Dalton Grant

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Dalton Grant (born 8 April 1966) is a British high jumper, who has won a total number of four national titles for Great Britain (AAA Championships) in the men's high jump event. His personal best jump is 2.36 metres, achieved at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo. He has a personal indoor best of 2.37 metres.[1] In 1997 at the World Championships Dalton opened with a world record jump of 2.32 for an opening height.

Grant was born in Hackney to parents from Jamaica and lived in Brooke Road, Upper Clapton. He went to Hackney Downs School where he started to high jump.[2] He also represented Hackney in the London Youth Games in athletics.[3]

He was later inducted into the London Youth Games Hall of Fame in 2011.

He was a board director of the London 2012 Olympic bid team and he was also a captain of the Great Britain & NI team. Grant was appointed president of the South of England Athletics Association for 2010-2011. Dalton has set up the Dalton Grant Academy in Trinidad and Tobago. He is also a patron of Mossbourne Academy.

Achievements

Representing  United Kingdom and  England
1986 Commonwealth Games Edinburgh, Scotland 7th High jump
1987 World Indoor Championships Indianapolis, United States 8th High jump
European Indoor Championships Liévin, France 7th High jump
1988 European Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 11th High jump
Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea 7th High jump
1989 World Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 4th High jump
European Indoor Championships The Hague, Netherlands 2nd High jump
1990 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, Scotland 7th High jump
European Championships Split, Yygoslavia 4th High jump
Commonwealth Games Auckland, New Zealand 2nd High jump
1991 World Championships Tokyo, Japan 4th High jump 2.36 PB
1993 World Indoor Championships Toronto, Canada 4th High jump
1994 European Indoor Championships Paris, France 1st High jump
Commonwealth Games Victoria, Canada 5th High jump
European Championships Helsinki, Finland 9th High jump 2.25 m
1995 World Indoor Championships Barcelona, Spain 8th High jump
1997 World Indoor Championships Paris, France 10th High jump
World Championships Athens, Greece 4th High jump
1998 European Championships Budapest, Hungary 2nd High jump
Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1st High jump
2002 Commonwealth Games Manchester, England 6th High jump 2.15 m

References

  1. ↑ IAAF top lists, high jump, indoor
  2. ↑ Olympic Glory, timeline.org.uk. Retrieved on 23 June 2009.
  3. ↑ http://www.londonyouthgames.org/page.asp?section=23&sectionTitle=Hall+of+Fame Hall of Fame retrieved 2013-02-19
European Indoor Champions in Men's High Jump


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