Graham Eggleton

Graham Charles Eggleton (born 20 May 1959) is a Scottish former athlete who specialised in the pole vault.^[1][2]

Graham Eggleton

Personal information
Birth name	Graham Charles Eggleton
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Pole vault
Medal record Representing  Scotland Commonwealth Games 1982 Brisbane Pole vault

As a child, Eggleton would train in his garden by vaulting onto piles of hay with a bamboo pole.^[3]

Eggleton was the British national pole vault champion in 1981 and 1982.^[3]

The first vaulter from Scotland to clear five metres, Eggleton had a personal best vault of 5.21 metres set in 1982, which remained a Scottish record until bettered by Richard Hurren in 2010.^[4]

Eggleton competed at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane and was one of three vaulters to register a games record of 5.20 metres, but had to settle for the bronze medal on countback.^[5]