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| Full name | Mark James Crear | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | October 2, 1968 (1968-10-02) (age 57) San Francisco,California, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mark James Crear (born October 2, 1968)[1][2][3] is a doubleOlympic medalist in the 110 m hurdles from the United States. In 1996 he was second behindAllen Johnson. Four years later he came in third behindAnier García and silver medalistTerrence Trammell. Mark's personal best was 12.98 seconds.
Crear went toRowland High School, in theRowland Heights area of southern California, where he finished second in the 300 meters hurdles and fourth in the 110 meters hurdles at the 1987CIF California State Meet.[4] He then went to theUniversity of Southern California, where he won the 1992National Championship in the 110 meters hurdles. He still holds the USC school record in the hurdles.[5]
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 theOlympic Stadium.[6] Ebony ran forMaranatha High School and laterLong Beach Poly, making the finals of theCIF California State Meet in the100 meters hurdles once for each school[7][8] and anchoring Poly to the 2014 state championship in the4 × 400 meters relay[9] before moving on toTexas A&M University.[10][11]
| Event | Time (sec) | Date | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40-yard dash | 4.26 | April 3, 1997 | Los Angeles, United States |
| 100 meters | 10.19 | May 14, 1999 | Berlin, Germany |
| 200 meters | 20.20 | May 22, 2000 | Mexico City, Mexico |
| 400 meter hurdles | 50.20 | June 5, 1989 | Walnut, United States |
| 110 meter hurdles | 12.98 | July 5, 1999 | Zagreb, Croatia |
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 6th | 110 m hurdles | |
As of 15 September 2024, Crear holds the following track records for110 metres hurdles.
A performance in red text is wind-assisted.
| Location | Time | Windspeed m/s | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bratislava | 13.13 | + 0.6 | 09/06/1998 |
| Fukuoka | 13.03 | + 0.3 | 13/09/1997 |
| Jena | 13.10 | + 3.1 | 03/06/2000 |
| Lucerne | 13.02 | + 1.5 | 27/06/1995 |
| Munich | 13.08 | + 0.7 | 11/09/1999 |
| Rhede | 13.09 | + 1.0 | 30/07/1995 |
| Uniondale, NY. | 13.06 | + 0.9 | 20/07/1998 |
| Zagreb | 12.98 PB | + 0.6 | 05/07/1999 |
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| Preceded by | Men's 110 m Hurdles Best Year Performance 1999 | Succeeded by |
