Neil Winter
Neil Winter (born 21 March 1974) is a Welsh pole vaulter.
He won the gold medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games. He also competed at the 1996 Olympic Games without reaching the final round.
His personal best jump is 5.60 metres, achieved in August 1992 in San Giuliano Terme.
Neil's successes began as a junior athlete and, as at September 2013, he still holds the British records in the under 20 (5.50 metres), under 17 (5.20 metres), and under 13 (3.40 metres) categories.
Neil was inducted into the Welsh Athletics Hall of Fame in November 2014.
References
- Neil Winter at World Athletics
- v
- t
- e
Commonwealth Games champions in men's pole vault
- 1930: Victor Pickard (CAN)
- 1934: Syl Apps (CAN)
- 1938: Andries du Plessis (SAF)
- 1950: Tim Anderson (ENG)
- 1954: Geoff Elliott (ENG)
- 1958: Geoff Elliott (ENG)
- 1962: Trevor Bickle (AUS)
- 1966: Trevor Bickle (AUS)
- 1970: Mike Bull (NIR)
- 1974: Don Baird (AUS)
- 1978: Bruce Simpson (CAN)
- 1982: Ray Boyd (AUS)
- 1986: Andy Ashurst (ENG)
- 1990: Simon Arkell (AUS)
- 1994: Neil Winter (WAL)
- 1998: Riaan Botha (RSA)
- 2002: Okkert Brits (RSA)
- 2006: Steve Hooker (AUS)
- 2010: Steve Hooker (AUS)
- 2014: Steven Lewis (ENG)
- 2018: Kurtis Marschall (AUS)
- 2022: Kurtis Marschall (AUS)
This biographical article relating to Welsh athletics is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e