Shamar Sands (born 30 April 1985) is a Bahamian track and field athlete who specialises in the

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. He is the Bahamian national record holder in the event with 13.40 seconds.Nakamura, Ken (2009-05-09)
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. Retrieved on 2009-05-10. Sands is the cousin of triple jumper Leevan Sands and also has a degree in

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. Sands made his first appearance at a major tournament in 2001, competing at the

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. 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.. Retrieved on 2009-05-10.Men 110 metres Hurdles Final

. Retrieved on 2009-05-11. 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

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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. Sands was coached most of his professional career by Henry Rolle.

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Q & A with Auburn Tigers
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sands, Shamar 1985 births Living people Bahamian male hurdlers Olympic athletes for the Bahamas Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Auburn Tigers men's track and field athletes Auburn University alumni