Ryan Gregson

Ryan Gregson
Personal information
Nationality Australian
Born April 26, 1990
Wollongong
Sport
Sport Track
Event(s) 1500 meters, mile
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 800 meters: 1:46.04[1]
1500 meters: 3:31.06[1]
Mile: 3:52.24[1]
Updated on 4-24-15.

Ryan Gregson (born 26 April 1990 in Wollongong, Australia)[2] is an Australian middle-distance runner. He holds the Australian record for the men's 1500 metres, both outdoors and indoors. [3]

Running career

Youth

Gregson finished 5th in the boys' 1500 metres at the 2007 World Youth Championships in Ostrava.[4] Later that year, he set new Australian youth records over 1500 metres, 3000 metres and 5000 metres, his 3000m clocking of 8:01.26 also eclipsing Craig Mottram's Australian junior record.[5][6] At the 2008 World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz he again finished 5th over 1500 metres and also participated in the 5000 metres.[2] In 2009, his last year as a junior, he set new Australian junior records over both 3000 and 1500 metres, with times of 7:57.45 and 3:37.24 respectively.[6]

2009-present

Gregson finished 4th in the 1500 metres at the 2009 Summer Universiade in Belgrade, Serbia, missing out on medaling by only 0.22 seconds.[7] Gregson also qualified for the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, Germany, where he again competed in the 1500 metres and was eliminated in the heats.[2][8]

He captured his first national senior title at the 2010 Australian Championships in Athletics, out-sprinting World Championships semi-finalist Jeff Riseley to win the 1500 metres.[9] Gregson's first appearance in IAAF's brand-new Diamond League was at Eugene's Prefontaine Classic on 3 July, where he won the second-tier International Mile.[10][11]

Gregson next appeared in a Diamond League race on 24 July, in the Herculis meet at Fontvieille, Monaco. He improved his personal best over 1500 metres by more than four seconds to 3:31.06 and finished 5th, beating among others former World Champion and Olympic medalist Bernard Lagat and breaking Simon Doyle's 19-year-old Australian and Oceanian record.[12][13]

He as eliminated during the semi-finals of the Olympic 1500m in London at the 2012 Olympic Games.[14]

Race list

JULY 2012
5/7/12 1500m Sollentuna Grand Prix Stockholm, Sweden 6th, 3:39.89
17/7/12 Mile 61st Cork City Sports Cork, Ireland 1st, 3:57.98
25/7/12 Mile Morton Pre Games Dublin, Ireland 3rd, 3:56.45
JUNE 2012
7/6/12 Dream Mile Oslo Diamond League Oslo, Norway 10th 3:53.62
14/6/12 800m Folksam Grand Prix Gothenburg, Sweden 9th 1:49.06
MAY 2012
11/5/12 1500m Doha Diamond League Doha,Qatar 11th 3:33.92
24/5/12 800m Hyundai Grand Prix Oslo, Norway 2nd 1:48.29
27/5/12 1500m Meeting International Mohammed V1 d'Athletisme Rabat, Morocco 19th 3:48.39
APRIL 2012
1/4/12 5 km Road Carlsbad 5000 California, USA 7th 13:39 PB
28/4/12 DMR Penn Relays Philadelphia,USA 5th 9:24.76
MARCH 2012
2/3/12 1500m Olympic Trials Melbourne, Vic 1st 3:38.51
FEBRUARY 2012
4/2/12 800m Briggs Athletics Classic Hobart, Tas 3rd 1:49.82
JANUARY 2012
28/1/12 1500m Adelaide Track Classic Adelaide, SA 1st 3:47.84
SEPTEMBER 2011
1/9/11 1500m SF World Championships Daegu, South Korea 8th 3:47.89
10/9/11 1500m Rieti 2011 Rieti, Italy 12th 3:47.05
AUGUST 2011
6/8/11 Mile Aviva London Grand Prix London, England 9th 4:01.60
30/8/11 1500m H World Championships Daegu, South Korea 8th 3:40.01
JULY 2011
22/7/11 1500m Monaco Diamond League Monte Carlo. Monaco 14th 3:51.05
20/7/11 1500m Stockholm Diamond League Stockholm, Sweden 11th 3:39.08
JUNE 2011
4/6/11 International Mile Prefontaine Classic Eugene, USA 1st 3:53.86
12/6/11 3000m Meeting De Strasbourg Et Des DNA
Strasbourg, France 9th 7:49.53 PB
28/6/11 1500m Sollentuna Grand Prix Stockholm, Sweden 2nd 3:36.64
APRIL 2011
30/4/11 DMR Penn Relays Philadelphia, USA 2nd 9:17.56 NR

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 All-Athletics. "Profile of Ryan Gregson".
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Gregson Ryan Biography". International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). Retrieved 2010-08-07.
  3. ↑ "1500 Metres records". IAAF. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
  4. ↑ "World Youth Championships 2007 - Results 1500 Metres M Final". IAAF. 15 July 2007. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
  5. ↑ Hurst, Mike (12 December 2007). "Zatopek Classic's annual glimpse into the future of Australian distance running". IAAF. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Gregson, Ryan". Athletics Australia. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
  7. ↑ "The 25th Universiade Belgrade 2009 / Athletics" (PDF). UB 2009. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
  8. ↑ "12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics - Berlin 2009 - Timetable/Results - 08-15-2009". IAAF. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
  9. ↑ Jeffery, Nicole (19 April 2010). "One mighty leap for Lapierre". The Australian. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
  10. ↑ "Results International Mile Men". IAAF Diamond League/Prefontaine Classic. 3 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
  11. ↑ "Ryan GREGSON". IAAF Diamond League. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
  12. ↑ Hurst, Mike (24 July 2010). "Ryan Gregson smashes Australian 1500m record". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
  13. ↑ "Results 1500m Men". IAAF Diamond League/Herculis 2010. 22 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
  14. ↑ Telegraph: What You Missed From Overnight

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