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| Nationality |  England | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 October 1925 Croydon, London | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 September 2017 (aged 91) [1] | ||||||||||||||
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Timothy Donald Anderson (16 October 1925 – 22 September 2017) was a British pole vaulter who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. [2] He also represented England and won a gold medal in pole vault at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand. [3] [4]
The men's pole vault competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 25–27 August. Thirty-nine athletes from 25 nations competed. The event was won by Timothy Mack of the United States, the nation's 18th victory in the men's pole vault. Toby Stevenson took silver, making it the second consecutive Games that Americans finished 1st and 2nd. Giuseppe Gibilisco's bronze was Italy's first medal in the event.
Daniel "Danny" Ecker is a former German athlete competing in the pole vault.
Saint Lucia competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics which were held in Sydney, Australia from 13 September to 1 October. Saint Lucia sent five athletes to the 2000 Summer Olympics, Ron Promesse, Dominic Johnson, Vernetta Lesforis, Jamie Peterkin, and Sherri Henry. While none of the athletes form Saint Lucia won an Olympic medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics, Jamie Promesse placed first in his heat for the men's 50-metre freestyle.
Timothy William Bright is a retired American decathlete and pole vaulter.
Frederick Morgan "Fred" Hansen is an American former athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault.
Jan Johnson is an American former athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault. He graduated in 1972 from the University of Alabama, where he holds the school record in the pole vault at 18 feet, 1/2 inch.
Janine Whitlock is an English pole vaulter.
The men's pole vault was an event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Nineteen athletes from 12 nations competed. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The final was held on the third day of the track and field competition, on Monday November 26, 1956. The event was won by Bob Richards of the United States, the nation's 13th consecutive victory in the event. Richards was the first man to successfully defend Olympic gold in the pole vault; he was also the first man to win three total medals in the event. For the second straight Games, the American team went 1–2, this time with Bob Gutowski taking silver. Georgios Roubanis's bronze was Greece's first pole vault medal since 1896, and Greece's first Olympic medal overall since 1920.
Saint Lucia sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The 2008 Saint Lucian team included four athletes that competed in two sports: swimming and athletics. Of these four athletes, Danielle Beaubrun, at age 18, was the youngest of the competitors. Dominic Johnson, at age 32, was the oldest, and was the only man sent as part of the 2008 delegation; additionally, Johnson was the only Saint Lucian athlete in the 2008 delegation who had previously participated in the Olympics.
Geoffrey Michael Elliott was a pole vaulter, shot putter and decathlete from England. He was born in Ilford.
Victor Willoughby Pickard was a Canadian track and field athlete who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and in the 1928 Summer Olympics. In 1924 he finished fifth the pole vault event and 28th in the javelin throw competition. Four years later he finished fourth in the pole vault contest. Pickard won the pole vault event at the 1930 British Empire Games.
Brian Roger Leslie Hooper in Sheerwater, Woking, Surrey is a former British Olympic pole vaulter, athletics coach and winner of the 1982 World Superstars Championship.
Andrew "Andy" John Ashurst is male British former pole vaulter.
Eleanor Louise McKenzie was a Canadian track and field sprinter in the late 1940s and 1950s. She was born in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Frederick Richard Webster was a British Army officer (brigadier) and Olympic pole vaulter.
The pole vault at the Summer Olympics is grouped among the four track and field jumping events held at the multi-sport event. The men's pole vault has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the first Summer Olympics in 1896. The women's event is one of the latest additions to the programme, first being contested at the 2000 Summer Olympics – along with the addition of the hammer throw, this brought the women's field event programme to parity with the men's.
Jeffrey "Jeff" Gutteridge is an English former pole vaulter who represented Great Britain at two Summer Olympics. He was the national pole vault champion on several occasions.
Laurence Temple Bond was a British athlete. He competed in the men's pole vault at the 1928 Summer Olympics. He also competed in the pole vault at the 1930 British Empire Games for England.
Keith Frank Stock is a male retired British athlete. Stock competed in the men's pole vault at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He represented England in the pole vault event, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Kevin Michael Hughes is a British former athlete. He competed in the men's pole vault at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He represented England in the pole vault event, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Four years later he represented England again in the pole vault at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.
Commonwealth Games champions in men's pole vault | |
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