Ryan Gregson

Ryan Gregson
Gregson at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1990-04-26) 26 April 1990 (age 34)
Wollongong, Australia
Height184 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
SportTrack
Event(s)1500 meters, mile
ClubKembla Joggers
NSWIS[1]
Melbourne Track Club
Coached byNic Bideau[2]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)800 meters: 1:46.04[3]
1500 meters: 3:31.06[3]
Mile: 3:52.24[3]
Updated on 4–24–15

Ryan Gregory Gregson (born 26 April 1990)[4] is an Australian middle-distance runner. He formerly held the Australian record for the men's 1500 metres now held by Stewart McSweyn.[5]

Personal life

Gregson studied carpentry at TAFE NSW in Wollongong and has a degree in business and marketing from the Swinburne University of Technology. As a teenager he competed nationally in cricket and field hockey. His is married to Olympic runner Genevieve Gregson (née LaCaze)[6] and his cousin Casey Sablowski is an Olympic field hockey player.[7]

Running career

Youth

Gregson finished 5th in the boys' 1500 metres at the 2007 World Youth Championships in Ostrava.[8] 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.[9][10] At the 2008 World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz he again finished 5th over 1500 metres and also participated in the 5000 metres.[4] 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.[10]

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.[11] 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.[4][12]

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.[13] 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.[14][15]

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.[16][17] He missed the 2010 Commonwealth Games in October due to a stress fracture to his foot.[18] He did not progress past the first round at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, and finished in 9th at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[19][20]

Gregson was eliminated in the semi-finals of the Olympic 1500 m event in 2012,[21] while at the 2016 Olympics he placed ninth in the final. Gregson was the first Australian man in a 1500 meters final in 40 years.

References

  1. ^ a b Ryan Gregson. sports-reference
  2. ^ "Athlete Profile: Ryan Gregson". Athletics Australia. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  3. ^ a b c All-Athletics. "Profile of Ryan Gregson".
  4. ^ a b c "Gregson Ryan Biography". International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). Retrieved 7 August 2010.
  5. ^ "1500 Metres records". IAAF. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
  6. ^ "Olympic royalty Ryan Gregson and Genevieve LaCaze marry". Illawarra Mercury. 2 October 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Casey Sablowski". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  8. ^ "World Youth Championships 2007 – Results 1500 Metres M Final". IAAF. 15 July 2007. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
  9. ^ Hurst, Mike (12 December 2007). "Zatopek Classic's annual glimpse into the future of Australian distance running". IAAF. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
  10. ^ a b "Gregson, Ryan". Athletics Australia. Archived from the original on 9 March 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
  11. ^ "The 25th Universiade Belgrade 2009 / Athletics" (PDF). UB 2009. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
  12. ^ "12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics – Berlin 2009 – Timetable/Results – 08-15-2009". IAAF. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
  13. ^ Jeffery, Nicole (19 April 2010). "One mighty leap for Lapierre". The Australian. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
  14. ^ "Results International Mile Men". IAAF Diamond League/Prefontaine Classic. 3 July 2010. Archived from the original on 9 July 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
  15. ^ "Ryan GREGSON". IAAF Diamond League. Archived from the original on 26 July 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
  16. ^ Hurst, Mike (24 July 2010). "Ryan Gregson smashes Australian 1500m record". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
  17. ^ "Results 1500m Men". IAAF Diamond League/Herculis 2010. 22 July 2010. Archived from the original on 25 July 2010. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
  18. ^ "Ready to Pounce". Spikes. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  19. ^ "Glasgow 2014 - Ryan Gregson Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  20. ^ "Athletics | Athlete Profile: Ryan GREGSON - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  21. ^ What You Missed From Overnight. dailytelegraph.com.au
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