List of British champions in pole vault
The British pole vault champions covers four competitions; the current British Athletics Championships which was founded in 2007,[1] the preceding AAA Championships (1880-2006), the Amateur Athletic Club Championships (1866-1879) and finally the UK Athletics Championships which existed from 1977 until 1997 and ran concurrently with the AAA Championships.[2]
Where an international athlete won the AAA Championships the highest ranking UK athlete is considered the National Champion in this list.
Past winners
[edit]AAC Championships
| |
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Year | Men's champion |
1866 | J. Wheeler |
1867 | William Powell Moore |
1868 | Robert Mitchell |
1869 | Robert Graham |
1870 | Robert Mitchell |
1871 | Robert Mitchell |
1872 | Henry Fellowes |
1873 | William Kelsey |
1874 | Edwin Woodburn |
1875 | not held |
1876 | Horace Strachan |
1877 | Henry Kayll |
1878 | Horace Strachan |
1879 | Frederick Robinson |
AAA Championships & UK Athletics Championships dual championships era 1988-1997 | |||||
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Year | Men AAA | Women AAA | Year | Men UK | Women UK |
1993 | Ian Tullett | Kate Staples | 1993 | Neil Winter | Kate Staples |
1994 | Andy Ashurst | Kate Staples | n/a | ||
1995 | Nick Buckfield | Kate Staples | n/a | ||
1996 | Nick Buckfield | Kate Staples | n/a | ||
1997 | Tim Thomas | Janine Whitlock | 1997 | Paul Williamson | Janine Whitlock |
AAA Championships
| ||
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Year | Men's champion | Women's champion |
1998 | Kevin Hughes | Janine Whitlock |
1999 | Kevin Hughes | Janine Whitlock |
2000 | Kevin Hughes | Janine Whitlock |
2001 | Paul Williamson | Janine Whitlock |
2002 | Nick Buckfield | Irie Hill |
2003 | Nick Buckfield | Tracey Bloomfield |
2004 | Tim Thomas | Zoe Brown |
2005 | Nick Buckfield | Janine Whitlock |
2006 | Steven Lewis | Ellie Spain |
- NBA = No British athlete in medal placings
- nc = not contested
References
[edit]- ^ "WAAA and National Championships Medallists". NUTS.
- ^ "WAAA and National Championships Medallists". GBR Athletics.