Jason Pyrah (born April 6, 1969, in

Springfield, Missouri Springfield is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and the county seat of Greene County. The city's population was 169,176 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Springfield metropolitan area, which had an estimat ...

) is an American athlete who participated in the 1500-meter run at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. He did not qualify for the final in 1996, but did qualify in 2000, placing 10th. As a teenager he attended Willard High School in

Willard, Missouri Willard is a city in Greene County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 6,344. It is part of the Springfield, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. History The City of Willard was founded in 1884 and incorp ...

where he excelled in track and field. He was a Missouri state track champion in multiple events over two years. Pyrah did not compete in the 1990–91 season because of a mission to Bolivia. Pyrah graduated from

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in 1993. In 1994, he won the Fifth Avenue Mile, and in 1995, he won a bronze medal in the 1500-meter run at the

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. His mile best is a 3:55.

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Living people 1969 births American male middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic track and field athletes for the United States Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Sportspeople from Springfield, Missouri Track and field athletes from Missouri BYU Cougars men's track and field athletes Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games 20th-century American people {{US-middledistance-athletics-bio-stub