08/04/66 - London
1.86 tall. 2.37i (94) & 2.36 (91), 21.4 200 (93),
15.38 110H (91), 7.14w LJ (93), 14.93 TJ (86). 7th 86 Comm, 8th=
87 W Ind, 7th= 88 Oly, 2nd 89 Eur Ind, 4th 89 W Ind, 1st 89 Eur
Cup, 2nd 89 W Cup, 2nd 90 Comm, 4th= 90 Eur, 1st 91 Eur Cup, 4th
91 World, dnq 92 Oly, 4th= 93 W Ind, dnq 93 World, 1st 94 Eur
Ind, 3rd 94 Eur Cup, 9th= 94 Eur, 8th= 95 W Ind, dnq 95 World
& 96 Eur Ind, 3rd 96 Eur Cup, dnq 96 Oly. Ex-co-holder
Commonwealth record. Entered 91 World Champs final at 2.31 (world
record opening height; all others in by 2.24), then passed 2.34
before clearing UK record 2.36. His European indoor title in 94
was the first European senior gold medal by a British male high
jumper since Alan Paterson in 50 |
