Neil Winter

Neil Winter
Personal information
Nationality	British (Welsh)
Born	21 March 1974 (age 52); Chippenham, England
Height	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Pole vault
Club	Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers
Medal record
athletics
Representing Wales
Commonwealth Games

Neil Stephen Winter (born 21 March 1974) is an English born former pole vaulter from Wales, who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Biography

Winter's successes began as a junior athlete and, as at September 2013, he still holds the British records in the under 20 (5.50 metres), under 17 (5.20 metres), and under 13 (3.40 metres) categories.^{[citation needed]}

He won the gold medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada. At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, he represented Great Britain in the pole vault event.^[1]

His personal best jump is 5.60 metres, achieved in August 1995 in San Giuliano Terme.^{[citation needed]}

In 1992, as an U20 competitor, Neil was ranked number 2 in the world at a height of 5.50m. In the same year, he came fourth in the World Junior Championships in Seol.

In 1993, still as an U20 competitor, he was European Junior number 1.

Winter finished second behind Nick Buckfield in the pole vault event at the 1996 AAA Championships.[1][2]

His career came to a premature end at the age of 22 due to multiple injuries.

Winter was inducted into the Welsh Athletics Hall of Fame in November 2014.^{[citation needed]}