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Having grown too tall to continue with gymnastics, testing at the Western Australian Institute of Sport suggested that Burgess was suited to pole vault. By 1996, Burgess had won the gold medal at the 1996 Sydney World Junior Championships, clearing a then-personal best of 5.35 metres.
Paul Burgess is an Australian pole vaulter who became only the thirteenth pole vaulter in the world to reach 6 metres.Paul was originally a gymnast, winning ...
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Apr 19, 2024 · Glen Quartermain. Former West Australian Institute of Sport head pole vault coach Paul Burgess may still head to Paris this year to guide Olympic medal fancies Nina Kennedy and Kurtis Marschall. Talks are ongoing between Athletics Australia and WAIS about a possible coaching role for Burgess in Paris, which is seen as vital to both Kennedy and ...
Paul Burgess is a three-time Olympian (2000, 2004, 2008) in pole vault with his best result being 11th in the Athens 2004 final. In 1996 Burgess entered the international pole vaulting arena, with a great result at the Sydney world junior championships.
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Apr 9, 2024 · Free. Burgess quits as WAIS pole vault coach. By John Salvado. Updated April 9 2024 - 1:40am, first published 1:37am. Paul Burgess congratulates Nina Kennedy after she won gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)
Long Jump. Pole Vault. Loading... Paul Burgess finds himself in the unfamiliar position of being hunted, while fellow pole vaulter Dmitri Markov is equally unused to playing the hunter coming into the first IAAF Grand Prix of the new year in Melbourne, Australia on Thursday, 17 February.
Australia’s Paul Burgess provided the highlight at a meeting in Mannheim (Germany) on Friday evening (7). Clearing 5.92m the 26 year-old pole vaulter set a world leading mark. So far his fellow countryman Steven Hooker had been number one this season with 5.91m.
