Clayton Murphy

Clayton Murphy
Murphy wins the 2018 US Championships
nation	United States
birthday	26th February 1995 (age 25)
place of birth	Greenville (Ohio) , United States
size	180 cm
Weight	68 kg
Career
discipline	Middle distance run
Best performance	800 m: 1: 42.93 min
society	Nike Oregon Project
status	active
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × 0 × 1 × IAAF World Relays 1 × 0 × 0 × Pan American Games 1 × 0 × 0 ×
Olympic games bronze Rio de Janeiro 2016 800 m  IAAF World Relays gold Nassau 2017 4 × 800 m  Pan American Games gold Toronto 2015 800 m
last change: April 30, 2019

Clayton Murphy (born February 26, 1995 in Greenville (Ohio) ) is an American middle -distance runner who specializes in the 800-meter distance .

In 2015 he won the Pan American Games in Toronto . In 2016 he finished third at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro .

Clayton Murphy graduated from the University of Akron . In 2016 he signed with the shoe manufacturer Nike , in the second half of 2017 he became part of the Nike Oregon Project .

Murphy is engaged to sprinter Ariana Washington .

Personal bests

• 800 m : 1: 42.93 min, August 15, 2016, Rio de Janeiro
  • Hall: 1: 45.94 min, January 26, 2019, Boston
• 1500 m : 3: 36.23 min, June 12, 2016, Portland

Web links

• Clayton Murphy in the database of World Athletics (English)

Footnotes

1. ↑ ^{a b} Team USA: Clayton Murphy .
2. ↑ Akron Zips: Clayton Murphy .
3. ^ Clayton Murphy Joins Nike Oregon Project. In: flotrack.org. August 23, 2017, accessed April 29, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Engaged Olympic Runners Clayton Murphy And Ariana Washington Dish On The Proposal And Their Upcoming Wedding. In: teamusa.org. February 14, 2019, accessed April 30, 2019 .