26 Facts About Clayton Murphy

Clayton Murphy was born on February 26,1995 and is an American middle-distance runner.

Clayton Murphy won the bronze medal in the 800-meter run at the 2016 Olympic Games.

Clayton Murphy was the gold medalist in the 800-meter run at the 2015 Pan American Games.

Clayton Murphy ran collegiately for the University of Akron, before signing with Nike in June 2016 and joining the Nike Oregon Project.

Clayton Murphy is the son of Mark and Melinda Murphy.

Clayton Murphy attended Tri-Village High School and began to take part in track and field and cross country running while there.

Clayton Murphy enrolled at the University of Akron in fall 2013.

Clayton Murphy began to train with the Akron Zips college track team.

At the 2014 Mid-American Conference indoor meet, Clayton Murphy won the mile run and was runner-up over 3000 meters.

Clayton Murphy went on to win the outdoor conference title in the 1500 meters.

Clayton Murphy ran 3:44.53 for the distance that year to win the Mt.

Clayton Murphy placed well the following academic year with a 4th place at Mid American Conference Championships in Cross Country and twentieth place at 2015 NCAA Division I Great Lakes Region Cross Country Championships.

Clayton Murphy won 2016 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships in 800 metres.

Clayton Murphy won 1500 m at 2016 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 3:36.38.

Clayton Murphy won 12 Mid-American Conference titles, NCAA Division I 2016 Indoor 800 m title, NCAA Division I 2016 Outdoor 1500 m title and earned 4 NCAA Division I All-American awards.

Clayton Murphy ran personal records in each round and ended the competition in fourth place with a time of 1:45.59 for the 800m.

Clayton Murphy's roommate Ryan Martin was a medalist in the event.

Clayton Murphy was the first American in more than 15 years to win the title, following on from Johnny Gray's 1999 victory.

Clayton Murphy earned a silver medal in the 800 meters at the 2015 North American, Central American and Caribbean Championships.

Clayton Murphy chose to run the 800 meters at the 2016 United States Olympic Trials, which paid off.

Clayton Murphy won Bronze in the 800m at the 2016 Rio Olympics in a new personal record of 1:42.93, the fifth-fastest time ever by an American.

At the 2017 USATF 1 Mile Road Championships, Clayton Murphy finished first with a time of 4:00.0.

Clayton Murphy chose to compete in the 800 meters at the 2017 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships then compete in the 1500 meters at the same championships and ran 1:45.70 to make the final, but did not start in the 800 meters final after an injury in the 1500 meters final where he finished in 3:50.55 to place 13th in the 1500 meters.

Clayton Murphy joined Nike Oregon Project in August 2017 and moved to Portland in the Fall 2017 to train at the Nike headquarters with Matthew Centrowitz, the Rio Olympic gold medalist over 1500m.

Clayton Murphy won the 2020 Olympic Trials 800m in 1:43.17 to make his second Olympic team.

Clayton Murphy met fellow Olympian Ariana Washington over a game of Uno at the USA Track and Field Athletes Lounge in the Olympic Village at the 2016 Summer Games in Rio.