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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name           = Ryan Wilson
| image          = Wilson Oliver Shubenkov Moscow 2013.jpg
| image_size     = 
| caption        = Ryan Wilson (left) during 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow.
| nationality    = American
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1980|12|19|mf=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Columbus, Ohio]], U.S.
| residence      = [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
| death_date     = 
| death_place    = 
| height         = {{convert|6|ft|2|in|m|2|abbr=on}}
| weight         = {{convert|175|lb|kg|abbr=on}}
| sport          = [[Track and Field]]
| event          = [[110 m hurdles]]
| collegeteam    = [[USC Trojans]]
| club           = 
| coach          = 
| pb             = 
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport | Men’s [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]]}}
{{MedalCountry |the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2013 World Championships in Athletics|2013 Moscow]]|[[2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles|110&nbsp;m hurdles]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IAAF World Athletics Final|World Athletics Final]]}}
{{MedalBronze |[[2008 World Athletics Final|2008 Stuttgart]]|110 m hurdles}}
}}

'''Ryan Wilson''' (born December 19, 1980) is an [[United States|American]] [[track and field]] athlete who specializes in the [[110 meters hurdles]]. He is a previous national champion after winning at the [[2013 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships]], and the current national silver medal holder at the [[2014 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships]]. He was the 2003 [[NCAA]] champion in the event and won four hurdles titles in the [[Pacific-10 Conference]]. He was the [[bronze medal]]ist at the [[2008 IAAF World Athletics Final]] and was the runner-up at the [[2010 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships]]. His personal best time of 13.02&nbsp;seconds, set in 2007 at the [[Reebok Grand Prix]], ranks him within the top twenty fastest of all time in the event.<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=o/age=n/season=0/sex=M/all=y/legal=A/disc=110H/detail.html 110 Metres Hurdles All Time], IAAF.org (2010-12-03); retrieved 2011-02-05.</ref>

==Career==
===College===
Born in [[Columbus,Ohio]], he competed in a variety of sports while at [[The Columbus Academy]] and later at [[Westerville North High School]]. He earned Academic All-Ohio honours for his studies.<ref>[http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/m-otrack/mtt/wilson_ryan00.html Ryan Wilson profile], usctrojans.com; retrieved 2011-02-05.</ref> He graduated in 1999, and moved on to attend the [[University of Southern California]]. Competing for the [[USC Trojans]], he won the high [[hurdling|hurdles]] competition in the [[Pacific-10 Conference]] on three occasions. He came third at the [[NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship]] in his second year. In his final year of [[college athletics]] he won the [[NCAA]] title in the 110&nbsp;m hurdles, as well as claiming both 110 and [[400 meters hurdles]] titles in the Pac-10 outdoor competition.<ref name=USATF>[http://www.usatf.org/athletes/bios/TrackAndFieldArchive/2008/Wilson_Ryan.asp Ryan Wilson profile], USATF.org (2008); retrieved 2011-02-05.</ref>

===Professional===
After turning professional in 2004 he ran at the [[United States Olympic Trials (track and field)|United States Olympic Trials]] but did not make it past the quarter-finals. After an uneventful 2005, he took third place at the 2006 [[USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships]] and improved his personal best to 13.22&nbsp;seconds.<ref name=USATF/> He won the 110&nbsp;m hurdles for the United States at that year's [[DecaNation]] event in France.<ref name=Sports>[http://www.the-sports.org/athletics-wilson-ryan-results-identity-s5-c2-b4-o15-w15787.html Ryan Wilson profile], The-Sports.org; retrieved 2011-02-05.</ref> He began 2007 with a win at the [[FBK Games]] and then set a career best at the [[Reebok Grand Prix]] in [[New York City]], taking third behind [[Liu Xiang]] and [[Terrence Trammell]] in a time of 13.02&nbsp;seconds.<ref>[http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/sports/2007-06/04/content_886210.htm Liu records season best at New York GP], chinadaily.com.cn (2007-06-04); retrieved 2011-02-05.</ref> He was a regular fixture on the [[2007 IAAF Golden League]] circuit and reached the top three at top European meets including [[Herculis]], the [[British Grand Prix (athletics)|British Grand Prix]], [[Internationales Stadionfest|ISTAF]], and a win at the [[London Grand Prix]].<ref name=Sports/> 

