Grant Cremer (born 9 June 1978 in

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

) is a retired

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

n middle-distance runner who specialised in the

800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ...

. He competed at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

, which took place in his native Sydney, reaching the semifinals. He has personal bests of 1:45.21 in the 800 metres (1999) and 2:16.61 in the

1000 metres The 1000 metres is an uncommon middle-distance running event in track and field competitions. The 1000 yards, an imperial alternative, was sometimes also contested. All-time top 25 *h = hand timed *i = indoor performance *A = affected by ...

(2000). The latter was the previous standing national record before Peter Bol set a new national record at the Tokyo Olympics.

Competition record

References

1978 births Living people Australian male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes for Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes from Sydney Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games {{Australia-athletics-bio-stub