Philip Harries (born 7 April 1966) is a British athlete who competed at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

in 400m hurdles and at the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), was an internation ...

in bobsleigh.

Athletics

Harries was UK junior and senior champion in the 400 hurdles event in 1985 and 1988. He also competed at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada for Wales in the 400m hurdles event and was the Welsh record holder in that event from 1988 to 1999. As a 400m hurdler he represented Great Britain in Seoul, South Korea at the summer games in 1988 finishing fifth in his heat.

Bobsleigh

Fourteen years later he competed at the 2002 winter games in Salt Lake City, USA in the 4 man bobsleigh event, finishing in 13th place in the GB2 sled. Harries also spent 3 seasons competing for GB in the bobsleigh World Cup.

Teaching

Philip worked as a Design and Technology teacher at Tupton Hall School.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Harries, Philip 1966 births Living people Welsh male hurdlers Olympic athletes for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic bobsledders for Great Britain Bobsledders at the 2002 Winter Olympics British male bobsledders Commonwealth Games competitors for Wales Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games People from Holbrook, Derbyshire Sportspeople from Derbyshire