Wilson reached the hurdles final at that year's national championships, but did not finish the race and missed a chance to compete at the [[2007 World Championships in Athletics]].<ref>[http://www.usatf.org/events/2007/USAOutdoorTFChampionships/results/F8.asp Men 110 Meter Hurdles], usatf.org (2007); retrieved 2011-02-05.</ref> Wilson ended the year as the fourth fastest hurdler of [[2007 in athletics (track and field)|2007]].<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=o/age=n/season=2007/sex=M/all=n/legal=A/disc=110H/detail.html 110 Metres Hurdles 2007], IAAF.org (2009-03-25); retrieved 2011-02-05.</ref>

He failed to follow up on his breakthrough year in 2008 as he was knocked out in the semi-final round of the Olympic Trials and ended the season with a best run of 13.28&nbsp;seconds.<ref>[http://www.usatf.org/events/2008/OlympicTrials-TF/results/S15.asp Men 110 Meter Hurdles], usatf.org (2008); retrieved 2011-02-05.</ref> He did manage to win the [[bronze medal]] at the [[2008 IAAF World Athletics Final]], coming behind fellow American [[David Oliver (athlete)|David Oliver]].<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/waf08/results/eventCode=3741/bydiscipline/disctype=4/sex=M/discCode=110H/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/results.html#detM_110H_hash_f 110 Metres Hurdles – M Final], IAAF.org (2008-09-14); retrieved 2011-02-05.</ref> He started 2009 by posting a fast early season time of 13.21 seconds at the 100th anniversary of the [[Drake Relays]] in April, setting a meet record in the process.<ref>Dunaway, James (2009-04-26). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=50319.html Wariner, Wilson and Taylor celebrate 100th Drake Relays in fine style]. [[IAAF]]; retrieved 2011-02-05.</ref> He won at the [[Grande Premio Brasil Caixa de Atletismo]] in May and then came third at the FBK Games. He performed poorly at the major meets that year, finishing last in four of his five outings, and also came last at the [[2009 IAAF World Athletics Final]].<ref name=Sports/> He was eliminated in the first round of the USA Outdoors that year.<ref>[http://www.usatf.org/events/2009/USAOutdoorTFChampionships/results/P15.asp Men 110 Meter Hurdles]. USATF; retrieved 2011-02-05.</ref>

The 2010 season marked a resurgence in Wilson's form as he came runner-up behind Oliver at the [[2010 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships]].<ref>Morse, Parker (2010-06-28). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=57188.html Oliver flies 12.93, Suhr soars 4.89m as US champs conclude]. IAAF.org; retrieved 2011-02-05.</ref> He claimed three successive second places behind his compatriot on the [[2010 IAAF Diamond League]] that July, at the [[Prefontaine Classic]], [[Meeting Areva]] and [[Herculis]] meets.<ref name=Sports/> He won the ISTAF Berlin meeting in August<ref>Martin, Dave (2010-08-22). [http://www.iaaf.org/IWC10/news/kind=100/newsid=58058.html 1:41.09 800m World record by Rudisha in Berlin – UPDATED]. IAAF.org; retrieved 2011-02-05.</ref> His season's best time of 13.12&nbsp;seconds, set in Paris, saw him return to the top four in the annual hurdles rankings.<reF>[http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=o/age=n/season=2010/sex=M/all=n/legal=A/disc=110H/detail.html 110 Metres Hurdles 2010]. [[IAAF]] (2011-01-26); retrieved 2011-02-05.</ref> He performed less well in 2011: although he competed on the [[2011 IAAF Diamond League]] circuit, his best run was 13.36 seconds for sixth at the [[Bislett Games]]. He missed a spot on the world championships team as he was eliminated in the semi-finals at the national championships.<ref>[http://www.tilastopaja.org/db/atm.php?ID=38785&Season=2011&Odd=0 Ryan Wilson profile], Tilastopaja.org; retrieved 2012-05-03.</ref>

He broke the meet record at the 2012 [[Drake Relays]] with a run of 13.20 seconds.<ref>Dunaway, Jim (2012-04-29). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/newsid=64722.html Spearmon, Lowe and Wilson break meet records at Drake Relays], IAAF.org; retrieved 2012-05-03.</ref>

He won the [[2013 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships]] with a time of 13.08 beating out [[David Oliver (athlete)|David Oliver]], [[Aries Merritt]] and [[Jason Richardson (hurdler)|Jason Richardson]]. He finished second behind David Oliver at the [[2013 World Championships in Athletics|2013 World Championships]] in Moscow. At the age of 32, it was Wilson's first appearance on the US National Team.{{cn|date=May 2015}}

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==External links==
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