2.21m (Pueblo, 2023)
Long jump: 8.29m (Fayetteville, 2026)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the  United States
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2025 Tokyo 110 m hurdles

Cordell Tinch (born 13 July 2000) is an American track and field athlete. He is the reigning World Champion in the 110 m hurdles, having won the title at the 2025 World Championships.[2]

Biography

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Early life

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Tinch grew up in both Chicago and Green Bay, Wisconsin, where he attended Bay Port High School. As a junior, he competed in multiple track and field events, and won the Wisconsin state titles in the triple jump (with a state record 14.99 m), and the long jump, whilst also being runner-up in the high jump and 110 metres hurdles. He also played basketball, but his main focus was on American Football, and on reaching the NFL and he attended University of Minnesota on a football scholarship. Ultimately, he decided football was not the path he wished to follow, and he switched to Pittsburg State University in 2019. However, there was an issue with the transfer and he couldn't compete in the national athletics events. The COVID-19 pandemic also interrupted the meet schedule so he stepped away from track and field and moved back to Green Bay.[3]

Return to athletics

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Tinch returned to athletics at Pittsburg State University, and became NCAA Division II Indoor champion in the 60 m hurdles and the high jump in 2023. Tinch was named the National Men’s Track Athlete of the Year for the 2023 NCAA DII Indoor Track & Field season, owning seven of the top-10 marks in NCAA DII history for the 60 m hurdles.[4]

Competing outdoors at the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Championships in Jefferson City, he won the long jump and the high jump before running a wind-assisted 12.97s for the 110 m hurdles, becoming the No. 2 collegian of all-time in all conditions, behind only Renaldo Nehemiah from 1979.[5]

In June 2023 Tinch ran a world-leading 12.96 seconds for the 110 m hurdles at the Arkansas Grand Prix in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The time was a collegiate record, 0.02 seconds faster than Grant Holloway’s previous NCAA record. He announced he was turning pro that month, despite possessing two further years of additional collegiate availability.[6][7]

Competing at the 2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, in Eugene, Oregon, he finished 2nd in the final of the 110 m hurdles.[8] He was selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships, in Budapest in August 2023, where he reached the semi-finals.[9][10]

He qualified for the final of the 110 metres hurdles at the 2024 US Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon in June 2024, placing fourth in 13.03 seconds.[11] On 12 July 2024, he finished third at the 2024 Herculis Diamond League event in Monaco.[12]

2025 World champion

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He won the 110m hurdles at the 2025 Xiamen Diamond League event in China, in April 2025.[13] He also secured a victory in the 110 m hurdles at the 2025 Shanghai Diamond League, running a meet record of 12.87 seconds, a time which moved him to equal fourth on the world 110 m hurdles all-time list.[14][15] In May 2025, he was named as a challenger in the short hurdles category at the 2025 Grand Slam Track event in Philadelphia, finishing runner-up in the 110 m hurdles to Jamal Britt.[16][17] He was runner-up in the 110 metres hurdles at the Diamond League events at the 2025 Golden Gala in Rome on 6 June and in Monaco at the 2025 Herculis on 11 July.[18][19]

On 3 August 2025, he was runner-up at the 2025 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon, behind Ja'Kobe Tharp.[20] He set a meeting record to win at the 2025 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial, in Poland, in the 110 metres hurdles on 16 August.[21] He dipped below 13 seconds again to win in 12.98 (0.3m/s) at the 2025 Athletissima event in Lausanne in wet conditions.[22] He ran 12.92 seconds (+0.3) for the 110 metres hurdles at the Diamond League Final in Zurich on 28 August to equal the meeting record that was set in 1989.[23]

He won the gold medal over 110 metres hurdles at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, winning with a time of 12.99 seconds (-0.3) in the final.[24]

2026

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On 1 February 2026, he won the 60 metres hurdles at the Millrose Games, but suggested afterwards he was thinking about pursuing long jump for the remainder of the indoor season.[25][26] In his first long jump competition since December 2024, Tinch moved to third on the world-list with 8.29m at the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Arkansas on 13 February 2026.[27]

