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Alistair Cragg was born on 13 June, 1980 in Johannesburg, South Africa, is an Irish long-distance runner. Discover Alistair Cragg's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 43 years old?

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Age 43 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 13 June 1980
Birthday 13 June
Birthplace Johannesburg, South Africa
Nationality South Africa

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Alistair Cragg Height, Weight & Measurements

At 43 years old, Alistair Cragg height is 6′ 0″ and Weight 134 lbs.

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Weight 134 lbs
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Alistair Cragg Net Worth

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1980

Alistair Ian Cragg (born 13 June 1980 in Johannesburg) is an international track and field athlete.

Born and brought up in South Africa, he has since lived in England and United States where he attended the University of Arkansas.

He races for Ireland and competes most often over 3000 metres and 5000 metres.

He holds the Irish national records in both the 5000 metres and the 10,000 metres.

He holds the European road running record in the 5 km in 13:26, set in Carlsbad, California.

Cragg's father was a coach in South Africa and now lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas with his wife.

1985

He qualified for an Irish passport on the basis of his Irish ancestry and first obtained Irish nationality in 1985.

It was seen as a controversial move as he had never lived in the country and only first visited when he was 24 years old.

He currently runs for Clonliffe Harriers, a club in Dublin.

1994

Alistair's older brother, Duncan, went to Southern Methodist University from 1994 to 1999.

1999

Alistair followed him there in 1999.

His first cross country season there, he was injured and finished the season poorly at the regional meet in Denton, Texas.

Arkansas coach John McDonnell saw him after the race and said something about how he should not run if he was injured.

The next spring, Alistair was the top freshman finisher in the 5000 m at the NCAA Championship meet, smashing SMU freshman records in that event.

The following autumn, one of Cragg's brothers died and Alistair dropped out of SMU.

After taking a year off, SMU had given away his scholarship and Alistair needed a new home.

McDonnell made room for him on the Arkansas roster.

Alistair had an outstanding college career with the Arkansas Razorbacks with McDonnell, winning individual NCAA titles at 3,000 m, 5,000 m and 10,000 m on the track, as well as indoor titles.

2003

Cragg declared for Ireland in 2003, having represented South Africa as a junior athlete in a cross country race.

Cragg made his début for Ireland at the 2003 European Cross Country Championships, where he finished a respectable 8th.

2004

In 2004, he was voted Southeastern Conference athlete of the year, and the Track and Field News magazine Collegiate Athlete of the Year.

Cragg is the University of Arkansas recordholder for 3,000 m and 5,000 m, and the only Razorback to win the 10,000, 5,000 and 1,500 meter races at a single SEC Outdoor Championship meet (2004).

He won seven NCAA championships while at the University of Arkansas including five indoors: 5000m (three straight from 2002-2004) and 3000m (2003 and 2004) and two outdoors: 10000m (2004) and 5000m (2003).

In the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens he finished as top European in the 5000 m at 12th place.

2005

Cragg won the gold medal in the 2005 European Indoor Championships for 3,000 m. Unfortunately for Cragg he could not build on this success as injury forced him to miss most of the outdoor season, including the 2005 IAAF Athletics World Championships.

2006

Cragg began the 2006 season well and finished 4th in the World Indoor Championships, just missing out on a medal.

He was one of the favourites to win a medal in the 5000 m at the European Championships, but dropped out whilst leading the slow run final with around 800 metres to go.

It is believed he had suffered an Achilles tendon injury.

2007

During the early part of the 2007 season, Cragg made Olympic 'A' standards for the 2008 Olympic Games in the 1500 metres, 5000 metres and 10,000 metres.

Whilst recording the standard in the latter event, he broke the seven-year-old Irish record for the distance.

Cragg finished second behind Cathal Lombard at the 2007 Irish Cross Country Championships, held in Belfast.

2008

In the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Cragg competed in the 1500 m and 5000 m track events.

He failed to qualify from heat section in the 1500m, finishing 8th with a time of 3:44.90.

In the first heat of the 5000 m, he finished sixth in his heat of the 5000 m with a time 13:38.57.

Immediately after this race, thinking he had failed to qualify, Cragg was emotional when he was interviewed about the pressures that are associated with being an Irish athlete.

He criticized Irish media, who he said, place too many demands on track and field athletes, and the Irish public, for criticizing the Olympic team too hastily.

He criticized Ireland's former middle-distance athletes for lambasting his performances, saying he could match the likes of Eamonn Coghlan and others in a race.

Cragg sat by himself watching the other two heats, dejected at his performance.

However, it turned out that he had qualified for his second Olympic final as a fastest loser, with the sixth fastest time of all the qualifiers.

He went on to participate in the 5,000-metre final, but did not finish.