John Eamon Gay (born 7 November 1996) is a Canadian track and field athlete who specializes in the

3000 metres steeplechase The 3000 metres steeplechase or 3000-meter steeplechase (usually abbreviated as ) is the most common distance for the steeplechase in track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, a ...

. He competed in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the

2019 World Athletics Championships The 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships () was the seventeenth edition of the biennial, global athletics competition organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), since renamed World Athletics. It was held betw ...

held in Doha, Qatar. He did not qualify to compete in the final. In 2017, he competed in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the Summer Universiade held in Taipei, Taiwan. He finished in 11th place. In 2019, he competed in the senior men's race at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships held in Aarhus, Denmark. He finished in 102nd place. In June 2021, at the 2021 Canadian Olympic Trials, he established his personal best on 3,000 m steeple with 8:20.68 at Complexe Sportif Claude-Robillard, Montréal. He competed in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

held in Tokyo, Japan. Competing in the

2023 World Athletics Cross Country Championships The 2023 World Athletics Cross Country Championships took place on 18 February 2023 in Bathurst, Australia. It was the event's 44th edition and the second time after Auckland in 1988 that the championships were held in Oceania. In March 2020 th ...

, Gay placed 44th, the fastest among the Canadian team.

Personal bests

Outdoor *

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...

– 3:41.13 (

Portland Portland most commonly refers to: * Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States * Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ...

2022) *

Mile The mile, sometimes the international mile or statute mile to distinguish it from other miles, is a British imperial unit and United States customary unit of distance; both are based on the older English unit of length equal to 5,280 English ...

– 3:58.14 ( Burnaby 2021) *

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...

– 8:03.91 ( Melbourne 2023) *

2000 metres steeplechase The 2000 meter steeplechase is a rarely run senior athletics and a standard youth athletics event for the steeplechase in track and field. The event is part of the athletics programme for boys and girls at the IAAF World Youth Championships in At ...

– 5:34.29 ( Victoria 2021) *

– 8:16.99 ( Tokyo 2021) *

5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a stan ...

– 13:29.82 ( Birmingham 2022) *

10,000 metres The 10,000 metres or the 10,000-metre run is a common long-distance track running event. The event is part of the athletics programme at the Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships, and is common at championship level events. The race ...

– 28:18.10 ( Burnaby 2020) Road * 5K – 13:58 (

Moncton Moncton (; ) is the most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of New Brunswick. Situated in the Petitcodiac River Valley, Moncton lies at the geographic centre of the The Maritimes, Maritime Provinces. The ...

2022) Indoor *

– 7:45.34 (

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ...

2022) *

– 13:46.45 ( Boston 2022)

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* * 1996 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Canadian male cross country runners Canadian male steeplechase runners Competitors at the 2017 Summer Universiade Olympic track and field athletes for Canada World Athletics Championships athletes for Canada Sportspeople from Kelowna 21st-century Canadian people {{Canada-athletics-bio-stub