Breaux Greer

Breaux Greer

Greer at the 2007 World Athletics Championships
Personal information
Born	(1976-10-19) October 19, 1976 (age 48) Houston, Texas, U.S.
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	102 kg (225 lb)
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Track and field
Event	Javelin throw
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	NACACR 91.36 m (2007)
Medal record Representing  USA World Championships 2007 Osaka Javelin

Breaux Greer (born October 19, 1976) is a retired American track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. After attending Ouachita Parish High School and the University of Louisiana at Monroe, he went on to be the current American record holder in the event, with a throw of 91.29 m (299.5 ft), achieved on June 21, 2007, at the 2007 USA Outdoor Championships. With it, he is currently ranked as the #15 thrower in history.This was also the best throw in the world for almost eight years until surpassed by Julius Yego in 2015. He is an eight-time American Champion, consecutively from 2000 until 2007. His coach was Finnish javelin thrower Kari Ihalainen.

Greer appeared on the second season of the 2008 version of American Gladiators as Hurricane.^[1]