Jeff Gutteridge

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Jeff Gutteridge
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1956-10-28) 28 October 1956 (age 68)
Slough, England
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Pole vault
Club Windsor, Slough & Eton AC
Medal record
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1982 Brisbane Pole vault

Jeffrey Gutteridge (born 28 October 1956) is an English former pole vaulter who represented Great Britain at two Summer Olympics. [1] He was the national pole vault champion on several occasions.

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Biography

Gutteridge, who is from Slough, competed in the qualifying rounds of the 1976 Summer Olympics, the youngest athlete in the field at 19-years of age. [2]

He represented England in the pole vault event, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada. [3] Four years later he represented England and won a silver medal at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia, behind Ray Boyd. [4] [5] [6]

At the 1984 Summer Olympics he qualified for the final after registering a 5.30m jump in the preliminary rounds. In the final he successfully cleared 5.10m and finished in 11th position. [7]

Gutteridge was a four-times British pole vault champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1983 AAA Championships, 1984 AAA Championships and 1987 AAA Championships [8] and by virtue of being the highest placed British athlete (with Keith Stock) in 1979. [9]

In 1988 he tested positive, while training, for anabolic steroids. He was given a life ban, which was later reduced. [10]

References

  1. "Olympedia – Jeff Gutteridge". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  2. "Athletics at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games: Men's Pole Vault". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  3. "1978 Athletes". Team England.
  4. "Sports Results, Detail". The Canberra Times . 14 October 1982. p. 26. Retrieved 19 December 2016 via National Library of Australia.
  5. "1982 Athletes". Team England.
  6. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  7. "Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's Pole Vault". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 30 August 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  8. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
  9. "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
  10. Mackay, Duncan (15 July 2002). "Whitlock and Wilkins face drug bans on eve of games". The Guardian . Retrieved 19 December 2016.