Dalton Grant

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Dalton Grant
Personal information
Born (1966-04-08) 8 April 1966 (age 58)
Hackney, Greater London, England
Sport
SportAthletics
ClubHaringey AC, London
Medal record
Athletics
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1990 Auckland high jump
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1998 Kuala Lumpur high jump

Dalton Grant (born 8 April 1966) is a former high jumper.

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Athletics career

Grant won a total number of four national titles for Great Britain (AAA Championships) in the men's high jump event. His personal best jump is 2.36 metres, achieved at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo. He has a personal indoor best of 2.37 metres. [1]

Grant appeared at five consecutive Commonwealth Games. He represented England in the high jump, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. [2] [3] Four years later he won a silver medal for England, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand [4] [5] which was followed by a third Games appearance for England, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. [6] [7] He finally won a gold medal at the 1998 Games and competed in the high jump for the fifth successive Games in 2002. [8]

Biography

Grant was born in Hackney to parents from Jamaica and lived in Brooke Road, Upper Clapton. He went to Hackney Downs School where he started to high jump. [9] He also represented Hackney in the London Youth Games in athletics. [10]

He was later inducted into the London Youth Games Hall of Fame in 2011.

Personal life

He was a board director of the London 2012 Olympic bid team and he was also a captain of the Great Britain & NI team. Grant was appointed president of the South of England Athletics Association for 2010–2011. Dalton has set up the Dalton Grant Academy in Trinidad and Tobago. He is also a patron of Mossbourne Academy.

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain and Flag of England.svg  England
1985 European Junior Championships Cottbus, East Germany 6thHigh jump2.18 m
1986 Commonwealth Games Edinburgh, United Kingdom 7thHigh jump 2.10 m
1987 European Indoor Championships Liévin, France7thHigh jump 2.27 m
World Indoor Championships Indianapolis, United States 8thHigh jump 2.28 m
1988 European Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 11thHigh jump 2.24 m
Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea 7thHigh jump 2.31 m
1989 European Indoor Championships The Hague, Netherlands 2ndHigh jump 2.33 m
World Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 4thHigh jump 2.35 m
World Cup Barcelona, Spain2ndHigh jump 2.31 m
1990 Commonwealth Games Auckland, New Zealand2ndHigh jump 2.34 m
European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 7thHigh jump 2.24 m
European Championships Split, Yugoslavia 4thHigh jump 2.31 m
1991 World Championships Tokyo, Japan4thHigh jump 2.36 m
1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain29th (q)High jump 2.15 m
1993 World Indoor Championships Toronto, Canada4thHigh jump 2.34 m
World Championships Stuttgart, Germany14th (q)High jump 2.25 m
1994 European Indoor Championships Paris, France1stHigh jump 2.37 m
European Championships Helsinki, Finland 9thHigh jump 2.25 m
Commonwealth Games Victoria, Canada5thHigh jump 2.28 m
1995 World Indoor Championships Barcelona, Spain8thHigh jump 2.28 m
World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 14th (q)High jump 2.27 m
1996 European Indoor Championships Stockholm, Sweden 19th (q)High jump 2.15 m
Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 19th (q)High jump 2.26 m
1997 World Indoor Championships Paris, France10thHigh jump 2.25 m
World Championships Athens, Greece 4thHigh jump 2.32 m
1998 European Championships Budapest, Hungary 2ndHigh jump 2.34 m
Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1stHigh jump 2.31 m
2002 Commonwealth Games Manchester, United Kingdom 6thHigh jump 2.15 m
European Championships Munich, Germany–High jump NM
2003 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 12th (q)High jump 2.20 m

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References

  1. ↑ IAAF top lists, high jump, indoor
  2. ↑ "1986 Athletes". Team England.
  3. ↑ "England team in 1986". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  4. ↑ "1990 Athletes". Team England.
  5. ↑ "England team in 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  6. ↑ "1994 Athletes". Team England.
  7. ↑ "England team in 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  8. ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.[ permanent dead link ]
  9. ↑ Olympic Glory, timeline.org.uk Archived 19 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 23 June 2009.
  10. ↑ http://www.londonyouthgames.org/page.asp?section=23&sectionTitle=Hall+of+Fame Archived 7 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine Hall of Fame retrieved 19 February 2013
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