Paul Gray (hurdler)

Paul Gray

Personal information
Nationality	British (Welsh)
Born	(1969-05-25) 25 May 1969 (age 56) Cardiff, Wales
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Hurdles
Club	Cardiff AAC
Medal record Representing   Wales Commonwealth Games 1994 Victoria 110 m hurdles 1998 Kuala Lumpur 4x400m relay

Paul Gray (born 25 May 1969) is a Welsh retired athlete who competed in the 110 metres hurdles and 400 metres hurdles. ^[1]

Biography

Shortly after winning the Junior 1987 Junior AAA title, Gray won bronze at the 1987 European Athletics Junior Championships. ^{[2] [3]}

Gray won the bronze medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, 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, behind Andy Tulloch at the 1994 AAA Championships ^[4] and ten years later behind Robert Newton at the 2004 AAA Championships. ^[5]

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing   Great Britain and   Wales
1987	European Junior Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	3rd	110 m hurdles	14.16
1988	World Junior Championships	Sudbury, Canada	5th	110 m hurdles	14.02 w(wind: +3.0 m/s)
1994	Commonwealth Games	Victoria, Canada	3rd	110 m hurdles	13.54
			7th	4 × 400 m relay	3:07.80
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	11th (sf)	400 m hurdles	50.34
	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	4th	110 m hurdles	13.62
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:01.86
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	33rd (h)	400 m hurdles	50.15
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	33rd (h)	110 m hurdles	13.96
2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	10th (h)	110 m hurdles	14.11

References

1. Paul Gray at World Athletics
2. "Hughes hits heights" . South Wales Echo. 29 July 1993. Retrieved 6 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "Gray joins Euro glory trail" . South Wales Echo. 28 July 1987. Retrieved 6 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
5. "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 6 July 2025.