Breaux Greer

Breaux Greer was the top American javelin thrower in the late 1990s and early 2000s, competing at the 2000, 2004, and 2008 Olympic Games. He attended college at the University of Louisiana at Monroe.

Greer competed at the World Championships in 2001, 2003, and 2007, winning a silver medal at the 2007 Worlds and was fourth in 2001. He won the 2004 World Athletics Final and was second at the 2001 Goodwill Games. At major invitationals, Greer won the 2005 Mt. SAC Relays, was second at the 2007 Bislett Games, and third at the 2006 Paris Diamond League Meeting.

Greer set four American records during his career, two in 2004 and two in 2007, with the final one being 91.29 m (291-6) at the 2007 USA National Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was world ranked in the top 10 three times – 2001, 2004, 2007 – with top rankings of second in 2004 and third in 2007. In American rankings he was in the top 10 from 1996-2007, missing only in 1999, and had a streak of eight consecutive years as the #1 American – 2000-07.