Jeff Teale Explained

Birth Date:	20 December 1939
Birth Place:	West Yorkshire
Death Date:	16 January 1997

Jeffrey 'Jeff' Teale (20 December 1939 – 16 January 1997) was a British international athlete

Athletics career

He competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics.^[1] He was suspended for life in 1974 by the British Amateur Athletic board after admitting in a newspaper article that he uses steroids.^[2]

During the period that he used steroids (1967-1972) he represented England and won a silver medal in the shot put, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.^{[3] [4] [5]} Under current athletics legislation the medal would not recognised.

Notes and References

1. https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/te/jeff-teale-1.html . 10 May 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121215140837/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/te/jeff-teale-1.html . 15 December 2012 .
2. http://www.kawasaki-m.ac.jp/soc/mw/journal/en/2007-e12-2/01_kremenik.pdf
3. Web site: 1970 Athletes. Team England.
4. Web site: Edinburgh, 1970 Team. Team England.
5. Web site: Athletes and results. Commonwealth Games Federation.