Nick Buckfield
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (English) |
| Born | 5 June 1973 Crawley, West Sussex, England |
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 77.5 kg (171 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Pole vault |
| Club | Crawley AC |
Nicholas Jean Buckfield (born 5 June 1973) is a former pole vaulter from England who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics.[1]
Biography
[edit | edit source]During his youth he was a talented footballer, turning down a youth training contract with Aldershot F.C. at the age of 16.[2] He was educated at Brunel University London, where he studied Religious Studies and Sports Sciences.[3]
He finished fifth in the 1997 World Championships and narrowly missed out on medals at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games.[4]
Buckfield was a five-times British pole vault champion after winning the British AAA Championships title in 1995, 1996, 2002, 2003 and 2005.[5][6]
His personal best jump was 5.80 metres, achieved in May 1998 in Chania. This was a British national record, which he held for 14 years until Steven Lewis broke it in 2012.[7] His indoor best was 5.81 metres, achieved in February 2002 in Bad Segeberg. This was also a British national record, and stood for 12 years until it was bettered by Luke Cutts in 2014.[2][8]
His career suffered setbacks due to a series of injuries, fracturing his pelvis whilst competing at the 1998 European Athletics Championships,[2] suffering an abdominal injury after falling onto his pole at a meeting in Cottbus in 2004,[9] and sustaining an Achilles tendon rupture in 2006. He retired from competition in 2008.[4]
Competition record
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References
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- 1973 births
- Living people
- English men pole vaulters
- British men pole vaulters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Great Britain
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games athletes for England
- Alumni of Brunel University London