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Ryan Gregson - Wikipedia

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Ryan Gregson
Personal information
Gregson at the 2016 Olympics
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1990-04-26) 26 April 1990 (age 34) Wollongong, Australia
Height	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)^[1]
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track
Event(s)	1500 meters, mile
Club	Kembla Joggers NSWIS^[1] Melbourne Track Club
Coached by	Nic 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

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

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v t e 2016 Australia Olympic Athletics Team
Men's track & road athletes	Alex Hartmann Peter Bol Luke Mathews Jeff Riseley Ryan Gregson Sam McEntee Brett Robinson Patrick Tiernan David McNeill Ben St Lawrence Liam Adams Michael Shelley Scott Westcott Dane Bird-Smith Rhydian Cowley Chris Erickson Brendon Reading Jared Tallent
Men's field athletes	Henry Frayne Fabrice Lapierre Joel Baden Brandon Starc Kurtis Marschall Damien Birkinhead Matthew Denny Benn Harradine Hamish Peacock Joshua Robinson
Men's combined events athletes	Cedric Dubler
Women's track & road athletes	Melissa Breen Ella Nelson Morgan Mitchell Anneliese Rubie Selma Kajan Jenny Blundell Zoe Buckman Linden Hall Madeline Hills Eloise Wellings Michelle Jenneke Lauren Wells Genevieve LaCaze Victoria Mitchell Caitlin Sargent Jessica Thornton Milly Clark Jessica Trengove Lisa Jane Weightman Tanya Holliday Regan Lamble Rachel Tallent
Women's field athletes	Chelsea Jaensch Brooke Stratton Eleanor Patterson Alana Boyd Dani Samuels Kim Mickle Kathryn Mitchell Kelsey-Lee Roberts

Australian national champions in men's 1500 m

Note: mile run until 1966

1930: William Whyte
1932: Alex Hillhouse
1934: Fred Colman
1936–37: Gerald Backhouse
1947: George Campbell
1948–49: John Marks
1950–52: Don MacMillan
1953–54: John Landy
1955: Don MacMillan
1956: John Landy
1957–58: Herb Elliott
1959: Merv Lincoln
1960: Herb Elliott
1961: Trevor Vincent
1962–65: Albie Thomas
1966: Jim Grelle (USA)
1967: Laurie Toogood
1968: Peter Watson
1969: Graham Crouch
1970–72: Chris Fisher
1973: Peter Watson
1974: Randal Markey
1975: Ken Hall
1976: Peter Fuller
1977: Ken Hall
1978: Graham Crouch
1979: Steve Foley
1980: Michael Hillardt
1981: Steve Foley
1982–88: Michael Hillardt
1989: Dean Paulin
1990: Andrew Lloyd
1991: Simon Doyle
1992: Pat Scammell
1993–94: Simon Doyle
1995: Darren Lynch
1996–97: Paul Bitok (KEN)
1998: Martin Keino (KEN)
1999: Paul Cleary
2000: William Chirchir (KEN)
2001: Clinton Mackevicius
2002: Craig Mottram
2003: Alastair Stevenson
2004: Youcef Abdi
2005: Lachlan Chisholm
2006: Mark Fountain
2007–08: Mitchell Kealey
2009: Jeff Riseley
2010: Ryan Gregson
2011–12: Jeff Riseley
2013: James Kaan
2014–15: Jeff Riseley
2016–17: Ryan Gregson

v t e Australians at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
	Melissa Breen John Steffensen Sean Wroe Joel Milburn Madeleine Pape Ryan Gregson Jeff Riseley
	Jeremy Roff Collis Birmingham David McNeill Sally McLellan Tristan Thomas Brendan Cole Tamsyn Lewis
	Youcef Abdi Donna MacFarlane Ben Offereins Luke Adams Adam Rutter Jared Tallent Claire Tallent
	Jess Rothwell Cheryl Webb Chris Erickson Martin Dent Andrew Letherby Mark Tucker Scott Westcott
	Lisa Jane Weightman Petrina Price Alwyn Jones Steve Hooker Fabrice Lapierre Mitchell Watt Kim Mickle
	Justin Anlezark Scott Martin Benn Harradine Dani Samuels

v t e Australian athletes at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics
	Sean Wroe Jeff Riseley Ben St Lawrence Liam Gander Mitchell Watt John Steffensen Luke Adams
	Sally Pearson Laura Whaler Tamsyn Manou Hayley Butler Jared Tallent Ryan Gregson Collis Birmingham
	Craig Mottram Jeff Hunt Youcef Abdi Anthony Alozie Matt Davies Aaron Rouge-Serret Isaac Ntiamoah
	Ben Offereins Tristan Thomas Steven Solomon Nathan Deakes Fabrice Lapierre Henry Frayne Steve Hooker
	Benn Harradine Jarrod Bannister Kaila McKnight Eloise Wellings Lauren Boden Melissa Breen Charlotte van Veenendaal
	Caitlin Sargent Caitlin Willis-Pincott Anneliese Rubie Regan Lamble Claire Tallent Alana Boyd Dani Samuels
	Kim Mickle

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