Mark Crear
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Full name | Mark James Crear | |||||||||||||||||
Born | October 2, 1968 San Francisco, California, U.S. | (age 55)|||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mark James Crear (born October 2, 1968)[1][2][3] is a double Olympic medalist in the 110 m hurdles from the United States. In 1996 he was second behind Allen Johnson. Four years later he came in third behind Anier García and silver medalist Terrence Trammell. Mark's personal best was 12.98 seconds.
Crear went to
Mark Crear has been around the world presenting motivational keynotes and peak performance workshops to various corporations and organizations at all levels across a variety of industries. This USC alumnus has over 15 years of Olympic level peak performance success, who first captured attention by winning the 1996 Olympic silver medal with a broken arm and the 2000 Olympic bronze medal with a double hernia (110M High Hurdles Track & Field).
After winning the silver medal in 1996, Crear carried his infant daughter Ebony in his victory lap around the
Personal bests
Event | Time (sec) | Date | Venue |
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40-yard dash | 4.26 | April 3, 1997 | Los Angeles, United States |
100 meters
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10.19 | May 14, 1999 | Berlin, Germany |
200 meters
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20.20 | May 22, 2000 | Mexico City, Mexico |
400 meter hurdles
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50.20 | June 5, 1989 | Walnut, United States |
110 meter hurdles
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12.98 | July 5, 1999 | Zagreb, Croatia |
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing the United States | |||||
1994 | Goodwill Games | Saint Petersburg, Russia | 1st | 110 m hurdles | |
1996 | Summer Olympics | Atlanta, United States | 2nd | 110 m hurdles | |
1997 | World Championships | Athens, Greece | 7th | 110 m hurdles | |
1998 | Goodwill Games | Uniondale, New York | 1st | 110 m hurdles | |
2000 | Summer Olympics | Sydney, Australia | 3rd | 110 m hurdles | |
2001 | Goodwill Games | Brisbane, Australia
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6th | 110 m hurdles |
References
- ^ Mark Crear at Tilastopaja (registration required)
- ^ Mark Crear at World Athletics
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mark Crear". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
- ^ "California State Meet Results - 1915 to present". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2013-04-07.
- ^ "USC Athletics – Story Archives".
- ^ "Mark Crear".
- ^ "State Finals - 2012".
- ^ "State Finals - 2013".
- ^ "State Finals - 2014".
- ^ "Ebony Crear – Track and Field".
- ^ Ebony Crear profile at TFRRS
External links
- Official website
- Newsmaker of the Week: Mark Crear (30 min.)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mark Crear". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.