Gary Honey
Appearance
Medal record | ||
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Men's Athletics | ||
Representing Australia | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1984 Los Angeles | Long Jump | |
Commonwealth Games | ||
1982 Brisbane | Long Jump | |
1986 Edinburgh | Long Jump | |
1981 | Long Jump |
Gary Ronald Honey (born 26 July 1959 in Thomastown, Melbourne, Victoria) is a retired long jumper from Australia. He won a silver medal at the 1984 Olympics with a jump of 8.24 metres.
In addition, Honey won gold medals at the 1982 and 1986 Commonwealth Games. He participated in three Summer Olympics, starting in 1980. He was ranked number 2 in the World from 1984 to 1986. He was also ranked in the top 6 in the world from 1981 to 1988. He was 10 times Australian Champion, and 11 times Victorian Champion. In 1988, Gary was the Team Captain for the Seoul Olympic Games.
References
Categories:
- 1959 births
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Athletes at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Australian long jumpers
- Living people
- Olympic athletes of Australia
- Sportspeople from Melbourne
- Australian athletics biography stubs