Dalton Grant
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Born | Hackney, Greater London, England | 8 April 1966|||||||||||||||||
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Club | Haringey AC, London | |||||||||||||||||
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Dalton Grant (born 8 April 1966) is a former high jumper.
Athletics career
Grant won a total number of four
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
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
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Great Britain and England | |||||
1985 | European Junior Championships | Cottbus, East Germany | 6th | High jump | 2.18 m |
1986 | Commonwealth Games | Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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7th | High jump | 2.10 m |
1987 | European Indoor Championships | Liévin, France | 7th | High jump | 2.27 m |
World Indoor Championships | Indianapolis, United States
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8th | High jump | 2.28 m | |
1988 | European Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary
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11th | High jump | 2.24 m |
Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea
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7th | High jump | 2.31 m | |
1989 | European Indoor Championships | The Hague, Netherlands
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2nd | High jump | 2.33 m |
World Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary
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4th | High jump | 2.35 m | |
World Cup | Barcelona, Spain | 2nd | High jump | 2.31 m
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1990 | Commonwealth Games | Auckland, New Zealand | 2nd | High jump | 2.34 m |
European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom
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7th | High jump | 2.24 m | |
European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia
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4th | High jump | 2.31 m | |
1991 | World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 4th | High jump | 2.36 m |
1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 29th (q) | High jump | 2.15 m |
1993 | World Indoor Championships | Toronto, Canada | 4th | High jump | 2.34 m |
World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 14th (q) | High jump | 2.25 m | |
1994 | European Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 1st | High jump | 2.37 m |
European Championships | Helsinki, Finland
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9th | High jump | 2.25 m | |
Commonwealth Games | Victoria, Canada | 5th | High jump | 2.28 m | |
1995 | World Indoor Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 8th | High jump | 2.28 m |
World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden
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14th (q) | High jump | 2.27 m | |
1996 | European Indoor Championships | Stockholm, Sweden
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19th (q) | High jump | 2.15 m |
Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States
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19th (q) | High jump | 2.26 m | |
1997 | World Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 10th | High jump | 2.25 m |
World Championships | Athens, Greece
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4th | High jump | 2.32 m | |
1998 | European Championships | Budapest, Hungary
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2nd | High jump | 2.34 m |
Commonwealth Games | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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1st | High jump | 2.31 m | |
2002 | Commonwealth Games | Manchester, United Kingdom
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6th | High jump | 2.15 m |
European Championships | Munich, Germany | – | High jump | NM | |
2003 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom
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12th (q) | High jump | 2.20 m |
References
- ^ IAAF top lists, high jump, indoor
- ^ "1986 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England team in 1986". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
- ^ "1990 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England team in 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
- ^ "1994 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England team in 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Olympic Glory, timeline.org.uk Archived 19 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 23 June 2009.
- ^ http://www.londonyouthgames.org/page.asp?section=23§ionTitle=Hall+of+Fame Archived 7 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine Hall of Fame retrieved 19 February 2013
External links
- Dalton Grant at World Athletics
- Dalton Grant at Sporting-Heroes