Geoff Elliott Explained

Geoff Elliott
Birth Date:7 April 1931
Birth Place:Ilford
Death Date:[1]

Geoffrey Michael Elliott (7 April 1931  - 12 October 2014) was a pole vaulter, shot putter and decathlete from England. He was born in Ilford.

Athletics career

He represented Great Britain in both the pole vault and decathlon events at the 1952 Olympic games in Helsinki. He set his personal best in the pole vault (4.30 metres) on 28 August 1954 in Bern. He represented England and won a gold medal in the pole vault at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada.[2] Four years later, in Cardiff he repeated the success at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.[3] [4] Just before those games, he was one of many signatories in a letter to The Times on 17 July 1958 opposing 'the policy of apartheid' in international sport and defending 'the principle of racial equality which is embodied in the Declaration of the Olympic Games'.[5]

Achievements

1954European ChampionshipsBern, Switzerland3rdPole vault
British Empire and Commonwealth GamesVancouver, Canada1stPole vault
8thShot put
1958British Empire and Commonwealth GamesCardiff, Wales1stPole vault

References

Notes and References

  1. https://calgaryherald.remembering.ca/obituary/geoffrey-elliott-1066558836 Geoff Elliott's obituary
  2. Web site: 1954 Athletes. Team England.
  3. Web site: Athletes and results. Commonwealth Games Federation.
  4. Web site: 1958 Athletes. Team England.
  5. Brown and Hogsbjerg, Apartheid is not a game, 16