# Eric Cray
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{{Short description|Filipino-American track and field athlete}}
{{Philippine name|Brazas|Cray}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| headercolor =
| name = Eric Cray
| honorific_suffix = [OLY](/source/OLY)
| image = Eric Cray (cropped).jpg
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| caption = Cray in 2017
| birth_name =
| fullname = Eric Shauwn Cray
| nickname =
| nationality = [Filipino](/source/Philippines)/[American](/source/United_States)
| residence =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|11|6}}
| birth_place = [Olongapo](/source/Olongapo), [Philippines](/source/Philippines)
| death_date =
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| height = {{convert|176|cm|ftin|order=flip}}
| weight = {{convert|70|kg|lb|order=flip}}
| website =
| country = {{flag|Philippines}}
| sport = [Track and field](/source/Track_and_field)
| event = [400 metres hurdles](/source/400_metres_hurdles)
[100 metres](/source/100_metres)
[60 metres](/source/60_metres)
| collegeteam =
| club =
| team =
| turnedpro =
| coach = Keith Sharper (2014)
[Davian Clarke](/source/Davian_Clarke) (2015)
| retired =
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| highestranking =
| pb = {{ubl|{{nowrap|'''100 m:''' 10.25 (2015, '''NR''')}}|{{nowrap|'''400 m hurdles''': 48.98 (2016, '''NR''')}}}}
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's [athletics](/source/Athletics_(sport))}}
{{MedalCountry| {{PHI}} }}
{{MedalCount|total=yes
|[Asian Athletics Championships](/source/Asian_Athletics_Championships)|1|0|0
|[Asian Indoor Championships](/source/Asian_Indoor_Athletics_Championships)|0|0|1
|[Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games](/source/Indoor_athletics_at_the_Asian_Indoor_and_Martial_Arts_Games)|0|1|0
|[Southeast Asian Games](/source/Southeast_Asian_Games)|8|1|2
}}
{{MedalCompetition|[Asian Athletics Championships](/source/Asian_Athletics_Championships)}}
{{MedalGold |[2017 Buhbaneswar](/source/2017_Asian_Athletics_Championships)|[Men's 400 m hurdles](/source/2017_Asian_Athletics_Championships)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[Asian Indoor Championships](/source/Asian_Indoor_Athletics_Championships)}}
{{MedalBronze |[2016 Doha](/source/2016_Asian_Indoor_Athletics_Championships)|[Men's 60 m](/source/2016_Asian_Indoor_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Results)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games](/source/Asian_Indoor_and_Martial_Arts_Games)}}
{{MedalSilver |[2017 Ashgabat](/source/2017_Asian_Indoor_and_Martial_Arts_Games)|[Men's 60 m](/source/Indoor_athletics_at_the_2017_Asian_Indoor_and_Martial_Arts_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_60_metres)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[Southeast Asian Games](/source/Southeast_Asian_Games)}}
{{MedalGold |[2013 Naypyidaw](/source/2013_Southeast_Asian_Games)|[400 m hurdles](/source/Athletics_at_the_2013_Southeast_Asian_Games)}}
{{MedalGold |[2015 Singapore](/source/2015_Southeast_Asian_Games)|[100 m](/source/Athletics_at_the_2015_Southeast_Asian_Games)}}
{{MedalGold |[2015 Singapore](/source/2015_Southeast_Asian_Games)|[400 m hurdles](/source/Athletics_at_the_2015_Southeast_Asian_Games)}}
{{MedalGold |[2017 Kuala Lumpur](/source/2017_Southeast_Asian_Games)|[400 m hurdles](/source/Athletics_at_the_2017_Southeast_Asian_Games)}}
{{MedalGold |[2019 Philippines](/source/2019_Southeast_Asian_Games)|[4×100 m mixed relay](/source/Athletics_at_the_2019_Southeast_Asian_Games)}}
{{MedalGold |[2019 Philippines](/source/2019_Southeast_Asian_Games)|[400 m hurdles](/source/Athletics_at_the_2019_Southeast_Asian_Games)}}
{{MedalGold |[2021 Vietnam](/source/2021_Southeast_Asian_Games)|[400 m hurdles](/source/Athletics_at_the_2021_Southeast_Asian_Games)}}
{{MedalGold |[2023 Cambodia](/source/2023_Southeast_Asian_Games)|[400 m hurdles](/source/Athletics_at_the_2023_Southeast_Asian_Games)}}
{{MedalSilver |[2017 Kuala Lumpur](/source/2017_Southeast_Asian_Games)|[100 m](/source/Athletics_at_the_2017_Southeast_Asian_Games)}}
{{MedalBronze |[2017 Kuala Lumpur](/source/2017_Southeast_Asian_Games)|[4×100 m relay](/source/Athletics_at_the_2017_Southeast_Asian_Games)}}
{{MedalBronze |[2019 Philippines](/source/2019_Southeast_Asian_Games)|[4×100 m relay](/source/Athletics_at_the_2019_Southeast_Asian_Games)}}
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'''Eric Shauwn Brazas Cray''' (born November 6, 1988) is a Filipino-American [track and field](/source/track_and_field) athlete who competes in [sprinting](/source/sprint_(running)) and [hurdling](/source/hurdling) events. He represented the [Philippines](/source/Philippines) at the [2013 World Championships in Athletics](/source/2013_World_Championships_in_Athletics), competing in the hurdles.[[http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/philippines/eric-cray-247095#honours Eric Cray Honours]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-06-10.] He won gold medals at the [Southeast Asian Games](/source/Southeast_Asian_Games) in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2023. Cray currently holds the Filipino [national record](/source/List_of_Filipino_records_in_athletics) for the [400 metres hurdles](/source/400_metres_hurdles) and [100 metres](/source/100_metres).
