Greg Lewis (sprinter)

Gregory "Greg" Lewis (born 9 December 1946 in Victoria) is a former Australian Olympic athlete who competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres.

Greg Lewis
Personal information
Born9 December 1946 (1946-12-09) (age 73)
Victoria, Australia
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Australia
Commonwealth Games
1974 Christchurch 4 x 100 metres

Achievements

Lewis won six Australian Championships during his career and represented Australia at the 1968 Olympic Games and two Commonwealth Games. In his final international competition, the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, Lewis won a gold medal as part of the victorious Australian 4 x 100 metres relay team.[1]

Additional information

In 1972, Lewis married Commonwealth Games High jumper Carolyn Wright. Their daughter Tamsyn Manou is a three-time Olympian, specialising in the 800 metres, who has won three Commonwealth Games relay gold medals and one World Indoor 800m gold medal.[2]

Statistics

Personal Bests[3]

Event Performance Wind Place Date
100y9.4Melbourne, Australia16 March 1966
100m (hand)10.1+0.8Melbourne, Australia11 November 1972
100m (auto)10.46+0.8Auckland, New Zealand26 January 1974
200m20.53+0.6Mexico City, Mexico16 October 1968
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See also

References
  1. "Athletics Australia profile - Greg Lewis". athletics.com.au. Archived from the original on 23 October 2007.
  2. "Melbourne 2006 - Tamsyn Lewis profile". melb2006.com.
  3. "Athletics Australia - all time performances". athletics.com.au. Archived from the original on 3 February 2009.


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