New Zealand pole vaulter
Paul Kendall Gibbons (born 25 June 1971) is a retired pole vaulter from New Zealand . He competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics , where he was eliminated in the qualifying round with no official mark. Gibbons set his personal best (5.51 metres) in 1992 and equalled it in 1997.
1990 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team
1992 New Zealand Olympic team
New Zealand national champions in men's pole vault
New Zealand national champions in men's pole vault
1890: Dugald McDonald Robertson 1891: Fred Upfill 1892–1893: William McDonald West 1894–1895: Henry Lowther Kingsley 1896: Robert James Hunter / Henry Lowther Kingsley 1897: Jimmy Te Paa / Hori Eruera 1898: Hori Eruera 1899: Jimmy Te Paa 1900: Charlie Laurie 1901: Henry Prebble 1902: Charlie Laurie 1903: Arthur Keating 1904: Charlie Laurie 1905: Jack McLachlan 1906: Charlie Laurie 1907: Len McKay 1908: E. McKay 1909–1911: Len McKay 1912: Geoff Giller 1913: Len McKay 1914: Harold Henry Whitaker / George Harvey 1915: George Harvey 1916–1919: not held 1920–1925: George Harvey 1926–1928: Bill Batstone 1929: Ernest Sutherland 1930: Bill Batstone 1931: Frank Brady 1932–1933: Bill Batstone 1934: L.E. Smith 1935: Fred Barraclough 1936: Minden Vaughan Blake 1937: Jack Opie 1938–1939: Fred Barraclough 1940: David Weichert 1941–1944: not held 1945–1947: Wallace Heron 1948: Les Fagg 1949–1950: Wallace Heron 1951: George Martin 1952–1962: Merv Richards 1963–1965: Kevin Gibbons 1966: Darcy McGonagle 1967–1970: Kevin Gibbons 1971–1973: Darcy McGonagle 1974: Peter Tracy 1975: Robert Gibson 1976–1980: Mike Ritchie 1981–1985: Keiran McKee 1986–1988: Simon Poelman 1989: Ian Streat 1990: Derek McKee 1991: Paul Gibbons 1992: Olivier Ball 1993–1994: Paul Gibbons 1995: Yasuhiro Oshima (JPN) 1996–1997: Paul Gibbons 1998: Yasuhiro Oshima (JPN) 1999–2001: Paul Gibbons 2002: Craig Merrilees 2003–2004: Paul Gibbons 2005: Jacobus Nel 2006–2007: Jeremy McColl 2008: Jacobus Nel 2009–2011: Brent Newdick 20012–2013: Nick Southgate 2014: Thomas North 2015–2018: Nick Southgate 2019–2020: James Steyn 2021: Ettiene Du Preez 2022: Nick Southgate 2023: James Steyn
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