| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | (1969-04-06) April 6, 1969 Springfield, Missouri, United States | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||
Jason Pyrah (born April 6, 1969, in Springfield, Missouri) is an American athlete who participated in the 1500-meter run at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. He did not qualify for the final in 1996, but did qualify in 2000, placing 10th.1
As a teenager, he attended Willard High School in Willard, Missouri where he excelled in track and field. He was a Missouri state track champion in multiple events over two years. Pyrah did not compete in the 1990–91 season because of a mission to Bolivia.2 Pyrah graduated from Brigham Young University in 1993. In 1994, he won the Fifth Avenue Mile, and in 1995, he won a bronze medal in the 1500-meter run at the Pan American Games. His mile best is a 3:55.
External links
External links
- Jason Pyrah at World Athletics
- Jason Pyrah at Olympedia
- Jason Pyrah at InterSportStats
References
References
- USA Track & Field biography Archived 2011-11-04 at the Wayback Machine
- "KSL-TV biography". Archived from the original on 2008-11-21. Retrieved 2010-03-04.