==Early life and education==
Cray was born in [Olongapo](/source/Olongapo) to Ellis Jr. and Maria Cray Fish, before moving to [Sacramento, California](/source/Sacramento%2C_California). His mother is a Filipina caregiver working in the U.S., while his father is an American cab driver. He has three sisters.[{{cite web|title=Eric Cray|url=http://www.soonersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=208794214|website=Oklahoma Sooner Sports|publisher=University of Oklahoma Intercollegiate Athletics|access-date=12 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805181416/http://www.soonersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=208794214|archive-date=5 August 2017|url-status=dead}}][{{cite web|url=https://www.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/Biographies/Athletes_Profile/?ParticCode=5114498&lang=en |title=Athletes_Profile | Biographies | Sports |publisher=incheon2014ag.org |access-date=2015-05-25 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525034915/https://www.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/Biographies/Athletes_Profile/?ParticCode=5114498&lang=en |archive-date=2015-05-25 }}] He studied at [James Madison High School](/source/James_Madison_High_School_(San_Antonio)) in [San Antonio](/source/San_Antonio), [Texas](/source/Texas) in the United States for his secondary education.[[http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/501894/sports/running/sea-games-eric-cray-breaks-hurdles-record-to-cop-another-gold-for-phl Eric Cray breaks hurdles record to cop another gold for PHL]. GMANetwork (2015-06-10). Retrieved on 2015-06-10.][[https://www.rappler.com/sports/95934-eric-cray-sea-games-400m-gold/ Eric Cray breaks SEA Games record for 400m hurdles, wins gold]. Rappler (2015-06-10). Retrieved on 2015-06-10.] Cray managed to win a bronze at the 60 m event at the [2016 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships](/source/2016_Asian_Indoor_Athletics_Championships).[{{cite news|last1=Terrado|first1=Reuben|title=Eric Cray takes bronze medal in 60-meter dash in Asian Indoor Athletics Championship in Doha|url=http://www.spin.ph/athletics/news/eric-cray-bronze-medal-asian-indoor-athletics-championship-60-meter-dash-doha|access-date=22 February 2016|publisher=Sports Interactive Network Philippines|date=21 February 2016}}] While he only finished seventh in the 400 m hurdles semifinals at the [2016 Summer Olympics](/source/2016_Summer_Olympics) with [a time of 49.37 seconds](/source/Philippines_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics), which itself already broke his national and Southeast Asian Games record, he set a better record earlier during the Heat 4 qualifying event with [a time of 49.05](/source/Athletics_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_400_metres_hurdles).
Cray won the gold medal at the [400 meter hurdles event](/source/2017_Asian_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_400_metres_hurdles) at the [2017 Asian Athletics Championships](/source/2017_Asian_Athletics_Championships) clocking 49.57 seconds ending his country's 8 year gold drought in the continental tournament.[{{cite news|title=Eric Cray wins gold in India tilt|url=http://sports.inquirer.net/255633/eric-cray-wins-gold-in-22nd-asian-athletics-championships|access-date=10 July 2017|publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer|date=9 July 2017}}]
Cray took the silver in the 60m Dash at the 2017 Asian Indoor Games in Asghartan, Turkmenistan.[{{Cite web|title=Athletics Results Book|url=http://www.ocagames.com/orb/files/3/35/AIMAG_AT_resultsBook.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802080856/http://www.ocagames.com/orb/files/3/35/AIMAG_AT_resultsBook.pdf|archive-date=2 August 2020|access-date=2 August 2020|website=2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games}}]
At the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, Cray had a poor opening to his campaign after he was disqualified in the 100 meter run after two [false start](/source/false_start)s. However he redeemed himself after winning the gold medal in the 400 meter hurdles and helped clinch the gold for his country in the mixed-gender 4x100 relay event.[{{cite news |last1=Henson |first1=Joaquin |title=Memorable moments in 30th SEA Games |url=https://www.philstar.com/sports/2019/12/14/1976894/memorable-moments-30th-sea-games |access-date=15 December 2019 |work=The Philippine Star |date=14 December 2019}}]
==Personal life==
In 2015, Cray reportedly had a fiancé and two children. His sisters are involved in sports; two were track and field athletes and one is a basketball coach, and another is a licensed cosmetologist. He considers American sprinter [Michael Johnson](/source/Michael_Johnson_(sprinter)) his hero in the sport.