Paul Crake

Paul Crake
	Paul Crake at 2006 Taipei 101 Run-Up
Personal information
Full name	Paul Crake
Born	6 December 1976 (age 49); 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.^[1]^[2]

In November 2006, Crake underwent surgery in New Zealand for spinal injuries received in a bicycle crash.^[3]

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

References

↑ Paul Crake
↑ Empire State Building : Official Internet Site Archived 2 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
↑ http://www.olympics.com.au/news.cfm?ArticleID=8653 ^{[dead link]}

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[1] Paul Crake

[2] Empire State Building : Official Internet Site Archived 2 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine

[3] ttp://www.olympics.com.au/news.cfm?ArticleID=8653 ^{[dead link]}

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Major results

References