Ryan Gregson Explained

Ryan Gregson
Sport:Track
Event:1500 meters, mile
Nationality:Australian
Club:Kembla Joggers
NSWIS
Melbourne Track Club
Birth Date:1990 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Wollongong, Australia
Height:184 cm[1]
Weight:73 kg
Pb:800 meters

1:46.04[2]
1500 meters: 3:31.06
Mile: 3:52.24

Coach:Nic Bideau[3]
Updated: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.

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.[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.

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418081016/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/ryan-gregson-1.html Ryan Gregson
  2. Web site: Profile of Ryan Gregson. All-Athletics.
  3. Web site: Athlete Profile: Ryan Gregson . Athletics Australia . 22 January 2019.
  4. Web site: Gregson Ryan Biography . International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) . 7 August 2010.
  5. Web site: 1500 Metres records . IAAF . 7 August 2010.
  6. Web site: Olympic royalty Ryan Gregson and Genevieve LaCaze marry . Illawarra Mercury . 2 October 2018 . 15 Jan 2019.
  7. Web site: Casey Sablowski . Australian Olympic Committee . 22 Jan 2019.
  8. Web site: World Youth Championships 2007 – Results 1500 Metres M Final . IAAF . 15 July 2007 . 8 August 2010.
  9. Web site: Zatopek Classic's annual glimpse into the future of Australian distance running . Hurst, Mike . IAAF . 12 December 2007 . 8 August 2010.
  10. Web site: Gregson, Ryan . . 8 August 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110309094229/http://www.athletics.com.au/fanzone/athleteprofiles/ryan_gregson . 9 March 2011 . dmy-all .
  11. Web site: The 25th Universiade Belgrade 2009 / Athletics . 13 July 2009 . 8 August 2010 . UB 2009.
  12. Web site: 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics – Berlin 2009 – Timetable/Results – 08-15-2009 . 8 August 2010 . IAAF . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110726163849/http://berlin2009.iaaf.org/results/racedate=08-15-2009/sex=M/discCode=1500/combCode=hash/roundCode=h/results.html#detM_1500_hash_h . 26 July 2011 . dmy-all .
  13. News: One mighty leap for Lapierre . 19 April 2010 . 7 August 2010 . . Jeffery, Nicole.
  14. Web site: Results International Mile Men . . 3 July 2010 . 8 August 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100709014348/http://www.diamondleague-eugene.com/Live-StartlistsResults/Overview/International-Mile-Men/ . 9 July 2010 . dmy-all .
  15. Web site: Ryan GREGSON . 8 August 2010 . IAAF Diamond League . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100726024241/http://www.diamondleague.com/ambassador_html/14179609.htm . 26 July 2010 . dmy-all .
  16. News: Ryan Gregson smashes Australian 1500m record. . 24 July 2010 . 7 August 2010 . Hurst, Mike .
  17. Web site: Results 1500m Men . https://web.archive.org/web/20100725064212/http://www.diamondleague-monaco.com/en/Live-StartlistsResults/Overview/1500m-Men/ . dead . 25 July 2010 . . 22 July 2010 . 7 August 2010 .
  18. Web site: Ready to Pounce . Spikes . 22 January 2019.
  19. Web site: Glasgow 2014 - Ryan Gregson Profile. g2014results.thecgf.com. 2019-08-21.
  20. Web site: Athletics Athlete Profile: Ryan GREGSON - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. results.gc2018.com. 2019-08-21.
  21. http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/sports-fix/what-you-missed-from-overnight-monday-your-olympic-fix/story-fn89h4np-1226443529253 What You Missed From Overnight