About Mike Butterfield
Born 1953. Mike Butterfield is an athletics competitor.
Michael Butterfield (born 4 May 1953) is an English retired athlete who specialised in the high jump. He was the first British man to clear 7 feet.
Biography Butterfield joined the Royal Air Force in 1970 aged just 16 and was a member of Cardiff AAC. He finished second behind Milton Palmer in the high jump event at the 1976 AAA Championships.
Butterfield, a corporal in the RAF at the time, became the first man to jump over 7ft at the Cosford Indoor Arena on 15 March 1975
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English athlete
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Mike Butterfield was born on 4 May 1953.
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Mike Butterfield is an athletics competitor.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Mike Butterfield. https://biography.guide/mike-butterfield/
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