Graham Eggleton
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| Born | Graham Charles Eggleton | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
Event | Pole vault | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Graham Charles Eggleton (born 20 May 1959) is a Scottish former athlete who specialised in the pole vault.[1][2]
As a child, Eggleton would train in his garden by vaulting onto piles of hay with a bamboo pole.[3]
Eggleton was the British national pole vault champion in 1981 and 1982.[3]
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.[4]
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.[5]
References
- ^ Graham Eggleton at Tilastopaja (subscription required)
- ^ "Buckfield ready to hit heights". HeraldScotland. 16 February 1996.
- ^ a b "A man on the way up - and up!". Fulham Chronicle. 4 May 1984 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Eggleton record". Sunday Sun. 21 June 1981 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Morning glory passed". The Guardian. 9 October 1982 – via Newspapers.com.
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