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Mark Crear

Personal information
Full name	Mark James Crear
Born	October 2, 1968 (1968-10-02) (age 56) San Francisco, California, U.S.
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  United States Olympic Games Silver 1996 Atlanta 110 m hurdles Bronze 2000 Sydney 110 m hurdles

Mark James Crear (born October 2, 1968) is a double Olympic medalist in the 110 m hurdles from the United States. In 1996 he was second behind Allen Johnson. Four years later he came in third behind Anier García and silver medalist Terrence Trammell. Mark's personal best was 12.98 seconds.

Crear went to Rowland High School, in the Rowland Heights area of southern California, where he finished second in the 300 meters hurdles and fourth in the 110 meters hurdles at the 1987 CIF California State Meet. He then went to the University of Southern California, where he won the 1992 National Championship in the 110 meters hurdles. He still holds the USC school record in the hurdles.

Mark Crear has been around the world presenting motivational keynotes and peak performance workshops to various corporations and organizations at all levels across a variety of industries. This USC alumnus has over 15 years of Olympic level peak performance success, who first captured attention by winning the 1996 Olympic silver medal with a broken arm and the 2000 Olympic bronze medal with a double hernia (110M High Hurdles Track & Field).

After winning the silver medal in 1996, Crear carried his infant daughter Ebony in his victory lap around the Olympic Stadium. Ebony ran for Maranatha High School and later Long Beach Poly, making the finals of the CIF California State Meet in the 100 meters hurdles once for each school and anchoring Poly to the 2014 state championship in the 4 × 400 meters relay before moving on to Texas A&M University.

Personal bests

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the  United States
1994	Goodwill Games	Saint Petersburg, Russia	1st	110 m hurdles
1996	Summer Olympics	Atlanta, United States	2nd	110 m hurdles
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	7th	110 m hurdles
1998	Goodwill Games	Uniondale, New York	1st	110 m hurdles
2000	Summer Olympics	Sydney, Australia	3rd	110 m hurdles
2001	Goodwill Games	Brisbane, Australia	6th	110 m hurdles

Track records

As of 15 September 2024, Crear holds the following track records for 110 metres hurdles.

A performance in red text is wind-assisted.

See also

In Spanish: Mark Crear para niños