29/03/73 - Liverpool
1.86 tall. 2.38i (Comm rec; 94) & 2.37 (92 &
93), 11.2 100 (93), 7.51 LJ (92) & 7.65w (93), 13.61 TJ (89).
dnq 90 W Jnr, dnq 91 W Ind, 1st 91 Eur Jnr, dnq 91 World, 1st 92
Eur U/23 Cup, 12th 92 Oly, 1st 92 W Jnr, 3rd 93 W Ind, 3rd 93
World, 2nd= 94 Eur, 2nd 94 Comm (after jump-off with Tim
Forsyth), 3rd 94 W Cup, 1st 95 Eur Cup, 4th= 95 World, 3rd 96
Oly. Equalled world junior record & set new Commonwealth
record when winning world junior title at 2.37, the highest
outdoor jump in the world in 92. Began his career at cross
country & 800m. Equalled Commonwealth record of 2.37 for
bronze in 93 World Champs to become first Briton to win
men’s HJ medal outdoors at World/Olympic level since 1908.
Lost Commonwealth record when Troy Kemp jumped 2.38 in 95 |
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