Keith Stock

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Keith Stock
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1957-03-18) 18 March 1957 (age 68)
Woolwich, London, England
Height176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
EventPole vault
Club Haringey AC

Keith Frank Stock (born 18 March 1957) is a British male retired athlete who competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics. [1]

Biography

Stock finished third behind Australian Ray Boyd in the pole vault event at the 1975 AAA Championships. [2]

He was denied winning an AAA title outright by fellow British pole vaulters Jeff Gutteridge and Brian Hooper but was considered the British pole vault champion by virtue of being the highest placed British athlete at the 1979 AAA Championships, 1981 AAA Championships and the 1985 AAA Championships. [3] [4]

Stock competed in the men's pole vault He represented England in the pole vault event, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia. [5] [6]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Keith Stock Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Stewart Mystery" . Sunday Mirror. 3 August 1975. Retrieved 31 May 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
  4. ↑ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
  5. ↑ "1982 Athletes". Team England.
  6. ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 2 October 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
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