Philip Harries
{{short description|British athlete (born 2005)}}
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{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Philip Harries
| fullname =
| nationality = British (English)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|04|07|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Holbrook, Derbyshire, England
| height =183 cm
| weight =88 kg
| sport = Athletics
Bobsleigh
| event = 400m hurdles
|club = Derby & County AC
}}
Philip James Charles Harries (born 7 April 1966) is a British athlete who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in 400m hurdles{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69119 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=22 June 2025}} and at the 2002 Winter Olympics in bobsleigh.
Biography
He grew up in Allestree.Derby Evening Telegraph Monday 9 November 1998, page 18 Harries was UK junior champion in the 400m hurdles event in 1985. 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.
Harries finished second behind Max Robertson at the 1988 AAA Championships.{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=22 June 2025}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=22 June 2025}} and also represented Great Britain at the 1989 and 1991 World Student Games (Universiade) in Duisburg and Sheffield in the 400m hurdles (1989) and the 200m and 4x100 m relay (1991).
As a 400m hurdler he represented Great Britain at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea, finishing fifth in his heat.{{cite web | url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/phil-harries-1.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040855/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/phil-harries-1.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=18 April 2020 | title=Phil Harries | work=Sports-Reference.com | accessdate=20 September 2016}}
Bobsleigh
References
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Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic bobsledders for Great Britain
Category:Bobsledders at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Category:British male bobsledders
Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for Wales
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
Category:People from Allestree