British athlete (1939–1997)
Jeff Teale
Born 20 December 1939West Yorkshire Died 16 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
^ 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 .
^ 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 .
^ "1970 Athletes" . Team England.
^ "Edinburgh, 1970 Team" . Team England.
^ "Athletes and results" . Commonwealth Games Federation.
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