Jeff Gutteridge Explained

Birth Name:Jeffrey Gutteridge
Nationality:British
Birth Date:28 October 1956
Birth Place:Slough, England
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Sport:Pole vault
Club:Windsor, Slough & Eton AC

Jeffrey "Jeff" Gutteridge (born 28 October 1956)[1] is an English former pole vaulter who represented Great Britain at two Summer Olympics. He was the national pole vault champion on several occasions.

Career

Gutteridge, who is from Slough, competed in the qualifying rounds of the 1976 Summer Olympics, the youngest athlete in the field at 19-years of age.[2]

He represented England in the pole vault event, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.[3] Four years later he represented England and won a silver medal at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, behind Ray Boyd.[4] [5] [6]

At the 1984 Summer Olympics he qualified for the final after registering a 5.30m jump in the preliminary rounds. In the final he successfully cleared 5.10m and finished in 11th position.[7]

In 1988 he tested positive, while training, for anabolic steroids. He was given a life ban, which was later reduced.[8]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Olympedia – Jeff Gutteridge . 2024-04-25 . www.olympedia.org.
  2. Web site: Athletics at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games: Men's Pole Vault . . 19 December 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160821235147/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1976/ATH/mens-pole-vault.html . 21 August 2016 .
  3. Web site: 1978 Athletes. Team England.
  4. News: Sports Results, Detail . . 14 October 1982 . 19 December 2016 . 26 . National Library of Australia.
  5. Web site: 1982 Athletes. Team England.
  6. Web site: Athletes and results. Commonwealth Games Federation.
  7. Web site: Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's Pole Vault . . 19 December 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160830082221/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1984/ATH/mens-pole-vault.html . 30 August 2016 .
  8. News: Whitlock and Wilkins face drug bans on eve of games. Mackay. Duncan. 15 July 2002. The Guardian. 19 December 2016.