Johnny Gray
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| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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June 19, 1960 Los Angeles, California, United States |
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| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 800 meters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Santa Monica College Arizona State University |
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| Personal best(s) | 800 metres: 1:42.60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Johnny Gray
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John ("Johnny") Lee Gray, Jr. (born June 19, 1960 in Los Angeles, California) was an American world class 800 meter runner from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s. A four-time-Olympian (1984-1996) in 1985 he set the US record of 1:42.60 at a meet in Koblenz. That time puts Gray as the #13 performer of all time. He came seventh in the 1984 Summer Olympics, fifth in 1988, and won the bronze medal at the Barcelona Olympics of 1992. In 1993 Gray was one of the favourites to win a gold medal at the World Championships in Stuttgart as he had won the A-race at the prestigious meeting in Zurich. However, he failed to qualify for the final in Stuttgart. He also set the world 600 meter record in 1986 at 1:12.81. In 1992 and 1993 Gray came close to breaking the world indoor record over 800 m several times. He holds the US indoor record at 1:45.00 (Sindelfingen 1992).
Gray went to Crenshaw High School, Santa Monica College, Arizona State University and received his graduate degree from California State University, Los Angeles. He ran his "professional" career for the Santa Monica Track Club. When he qualified for the 1996 Olympics by winning the 1996 Olympic Trials on his 36th birthday, he became the oldest male American track athlete to qualify for the Olympics. Other older athletes who qualified were throwers, race walkers, marathoners and pole vaulter Jeff Hartwig. Joetta Clark holds the same honor for women.
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