fullname updated weight birth_place height personalbest birth_date career image article_title name
gregory sedoc 2 april 2009 74 kg lb on amsterdam , netherlands 1.79 0 100m 13.37 -lrb- 2007 -rrb- long jump -- 7.82 -lrb- 2005 - -rrb- 10.58 -lrb- 2008 -rrb- 110m hurdles - 16 october 1981 1987-present gregory sedoc.jpg gregory sedoc
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gregory sedoc

gregory sedoc -lrb- born 16 october 1981 in amsterdam , north holland -rrb- is a dutch hurdler .
he reached his first international final at the 2007 european indoor championships in 60 metres hurdles , and won the event , equalling his personal best time of 7.63 seconds which was established in the previous rounds and beating fellow-countryman marcel van der westen by 0.01 second .
commenting on the win , sedoc stated that `` this is so ridiculous .
unbelievable .
i never thought i would be able to become european champion ... getting a one-two in the final has never happened to the netherlands before and it 's fantastic . ''
sedoc followed this up with a silver medal at the 2009 european indoor championships .
he had previously competed at the european championships in 2002 and 2006 , the world championships in 2003 and 2005 and the 2004 olympics , as well as numerous european indoor -lrb- 2002 , 2005 -rrb- and world indoor championships -lrb- 2003 , 2004 , 2006 -rrb- , without ever reaching the final .
since 2007 , he has competed at the 2008 and 2012 summer olympics , reaching the semifinals both times , as well as the 2009 and 2011 world championships , and the 2012 and 2014 european championships , reaching the final in 2012 .
his personal best time over 110 m hurdles is 13.37 seconds , achieved in may 2007 in hengelo .
