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Paul Crake

Paul Crake at 2006 Taipei 101 Run-Up
Personal information
Full name	Paul Crake
Born	(1976-12-06) 6 December 1976 Canberra, Australia
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider

Paul Crake (born 6 December 1976 in Canberra) is an Australian professional racing cyclist. Prior to turning to road cycling in 2003, Crake was a successful mountain runner and stairclimbing champion. Crake is a five-time winner of the Empire State Building Run-up, the current record holder in 9 minutes and 33 seconds and the only athlete having run under 10 minutes.

In November 2006, Crake underwent surgery in New Zealand for spinal injuries received in a bicycle crash.

Major results

Running

1998

1st Australian Mountain Running Championships

26th World Mountain Running Championships

1st Sydney Tower Run-up

1999

1st ESB Run-up (10'15")

2000

1st Sydney Tower Run-up

1st ESB Run-up (9'53")

2001

1st Sydney Tower Run-up

1st ESB Run-up (9'37")

17th World Mountain Running Championships

2002

1st Sydney Tower Run-up

1st ESB Run-up (9'40")

1st Australian Mountain Running Championship

16th World Mountain Running Championship

2003

1st ESB Run-up (9'33")

1st Gran Hotel Bali Run up (4´35´´), Europe's tallest hotel.

2005 & 2006

1st Taipei 101 Run up, world's tallest building in 2004-2010, 2nd tallest building in 2010-2012, 3rd tallest building in 2012-2014, 4th tallest building in 2014 & 2015, 5th tallest building in 2015, 6th tallest building in 2015 & 2016, and 7th tallest building in 2016-2020