Harry Coppell

Harry Coppell
Personal information
Born (1996-07-11) 11 July 1996 (age 28)
Sport
Country Great Britain
SportAthletics
EventPole vault
ClubWigan & District [1]
Coached byScott Simpson
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birmingham pole vault

Harry Coppell (born 11 July 1996) is an English athlete specialising in the pole vault.[2][3]

He became British champion when winning the pole vault event at the 2019 British Athletics Championships. He then successfully defended his title at the 2020 British Athletics Championships with a British record jump of 5.85 metres.[4] In 2021, Coppell placed 7th at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

References

  1. ^ "Profile". Power of 10.
  2. ^ "Athlete profile". World Athletics.
  3. ^ "Athletes". European Athletics.
  4. ^ "Results list". British Athletics.