Clay Cross (born 26 November 1977 in

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) is an Australian

shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...

ter. He won the Australian championships in 1996, 1997, 1999 and 2005. Cross trained at the Randwick-Botany Little Athletics Club. He attended

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. In 1994, he won the Australian championships in the under-18 category; in the same year, he won silver in the 1994 World School Sport Games; and he was awarded bronze in the

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. He trained with

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. His personal best is 19.42 metres, achieved in June 2004. This result makes him the all-time number one for

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. His brother

Ryan Cross Ryan Cross (born 6 October 1979) is a former Rugby Union footballer for Racing Metro 92 after signing from USA Perpignan in the French Top 14. He previously played for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition, the West ...

is a rugby league/rugby union player, and his father

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played rugby league in the 1966 Grand Final.

Achievements

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External links

2006 Commonwealth Games bio

1977 births Living people Australian male shot putters Athletes from Sydney Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia 20th-century Australian people 21st-century Australian people {{Australia-athletics-bio-stub