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Graham Eggleton

Graham Eggleton

Scottish pole vaulter

Graham Charles Eggleton is a Scottish former athlete who specialised in the pole vault.[1]

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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]

References

  1. [1]
    "Buckfield ready to hit heights". HeraldScotland. 16 February 1996.
  2. [2]
    "A man on the way up - and up!". Fulham Chronicle. 4 May 1984.
  3. [3]
    "Eggleton record". Sunday Sun. 21 June 1981.
  4. [4]
    "Morning glory passed". The Guardian. 9 October 1982.
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