Bryan Clay
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Full name | Bryan Ezra Tsumoru Clay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Austin, Texas, United States | January 3, 1980||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 185 lb (84 kg)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bryan Ezra Tsumoru Clay (
in 2005.Biography
Clay was born in Austin, Texas[2] and raised in Hawaii. He is Afro-Asian. His mother, Michele Ishimoto, was a Japanese immigrant to America. His father, Greg Clay, was African-American.[3] His parents divorced when he was in elementary school and he was raised primarily by his mother. He has a younger brother, Nikolas, who was also a standout athlete on the Azusa Pacific University track team. Clay graduated from James B. Castle High School (Kaneohe, Hawaii) in 1998.
On March 23, 2013, Clay was inducted into the Azusa Pacific Hall of Fame in track and field.
Clay is married to Sarah Smith. They have a son, Jacob (born 2005) and two daughters, Katherine (Kate) (born 2007) and Elizabeth (Ellie) (born 2010).[4]
Clay is a devoted Christian. He believes that a balance of mental, physical and emotional health will help him in athletic competition.[4]
Athletic career
He competed in track and field in high school, during which time he was coached by Dacre Bowen and Martin Hee. He then attended
Clay won the silver medal at the
Clay won the gold medal at the
He is one of two Olympians featured on a special edition post-Beijing Olympics Wheaties cereal box; the other was gymnast Nastia Liukin.[10]
His attempts to regain his World Championships decathlon title were thwarted by a hamstring injury in June 2009. This caused him to drop out of the US trials; thus, he missed the chance to compete at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin.[11] He returned to action in 2010 and won the men's heptathlon at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships. At the start of his outdoor season he won the 2010 Hypo-Meeting, holding off the challenge from Romain Barras.[12]
In 2012, Clay had returned to the
Achievements
- 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships - gold medal
- Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon - gold medal
- 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships - gold medal
- 2005 World Championships in Athletics - gold medal
- Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon - silver medal
- 2004 World Indoor Championships - silver medal
Personal best
- Decathlon - 8832
Decathlon events:
- 100 m- 10.35
- Long jump - 8.06
- Shot put - 16.27
- High jump - 2.10
- 400 m- 47.78
- 110 m hurdles- 13.64
- Discus throw - 55.87 (world decathlon best)
- Pole vault - 5.15
- Javelin throw - 72.00
- 1500 m- 4:38.93
Others:
- 60 m- 6.65
- 60 m hurdles- 7.77
- 200 m- 21.34
- 1000 m- 2:49.41
- Heptathlon - 6371
Politics
Clay spoke at the Republican National Convention in 2008.[14]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Bryan CLAY | Profile". www.worldathletics.org.
- ^ a b Hunt, Nigel; Neil Maidment (2008-08-22). "FACTBOX: Gold medalist Bryan Clay". Reuters. Retrieved 2008-08-24.
- ^ "Bryan Clay Profile & Bio". 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. NBC. August 8, 2008. Archived from the original on 2016-10-19. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
- ^ a b Bryan Clay (2003). Bryan Clay '03 (Documentary). Azusa Pacific University. Archived from the original on 2008-08-31. Retrieved 2008-08-24.
- ^ Sheinin, Dave (2008-08-23). "Decathlon champ from USA world's greatest athlete". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2008-08-24.
- ^ Abrahamson, Alan (2008-08-23). "Clay achin' but brings home gold". Track & Field. NBC. Archived from the original on 2008-08-24. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
- ^ "Clay wins gold in Olympic decathlon". NBC News. Associated Press. 2008-08-23. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
- ^ Herman, Martyn (2008-08-22). "Classy Clay romps to decathlon gold". Reuters. Retrieved 2008-08-24.
- ^ "SPARQ Magazine: Is Brian Clay the world's greatest athlete?". Archived from the original on 2009-03-24. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
- ^ "Honolulu, Hawaii news, sports & weather - KITV Channel 4". www.kitv.com. Archived from the original on February 23, 2012.
- ^ Injury ends Clay's decathlon bid. BBC Sport (2009-06-25). Retrieved on 2009-06-26.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-06-01.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-12-20. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Bryan Clay tells convention his priorities are God, family, track | The Honolulu Advertiser | Hawaii's Newspaper". the.honoluluadvertiser.com.
External links
- Bryan Clay at World Athletics
- Bryan Clay at www.USATF.org
- Bryan Clay at Team USA (archive June 5, 2023)
- Bryan Clay at Olympics.com
- Bryan Clay at Olympedia
- Official website
- Teleconference interview with decathlete world-champion Bryan Clay prior to the 2007 USATF Outdoor Track & Field Championships at the Wayback Machine (archived September 15, 2007)
- Video: APU Life on Film featuring Clay at the Wayback Machine (archived August 31, 2008)