|
}} Martin Christian Grau (born 26 March 1992) is a German track and field athlete who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He holds a personal best of 8:24.29 minutes for the event, set in 2014. He was the gold medallist at the 2015 Summer Universiade. ==Career== Born in Höchstadt, Grau joined the local athletics club LSC Höchstadt/Aisch. His twin brother, Bastian Grau, also took up distance running.〔Marx, Wolfram (2014-11-25). (Martin und Bastian Grau: "Das gemeinsame Ziel heißt Rio" ) . Leichathletik. Retrieved on 2015-07-15.〕 His international debut came at the age of eighteen, when he finished eleventh at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics.〔(Martin Grau Honours ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-07-15.〕 He had his first international success at the 2011 European Athletics Junior Championships, where he was the steeplechase bronze medallist. He also ran in the junior race at the 2011 European Cross Country Championships that year, finishing 53rd.〔(Martin Grau ). European Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-07-15.〕 Grau improved his steeplechase best to 8:47.43 minutes in 2012,〔 then became the German under-23 champion in 2013.〔(Martin Grau ). Leichathletik. Retrieved on 2015-07-15.〕 He ran at the 2013 European Athletics U23 Championships, but failed to make it to the final.〔(European Athletics U23 Championships - Tampere (FIN) - 10 - 14 July 2013 - Results - Day 3 ). European Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-07-15.〕 After setting a personal best of 8:24.29 minutes in June 2014, he established himself as a senior athlete with a second-place finish behind France's Yoann Kowal at the 2014 European Team Championships Super League.〔 At the 2014 German Athletics Championships he claimed the runner-up spot behind the more established Steffen Uliczka.〔 He was selected to run for Germany at the 2014 European Athletics Championships, but finished only 13th in the final after having qualified as the second fastest athlete.〔(2014 European Championships Men's Steeplechase Results ). European Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-07-15.〕 He returned to the European Team Championships in 2015, but managed only fourth on that occasion.〔 The 2015 Universiade was the venue of his first international steeplechase title, where he beat all-comers in the student event with a run of 8:31.55 minutes.〔Mulkeen, Jon (2015-07-11). (Sprint double for Zyabkina at World University Games ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-07-15.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Martin Grau」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|