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Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
Born | Hammersmith, London, England | 17 May 1991||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Country | Great Britain England | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Decathlon, heptathlon | ||||||||||||||
Club | Windsor, Slough, Eton and Hounslow Athletic Club [1] | ||||||||||||||
Coached by | Aston Moore [2] | ||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
Personal best(s) | Decathlon: 8,163 Heptathlon: 5,975 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ashley Bryant (born 17 May 1991) is a British athlete, specialising in the decathlon. [3] He is a member of Windsor, Slough, Eton and Hounslow Athletic Club [4] and is coached by Aston Moore. [5] Bryant has represented Great Britain at the IAAF World Athletics Championships and England at the Commonwealth Games, a silver medallist in the latter.
Bryant captained his country at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Moncton, Canada. [6]
A European Cup 1st League bronze medallist in 2011, he went on to compete in the World Student Games in Shenzhen, China as a 20-year-old, placing fifth.
In 2013, at the age of 22, Bryant was the best decathlete in the United Kingdom. He was ranked in the top ten for under-23s in the long jump and several other single events, and the top 20 among senior athletes. At the 2013 European Athletics U23 Championships, he came fourth and achieved his personal best of 8070 points. It was the first time in the history of these Championships that 8000 points did not place in the top three.[ citation needed ]
He won a silver medal in the men's decathlon at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. [7]
Outdoor
Event | Performance | Location | Date |
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Decathlon | 8,163 | Götzis | 28 May 2017 |
100 metres | 11.02 | Moncton | 20 July 2010 |
400 metres | 48.10 | Florence | 2 May 2013 |
1500 metres | 4:27.15 | London | 12 August 2017 |
110 metres hurdles | 14.31 | Wormwood Scrubs | 8 June 2013 |
High jump | 2.01 | Florence | 29 April 2016 |
Pole vault | 4.70 | Glasgow | 29 July 2014 |
Long jump | 7.70 | Götzis | 27 May 2017 |
Shot put | 14.34 | Eton | 19 April 2014 |
Discus throw | 45.38 | Woodford | 5 April 2014 |
Javelin throw | 70.44 | Florence | 3 May 2013 |
Indoor
Event | Performance | Location | Date |
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Heptathlon | 5,975 | Prague | 29 January 2017 |
60 metres | 7.06 | Belgrade | 4 March 2017 |
200 metres | 22.44 | Sheffield | 16 February 2011 |
1000 metres | 2:40.84 | Prague | 29 January 2017 |
60 metres hurdles | 8.09 | Birmingham | 15 January 2017 |
High jump | 2.05 | Grand Rapids | 20 February 2010 |
Pole vault | 4.60 | Sheffield | 6 March 2011 |
Long jump | 7.79 | Prague | 28 January 2017 |
Shot put | 14.65 | Sheffield | 7 January 2017 |
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Bryant, who claimed decathlon silver at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games ...