Grant Cremer (born 9 June 1978 in

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) is a retired

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n middle-distance runner who specialised in the

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. He competed at the

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, which took place in his native Sydney, reaching the semifinals. He has personal bests of 1:45.21 in the 800 metres (1999) and 2:16.61 in the

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(2000). The latter was the previous standing national record before Peter Bol set a new national record at the Tokyo Olympics.

Competition record

References

1978 births Living people Australian male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes for Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes from Sydney Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games {{Australia-athletics-bio-stub