Geoff Elliott

For the Australian footballer, see Geoff Elliott (footballer).

Geoff Elliott

Personal information
Nationality	England
Born	7 April 1931 Ilford
Died	12 October 2014(2014-10-12) (aged 83)
Medal record Athletics Representing England British Empire and Commonwealth Games 1954 Vancouver pole vault 1958 Cardiff pole vault

Geoffrey Michael Elliott (7 April 1931 – 12 October 2014) was a pole vaulter, shot putter and decathlete from England. He was born in Ilford.

Athletics career

He represented Great Britain in both the pole vault and decathlon events at the 1952 Olympic games in Helsinki. He set his personal best in the pole vault (4.30 metres) on 28 August 1954 in Bern. He represented England and won a gold medal in the pole vault at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada. Four years later, in Cardiff he repeated the success at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. Just before those games, he was one of many signatories in a letter to The Times on 17 July 1958 opposing 'the policy of apartheid' in international sport and defending 'the principle of racial equality which is embodied in the Declaration of the Olympic Games'.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
1954	European Championships	Bern, Switzerland	3rd	Pole vault
	British Empire and Commonwealth Games	Vancouver, Canada	1st	Pole vault
			8th	Shot put
1958	British Empire and Commonwealth Games	Cardiff, Wales	1st	Pole vault

References

• Brown, Geoff and Hogsbjerg, Christian. Apartheid is not a Game: Remembering the Stop the Seventy Tour campaign. London: Redwords, 2020. ISBN 9781912926589.
• British Olympic Committee
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Geoff Elliott". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012.