Wallace Heron
Personal information
Born(1924-06-15)15 June 1924
Te Kūiti, New Zealand
Died26 December 1990(1990-12-26) (aged 66)
Whangamatā, New Zealand
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportTrack and field
Achievements and titles
National finalsPole vault champion (1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950)

Wallace Heron (15 June 1924 – 26 December 1990) was a New Zealand field athlete who represented his country in the pole vault at the 1950 British Empire Games.

Biography

Born in Te Kūiti on 15 June 1924, Heron was the son of Samuel George Frith Heron and Margaret Thomasine Gwendolene Heron (née Turney) who were resident at Waitanguru at the time.[1][2]

Representing Auckland, Heron won five New Zealand national athletic titles, winning the pole vault every year from 1945 to 1950 except 1948.[3] At the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, Heron represented New Zealand in the pole vault.[4] He finished in fourth place on a countback, recording a best height of 12 ft 9 in (3.89 m), the same as the bronze medallist, Peter Denton from Australia.[5]

Heron died at Whangamatā on 26 December 1990, and he was buried at Pukekohe Cemetery.[1][6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Death search: registration number 1991/32019". Births, deaths & marriages online. Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Births". New Zealand Herald. 20 June 1924. p. 1. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  3. ^ Hollings, Stephen (December 2016). "National champions 1887–2016" (PDF). Athletics New Zealand. p. 46. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Wallace Heron". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Athletics pole vault – men Auckland 1950". Commonwealth Games Federation. 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Record for Wallace Heron". Auckland Council. Retrieved 23 April 2019.


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