Eric Shauwn Brazas Cray is a Filipino-American track and field athlete who competes in sprinting and hurdling events. He represented the Philippines at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics, competing in the hurdles. He had won gold medals in the Southeast Asian Games in 2013 and 2015. He competed in his first Olympic Games in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro in the men’s 400m hurdles event. He placed 3rd in heat four of the first round with a time of 49.05 and qualified for the semifinals where he placed 7th in heat one with a time of 49.37 seconds.
Cray currently holds the Philippine record for the 400 meters hurdles and 100 meters. He set a new national record and games record in the 400 m hurdles while winning at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games, setting a time of 49.40 seconds. He also won the gold medal at the 400 m hurdles event at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships and took the silver in the 60 m Dash at the 2017 Asian Indoor Games in Asghartan, Turkmenistan. He won the gold medal in the 400 meters hurdles and helped in clinching the gold for his country in the mixed-gender 4x100 relay event at the 2019 SEA Games in the Philippines.
Cray currently holds the Philippine record for the 400 meters hurdles and 100 meters. He set a new national record and games record in the 400 m hurdles while winning at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games, setting a time of 49.40 seconds. He also won the gold medal at the 400 m hurdles event at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships and took the silver in the 60 m Dash at the 2017 Asian Indoor Games in Asghartan, Turkmenistan. He won the gold medal in the 400 meters hurdles and helped in clinching the gold for his country in the mixed-gender 4x100 relay event at the 2019 SEA Games in the Philippines.
GAMES
2016 Summer Olympics, Rio de Janeiro