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Graham Eggleton

Scottish pole vaulter

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About Graham Eggleton

Graham Eggleton was a British athletics competitor.

Graham Charles Eggleton (born 20 May 1959) is a Scottish former athlete who specialised in the pole vault.

As a child, Eggleton would train in his garden by vaulting onto piles of hay with a bamboo pole.

Eggleton was the British national pole vault champion in 1981 and 1982.

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.

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Who was Graham Eggleton?

Scottish pole vaulter

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Graham Eggleton was an athletics competitor.

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Graham Eggleton was British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Graham Eggleton

· Wikidata: Q117138722

· DBpedia: Graham Eggleton

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