Sponsor: adidas
Throwing Shoe: Prototype adidas
Agent: Paul Doyle
Coach: Don Babbitt
College: Northeast Louisiana
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/225 lbs
Date of Birth: 10/19/1976
Javelin Personal Best: 287-8 (87.68), 2004
Now that Johnny Cash is gone, U.S. track & field fans have only one "man in black" to root for: javelin thrower Breaux Greer. "As far as the uniform… my choice is to wear all black," Greer says. "It is something that I have done since I started throwing. I want to be an individual when I compete, but I make sure the adidas logo is very
visible for everyone to see. If you notice, there are usually about 3 adidas symbols on my uniform (wristbands, visors, shirt, etc.) when I
compete. I have a good plan for this year’s Trials to set me apart from everyone else. It will be better than throwing with my shirt off at last year's nationals!" Knowing Greer, he will deliver. The brightest prospect in U.S. spear-chucking since making the Olympic team in ’96 at the ripe old age of 19, Greer has won the USATF javelin title each year since 2000. He placed 12th at the Sydney Olympics and 4th in the World Champs of ’01, his best season yet. Greer—who trains in Athens, Georgia, where Georgia assistant Don Babbitt mentors a star-studded group of post-collegiate throwers, including Sydney shot medalist Adam Nelson—underwent major shoulder surgery shortly after the ’02 Nationals in a calculated move to put a nagging injury behind him in time for the ’04 Olympic year. Breaux is proud that in ’03 he became the first javelin thrower to undergo such an operation and return the next season with a throw of more than 80 meters (262-5). A native of Monroe, Louisiana, Greer first threw his javelin into the journal-writing ring the week of his 27th birthday. | 
