Clarence Saunders (athlete)
Appearance
Medal record | ||
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Men's athletics | ||
Representing Bermuda | ||
Commonwealth Games | ||
1990 Auckland | High Jump | |
1982 Brisbane | High jump | |
CAC Junior Championships (U20) | ||
1982 Bridgetown | High jump | |
CARIFTA Games Junior (U20) | ||
1982 Kingston | High Jump | |
1981 Nassau | High Jump | |
1980 Hamilton | High Jump | |
1982 Kingston | 200m |
Clarence Nicholas "Nick" Saunders (born 14 September 1963) is a retired Bermudian high jumper.
Career
He won a bronze medal at the 1982 Commonwealth Games and finished fifth at the 1988 Summer Olympics. In 1989 he held the Commonwealth record with 2.34 metres, but this was equalled by Dalton Grant. At the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, Saunders would jump 2.36 to take the Commonwealth record and the gold medal ahead of Grant. [1] 2.36 metres remained Saunders' career best jump, and it is still a Bermudian record. [2] Dalton Grant would later improve his personal best to 2.36 metres (2.37 metres indoor [3]).
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Bermuda | |||||
1980 | CARIFTA Games (U-20) | Hamilton, Bermuda | 2nd | High jump | 2.05 m |
1981 | CARIFTA Games (U-20) | Nassau, Bahamas | 7th | 100 m | 10.9 |
1st | High jump | 2.18 m | |||
4th | Triple jump | 15.04 m | |||
1982 | CARIFTA Games (U-20) | Kingston, Jamaica | 2nd | 200 m | 22.0 |
1st | High jump | 2.13 m | |||
Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) | Bridgetown, Barbados | 6th | 200 m | 21.69 | |
2nd | High jump | 1.98 m | |||
8th | Long jump | 6.83 m | |||
Commonwealth Games | Brisbane, Australia | 3rd | High jump | 2.19 m | |
1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, Korea | 4th | High jump | 2.34 m |
1990 | Commonwealth Games | Auckland, New Zealand | 1st | High jump | 2.36 m GR |
References
Clarence Saunders at World Athletics
- ^ Dalton Grant at Sporting-Heroes
- ^ National Records, top 30 countries by event - high jump - Athletix
- ^ IAAF top lists, high jump, indoor
Saunders now works in the Insurance industry in London.
Categories:
- 1963 births
- Living people
- High jumpers
- Bermudian athletes
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
- Olympic athletes of Bermuda
- Pan American Games competitors for Bermuda
- North American athletics biography stubs
- Bermudian sportspeople stubs