Clayton Murphy
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| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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February 26, 1995 Greenville, Ohio |
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| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 150 lb (68 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 800 meters, 1500 meters | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Akron | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Nike | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | June 27, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Lee LaBadie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic finals | Bronze, 800m, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest world ranking | 4 (800m, 2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) |
800 meters: 1:42.93 1500 meters: 3:36.22 |
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Clayton Murphy (born February 26, 1995) is an American middle-distance runner. He won the bronze medal in the 800-meter run at the 2016 Olympic Games. He was the gold medalist in the 800-meter run at the 2015 Pan American Games. He ran collegiately for the University of Akron, before signing with Nike in June 2016.
Clayton is the son of Mark and Melinda Murphy and raised in New Madison, Ohio. He attended Tri-Village High School and began to take part in track and field and cross country running while there. Murphy broke the Division III state record in the 1600 Meter Run at the 2013 state track meet in Columbus in 4:11.72.
Clayton Murphy won 12 Mid-American Conference titles, NCAA Division I 2016 Indoor 800 m title, NCAA Division I 2016 Outdoor 1500 m title and earned 4 NCAA Division I All-American awards.
He enrolled at the University of Akron in fall 2013. He began to train with the Akron Zips college track team. He is coached by the head distance coach, Lee LaBadie, who is a sub 4-minute miler and a former runner for the University of Illinois. At the 2014 Mid-American Conference (MAC) indoor meet, Clayton won the mile run and was runner-up over 3000 meters. He went on to win the outdoor conference title in the 1500 meters. He ran 3:44.53 minutes for the distance that year while winning at the Mt. SAC Relays.
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