Philip Harries

Phil Harries
Personal information
Full name	Philip James Charles Harries
Nationality	British
Born	(1966-04-07) 7 April 1966 Holbrook, Derbyshire, England
Sport
Country	Great Britain
Sport	Athletics Bobsleigh
Updated on 20 September 2016.

Philip Harries (born 7 April 1966) is a British athlete who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in 400m hurdles and at the 2002 Winter Olympics in bobsleigh.^[1]

Athletics

Harries was UK junior and senior champion in the 400 hurdles event in 1985 and 1988. He also competed at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada for Wales in the 400m hurdles event and was the Welsh record holder in that event from 1988 to 1999.

As a 400m hurdler he represented Great Britain in Seoul, South Korea at the summer games in 1988 finishing fifth in his heat.^[2]

Bobsleigh

Fourteen years later he competed at the 2002 winter games in Salt Lake City, USA in the 4 man bobsleigh event, finishing in 13th place in the GB2 sled.^[2] Harries also spent 3 seasons competing for GB in the bobsleigh World Cup.

References

↑ "Phil Harries". Team GB. British Olympic Association. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
1 2 "Phil Harries". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 20 September 2016.

UK National Championship winners in men's 400 metres hurdles

1977-1997	1977 Peter Kelly 1978 Bill Hartley 1979-80 Gary Oakes 1981 Bill Hartley 1982 Gary Oakes 1983 Phil Beattie 1984 Martin Briggs 1985 Phil Beattie 1986 Max Robertson 1987 Kriss Akabusi & Max Robertson 1988 Philip Harries 1989 Max Robertson 1990 Kriss Akabusi 1991 Max Robertson 1992 Kriss Akabusi 1993 Gary Cadogan 1997 Chris Rawlinson

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