British high jumper (born 1966)
Dalton Grant
Personal information Born (1966-04-08 ) 8 April 1966 (age 58) Hackney, Greater London, England Sport Sport Athletics Club Haringey AC, London
Dalton Grant (born 8 April 1966) is a formerhigh jumper .
Grant won a total number of fournational titles for Great Britain (AAA Championships ) in the men's high jump event. His personal best jump is 2.36 metres, achieved at the1991 World Championships in Tokyo. He has a personal indoor best of 2.37 metres.[ 1]
Grant appeared at five consecutiveCommonwealth Games . He representedEngland in the high jump, at the1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[ 2] [ 3] England , at the1990 Commonwealth Games inAuckland , New Zealand[ 4] [ 5] England , at the1994 Commonwealth Games inVictoria , British Columbia, Canada.[ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
Grant was born inHackney to parents from Jamaica and lived in Brooke Road,Upper Clapton . He went toHackney Downs School where he started to high jump.[ 9] London Youth Games in athletics.[ 10]
He was later inducted into theLondon 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 ofMossbourne Academy .
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes RepresentingGreat Britain andEngland 1985 European Junior Championships Cottbus ,East Germany 6th High jump 2.18 m 1986 Commonwealth Games Edinburgh, United Kingdom 7th High jump 2.10 m 1987 European Indoor Championships Liévin , France7th High jump 2.27 m World Indoor Championships Indianapolis, United States 8th High jump 2.28 m 1988 European Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 11th High jump 2.24 m Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea 7th High jump 2.31 m 1989 European Indoor Championships The Hague, Netherlands 2nd High jump 2.33 m World Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 4th High jump 2.35 m World Cup Barcelona , Spain2nd High jump 2.31 m 1990 Commonwealth Games Auckland , New Zealand2nd High jump 2.34 m European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 7th High jump 2.24 m European Championships Split, Yugoslavia 4th High jump 2.31 m 1991 World Championships Tokyo, Japan 4th High jump 2.36 m 1992 Olympic Games Barcelona , Spain29th (q) High jump 2.15 m 1993 World Indoor Championships Toronto , Canada4th High jump 2.34 m World Championships Stuttgart , Germany14th (q) High jump 2.25 m 1994 European Indoor Championships Paris, France 1st High jump 2.37 m European Championships Helsinki, Finland 9th High jump 2.25 m Commonwealth Games Victoria , Canada5th High jump 2.28 m 1995 World Indoor Championships Barcelona , Spain8th High jump 2.28 m World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 14th (q) High jump 2.27 m 1996 European Indoor Championships Stockholm, Sweden 19th (q) High jump 2.15 m Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 19th (q) High jump 2.26 m 1997 World Indoor Championships Paris, France 10th High jump 2.25 m World Championships Athens, Greece 4th High jump 2.32 m 1998 European Championships Budapest, Hungary 2nd High jump 2.34 m Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1st High jump 2.31 m 2002 Commonwealth Games Manchester, United Kingdom 6th High jump 2.15 m European Championships Munich , Germany– High jump NM 2003 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 12th (q) High jump 2.20 m
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