Jeff Teale

Jeff Teale
Personal information
Born20 December 1939
West Yorkshire
Died16 January 1997

Jeffrey 'Jeff' Teale (20 December 1939 – 16 January 1997) was a British international athlete.

Athletics career

He competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics.[1] He was suspended for life in 1974 by the British Amateur Athletic board after admitting in a newspaper article that he uses steroids.[2]

During the period that he used steroids (1967-1972) he represented England and won a silver medal in the shot put, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[3][4][5] Under current athletics legislation the medal would not recognised.

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jeff Teale". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 15 December 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
  2. ^ Kremenik, Michael; Onodera, Sho; Nagao, Mitsuhiro; Yuzuki, Osamu; Yonetani, Shozo (2007). "A Historical Timeline of Doping in the Olympics (Part II 1970-1988)" (PDF). Kawasaki Journal of Medical Welfare. 12 (2): 69–83. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 January 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  3. ^ "1970 Athletes". Team England.
  4. ^ "Edinburgh, 1970 Team". Team England.
  5. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.


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