Paul Gibbons

New Zealand pole vaulter

Paul Kendall Gibbons (born 25 June 1971) is a retired pole vaulter from New Zealand. He competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where he was eliminated in the qualifying round with no official mark. Gibbons set his personal best (5.51 metres) in 1992 and equalled it in 1997.

Personal bests

Event Height Place Date
Pole Vault 5.51m NR North Shore 1992
Blackburn 1997

External links

  • Paul Gibbons at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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New Zealand national champions in men's pole vault
  • 1890: Dugald McDonald Robertson
  • 1891: Fred Upfill
  • 1892–1893: William McDonald West
  • 1894–1895: Henry Lowther Kingsley
  • 1896: Robert James Hunter / Henry Lowther Kingsley
  • 1897: Jimmy Te Paa / Hori Eruera
  • 1898: Hori Eruera
  • 1899: Jimmy Te Paa
  • 1900: Charlie Laurie
  • 1901: Henry Prebble
  • 1902: Charlie Laurie
  • 1903: Arthur Keating
  • 1904: Charlie Laurie
  • 1905: Jack McLachlan
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  • 1907: Len McKay
  • 1908: E. McKay
  • 1909–1911: Len McKay
  • 1912: Geoff Giller
  • 1913: Len McKay
  • 1914: Harold Henry Whitaker / George Harvey
  • 1915: George Harvey
  • 1916–1919: not held
  • 1920–1925: George Harvey
  • 1926–1928: Bill Batstone
  • 1929: Ernest Sutherland
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  • 1932–1933: Bill Batstone
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  • 1936: Minden Vaughan Blake
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  • 1963–1965: Kevin Gibbons
  • 1966: Darcy McGonagle
  • 1967–1970: Kevin Gibbons
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  • 1975: Robert Gibson
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  • 1981–1985: Keiran McKee
  • 1986–1988: Simon Poelman
  • 1989: Ian Streat
  • 1990: Derek McKee
  • 1991: Paul Gibbons
  • 1992: Olivier Ball
  • 1993–1994: Paul Gibbons
  • 1995: Yasuhiro Oshima (JPN)
  • 1996–1997: Paul Gibbons
  • 1998: Yasuhiro Oshima (JPN)
  • 1999–2001: Paul Gibbons
  • 2002: Craig Merrilees
  • 2003–2004: Paul Gibbons
  • 2005: Jacobus Nel
  • 2006–2007: Jeremy McColl
  • 2008: Jacobus Nel
  • 2009–2011: Brent Newdick
  • 20012–2013: Nick Southgate
  • 2014: Thomas North
  • 2015–2018: Nick Southgate
  • 2019–2020: James Steyn
  • 2021: Ettiene Du Preez
  • 2022: Nick Southgate
  • 2023–2024: James Steyn
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