Statistics

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Grand Slam Track results[28]
Slam Race group Event Pl. Time Prize money
2025 Kingston Slam Short hurdles 110 m hurdles 5th 13.38 US$30,000
100 m 2nd 10.65
2025 Philadelphia Slam Short hurdles 110 m hurdles 2nd 13.10 US$30,000
100 m 4th 10.57

References

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  1. ^ a b "Cordell Tinch". 247sports.com. Retrieved May 6, 2025.
  2. ^ "Cordell Tinch". World Athletics. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  3. ^ Hollobaugh, Jeff (May 10, 2023). "Cordell Tinch — You Can't Make Up A Story Like This". Track and fields news. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Cordell Tinch, Pittsburg State: 2023 NCAA Division II Men's Indoor Track & Field National Track Athlete of the Year". ustfccca.org. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  5. ^ Gault, Jonathan (May 9, 2023). "Cordell Who? Meet the DII Star Who Just Ran 12.97 in the 110 Hurdles". Lets Run.
  6. ^ Sully, Kevin (June 29, 2023). "DII Star Cordell Tinch Goes Pro". Flotrack.org. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  7. ^ George, Cristopher (June 23, 2023). "Pittsburg State's Cordell Tinch runs world-leading 12.96secs in Arkansas". world-track. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  8. ^ Torres, Adrianna (July 9, 2023). "Bay Port grad Cordell Tinch qualifies for track world championship". wbay.com. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
  9. ^ "Men's 110m Hurdles Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  10. ^ Gault, Jonathan (7 August 2023). "USATF Announces 2023 World Championship Roster". letsrun.com. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  11. ^ "U.S. Olympic Team Trials". World Athletics. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
  12. ^ "Hull breaks world 2000m record with 5:19.70 in Monaco". World Athletics. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  13. ^ "Results - Xiamen Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. 26 April 2025. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  14. ^ "Stark, Tinch, and Allman Lead U.S. Charge at Shanghai Diamond League". 3 May 2025. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  15. ^ "Tinch and Duplantis fly in Shanghai/Keqiao". World Athletics. 3 May 2025. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  16. ^ Chavez, Chris (May 23, 2025). "Grand Slam Track Announces Full Athletes Field For Philadelphia: Full Racers, Challengers Competing". Citiusmag.com. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  17. ^ Adams, Tim (1 June 2025). "MASTERFUL MATT HUDSON-SMITH WINS OVER 400M IN PHILADELPHIA". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  18. ^ "Results - Monaco Diamond League Herculis 2025". Watch Athletics. 11 July 2025. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
  19. ^ "Chebet goes No.2 all time with 14:03.69 5000m in Rome". World Athletics. 6 June 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  20. ^ "Tharp surprises in 110m-hurdles victory". NBC Sports. August 3, 2025. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  21. ^ "Results - Silesia Diamond League Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2025". Watch Athletics. 16 August 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  22. ^ "Hodgkinson and Hoey highlight soaking and surprising night in Lausanne". World Athletics. 20 August 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  23. ^ "Big wins for Lyles and Weber, records for Warholm and Tinch as Diamond League Final concludes in Zurich". World Athletics. 28 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  24. ^ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 16 Sep 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
  25. ^ Adams, Tim (2 Feb 2026). "COLE HOCKER BEATS JOSH KERR OVER TWO MILES AT MILLROSE GAMES". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 2 Feb 2026.
  26. ^ Gault, Jonathan; Jampol, Noah; Johnson, Robert (February 1, 2026). "The ULTIMATE Millrose Games Recap: 15 Thoughts On The 2026 Edition". Lets Run. Retrieved 2 Feb 2026.
  27. ^ "KHALEB MCRAE TIES AMERICAN INDOOR 400M RECORD AT TYSON INVITATIONAL". DyeStat. 14 February 2026. Retrieved 14 Feb 2026.
  28. ^ "Grand Slam Track Results". Grand Slam Track. Retrieved April 5, 2025.
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