Greg Lewis (sprinter)
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Gregory Lewis (born 9 December 1946) is an Australian retired Olympic athlete who competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres.
Achievements
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]Personal Bests[3]
| Event | Performance | Wind | Place | Date |
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| 100y | 9.4 | Melbourne, Australia | 16 March 1966 | |
| 100m (hand) | 10.1 | +0.8 | Melbourne, Australia | 11 November 1972 |
| 100m (auto) | 10.46 | +0.8 | Auckland, New Zealand | 26 January 1974 |
| 200m | 20.53 | +0.6 | Mexico City, Mexico | 16 October 1968 |
See also
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- 1946 births
- Living people
- Australian men sprinters
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games athletes for Australia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
- Olympic athletes for Australia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Australia
- Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
- Sportsmen from Victoria (state)
- Australian Athletics Championships winners
- 20th-century Australian sportsmen
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics