Grant won a total number of four national titles for Great Britain (AAA Championships) in the men's high jump event.

His personal best jump is 2.36 metres, achieved at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo.

He represented England in the high jump, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.

[8] Grant was born in Hackney to parents from Jamaica and lived in Brooke Road, Upper Clapton.

Grant was appointed president of the South of England Athletics Association for 2010–2011.