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Athlete Bio

Bryan Clay

Basic Information

Status: Hall of Fame Gender: Male Date of Birth: 1/3/1980

Athletics Information

Event: Indoor Track & Field, Outdoor Track & Field Agent: N/A

Residences

Hometown: Kaneohe, Hawaii High School: Castle High School College: Azuza Pacific University

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3x

National champion

2x

World Indoor champion

2x

World Indoor Championships Silver medallist

2x

IAAF Combined Events Challenge winner

1x

Olympic champion

1x

World champion

Current Accomplishments

Personal Best

Filter Results

100m

EventPerformance
Event100mPerformance10.35

110m Hurdles

EventPerformance
Event110m HurdlesPerformance13.64

1500m

EventPerformance
Event1500mPerformance4:38.93

200m

EventPerformance
Event200mPerformance21.34

400m

EventPerformance
Event400mPerformance47.28

400m Indoors

EventPerformance
Event400m IndoorsPerformance49.37

60m Hurdles Indoors

EventPerformance
Event60m Hurdles IndoorsPerformance7.71

60m Indoors

EventPerformance
Event60m IndoorsPerformance6.65

Decathlon

EventPerformance
EventDecathlonPerformance8832

Discus Throw

EventPerformance
EventDiscus ThrowPerformance55.87

Heptathlon Indoors

EventPerformance
EventHeptathlon IndoorsPerformance6371

High Jump

EventPerformance
EventHigh JumpPerformance2.09

High Jump Indoors

EventPerformance
EventHigh Jump IndoorsPerformance2.10

Javelin Throw

EventPerformance
EventJavelin ThrowPerformance72.00

Long Jump

EventPerformance
EventLong JumpPerformance7.96

Long Jump Indoors

EventPerformance
EventLong Jump IndoorsPerformance7.78

Pole Vault

EventPerformance
EventPole VaultPerformance5.10

Pole Vault Indoors

EventPerformance
EventPole Vault IndoorsPerformance5.15

Shot Put

EventPerformance
EventShot PutPerformance16.27

Shot Put Indoors

EventPerformance
EventShot Put IndoorsPerformance16.21

Bryan Clay (Kaneohe, Hawaii) ranks as one of the most successful athletes, and certainly the best track and field athlete, ever to come out of the state of Hawaii. A versatile high school athlete in Kaneohe, Hawaii, Clay was persuaded to try the decathlon by 2000 Olympic Games bronze medalist Chris Huffins. In college, Clay won the U.S. and Pan American junior titles in 1999 and an NAIA gold in 2000 for Azusa Pacific University.

His first taste of Olympic success came in 2004, when he won the silver medal in Athens, and he upgraded to gold in '08 in Beijing – earning the recognized title of World’s Greatest Athlete.

In between those Olympic wins, Clay took the top spot at the 2005 IAAF World Championships. Twice a World Indoor champion in the heptathlon, in 2008 and 2010, he claimed silver in 2004 & 2006. Clay also won four U.S. decathlon titles, including Olympic Trials wins in '04 and '08, and set his lifetime best of 8,832 points at the 2008 Olympic Trials.

Clay currently is an entrepreneur, corporate consultant and motivational speaker. His Bryan Clay Foundation provides academic and athletic opportunities to underprivileged children.

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