Joseph Gray (athlete)

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Joe Gray athletics
nation United StatesUnited States United States
birthday 1984
place of birth Lakewood (Washington) , United States
Career
status active
Medal table
Mountain running world championships 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
Mountain running world championships
gold Saparewa Banja 2016 Mountain run
last change: September 20, 2018

Joseph Gray (* 1984 in Lakewood ) is an American long-distance runner , world champion in mountain running (2016) and world champion in snowshoeing (2017).

Career

"Joe" Gray studied sociology at Oklahoma State University until 2006

In 2015 he received the "USA Mountain Runner of The Year Award". He has been with the Merrell Ambassador Team since 2016 .

In September 2016 he became mountain running world champion in Bulgaria - alongside the Austrian Andrea Mayr .

In February 2017 he became world champion in snowshoeing.

He lives in Colorado Springs .

Sporting successes

Mountain run
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
Sep 11 2016 1 Mountain running world championships 2016 BulgariaBulgaria Sapareva Banya 01:02:12 Mountain running world champion (12.7 km with 1468 m)
04th Sep 2016 1 Pfänder run AustriaAustria Bregenz 00: 20: 46.7 new course record (3350 m and 605 m)
July 25, 2015 3 US Mountain Running Championships United StatesUnited States Bend 00:46:51 National championships, behind Patrick Smyth and Andy Wacker (female winner : Morgan Arritola )
 Sep 2009 1 Pfänder run AustriaAustria Bregenz 00: 20: 56.69
Snowshoeing
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
25 Feb 2017 1 World Snowshoe Championships United StatesUnited States Saranac Lake 28: 22.05 World champion snowshoeing

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mountain Runner Joseph Gray Joins Merrell Ambassador Team (December 24, 2015)
  2. ↑ Joe Gray leads men to top of podium at World Mountain Running Championships, Team USA women take bronze (September 12, 2016)
  3. ↑ Joe Gray is a One-of-a-Kind Mountain Runner (October 10, 2014)
  4. ↑ New record at the Pfänder run (September 13, 2016)
  5. ↑ 2015 US Mountain Running Championships Results (July 25, 2015)
personal data
SURNAME Gray, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American long distance runner
DATE OF BIRTH 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Lakewood