Paul Gray (born 25 May 1969) is a Welsh retired athlete who competed in the

110 metres hurdles The 110 metres hurdles, or 110-metre hurdles, is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is included in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metres hurdles. As part of a rac ...

and

400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Summer Olympics, Olympic Sport of athletics, athletics programme since 1900 Summer Olympics, 1900 for men and since 1984 Summer Olympics, 1984 for women. On a ...

Biography

Shortly after winning the Junior 1987 Junior AAA title, Gray won bronze at the

1987 European Athletics Junior Championships The 1987 European Athletics Junior Championships was the ninth edition of the biennial athletics competition for European athletes aged under twenty. It was held in Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and ...

. Gray won the bronze medal at the

1994 Commonwealth Games The 1994 Commonwealth Games ( French: ''XVéme Jeux du Commonwealth'') were held in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, between 18 and 28 August 1994. Ten types of sports were featured at the Victoria Games: athletics, aquatics, badminton, box ...

at the

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India * Victoria (state), a state of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, a provincial capital * Victoria, Seychelles, the capi ...

, Canada. In addition, he represented Great Britain at two World Championships, in 1999 and 2001, without reaching the semifinals. His personal bests are 13.53 seconds in the 110 metres hurdles (Victoria 1994) and 49.16 in the 400 metres hurdles (Budapest 1998). Gray twice finished runner-up in the 110 metres hurdles event at the

AAA Championships The AAA Championships was an annual track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association of England. It was the foremost domestic athletics event in the United Kingdom during its lifetime, despite the existence of the offi ...

, behind Andy Tulloch at the 1994 AAA Championships and ten years later behind

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at the 2004 AAA Championships.

Competition record

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gray, Paul 1969 births Living people Welsh male hurdlers Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Wales Commonwealth Games athletes for Wales Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics