Simon Arkell

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Simon Arkell
Personal information
Born1 July 1966 (1966-07) (age 59)
Maidenhead, England[1]
EducationUniversity of New Mexico '91
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo MBA
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Pole vault
ClubSPOC
Achievements and titles
Personal best5.80 m (1996)[1]

Simon Graham Arkell (born 1 July 1966) is an Olympic pole vaulter from Australia, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992.[1]

Biography

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During his career he was Commonwealth Champion, NCAA All-American (5 times), WAC Conference Champion (7 times) and broke 9 Australian and 4 Commonwealth records. He was also Australian (3) and British (2) Champion, was 1993 Australian Athlete of the Year and is in the Athletics Hall of Fame for the State of South Australia and the University of New Mexico, USA. After his athletic career Arkell went on to co-found Versifi Technologies, Predixion Software and Deep Lens, an oncology-focused clinical trial matching software company that uses artificial intelligence to match cancer patient to clinical trials. Deep Lens was backed by venture capital firms Northpond Ventures, Sierra Ventures, Rev1 and Tamarind Hill Fund and was acquired in May 2022 by Paradigm Health in an all-cash deal. He is co-founder and CEO of Ryght, an early stage AI software company focused on the biopharma industry, and he is a seed stage investor and board member.[2]

Arkell twice won the British AAA Championships title in the pole vault event at the 1988 AAA Championships[3] and the 1993 AAA Championships.[4]

Achievements

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Year Tournament[2] Venue Result Extra
1986 Commonwealth Games Edinburgh, Scotland 7th 4.75 m
1987 World Student Games Zagreb, Yugoslavia 9th 5.40 m
1988 British 1988 AAA Championships Birmingham, England 1st 5.10 m
1989 Australian Championships Brisbane, Australia 1st 5.40 m
IAAF World Cup Barcelona, Spain 5th 5.45 m
World Student Games Duisburg, West Germany 4th 5.40 m
1990 IAAF Grand Prix Aarhus, Denmark 2nd 5.61 m NR
Commonwealth Games Auckland, New Zealand 1st 5.35 m
1991 World Student Games Sheffield, England 7th 5.40 m
Australian Domestic Perth, Australia 1st 5.70 m CR
World Championships Tokyo, Japan 17th 5.40 m
1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 22nd 5.30 m
1993 Australian Grand Prix Adelaide, Australia 1st 5.72 m NR
World Indoor Championships Toronto, Canada 17th 5.30 m
British 1993 AAA Championships Birmingham, England 1st 5.60 m
World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 22nd 5.45 m
1995 Australian Grand Prix Adelaide, Australia 1st 5.73 m NR
World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 20th 5.40 m
1996 Australian Grand Prix Perth, Australia 1st 5.75 m NR
IAAF Grand Prix Adelaide, Australia 1st 5.80 m NR
Olympic Games Atlanta, United States NHC —

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