Graham Eggleton
Scottish pole vaulter
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Birth name | Graham Charles Eggleton | |||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
Event | Pole vault | |||||||||||
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Graham Charles Eggleton is a Scottish former athlete who specialised in the pole vault.[1]
As a child, Eggleton would train in his garden by vaulting onto piles of hay with a bamboo pole.[2]
Eggleton was the British national pole vault champion in 1981 and 1982.[2]
The first vaulter from Scotland to clear five metres, Eggleton had a personal best vault of 5.21 metres set in 1982, which remained a Scottish record until bettered by Richard Hurren in 2010.[3]
Eggleton competed at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane and was one of three vaulters to register a games record of 5.20 metres, but had to settle for the bronze medal on countback.[4]
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UK Athletics Championships winners in men's pole vault
- 1977: Jeff Gutteridge
- 1978: Keith Stock
- 1979: Brian Hooper
- 1980: Keith Stock
- 1981-82: Graham Eggleton
- 1983-84: Keith Stock
- 1985-86: Andy Ashurst
- 1987: Jeff Gutteridge
- 1988: Andy Ashurst
- 1989: Mike Edwards
- 1990-91: Andy Ashurst
- 1992: Mike Edwards
- 1993: Neil Winter
- 1997: Paul Williamson