Jeff Buckingham
American pole vaulter
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Born | 1959 or 1960 (age 64–65) Gardner, Kansas, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
Spouse | Terri[1][2][a] | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Pole vault | ||||||||||||||
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Jeff Buckingham[3] (born 1959/1960)[4][b] is an American pole vaulter.
Life and career
Buckingham was born in Gardner, Kansas.[5] He was a Kansas Jayhawks pole vaulter.[6][c]
Buckingham competed at the 1983 Pan American Games, winning a silver medal in the men's pole vault event in athletics.[7]
Notes
References
- ^ "Portrait of a record". The Lincoln Star. Lincoln, Nebraska. February 7, 1983. p. 9. Retrieved June 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Former record holder still longs for competition: Whatever Happened To?". The Kansas City Star. Kansas City, Missouri. June 11, 1990. p. 22. Retrieved June 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Jeff Buckingham signs KU letter". Olathe News. Olathe, Kansas. April 13, 1978. p. 6. Retrieved June 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ United Press International (July 17, 1983). "U.S. Mark Set at 18-10 3/4 In Outdoor Pole Vault". The New York Times. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
- ^ The Sony Tape Guide to Who's who in the 1984 Olympics. Pelham. 1984. p. 72. ISBN 9780720715194 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Kansan bucks for Big Eight indoor title: Jeff Buckingham hopes to fly higher than ever in a pole vault". The Kansas City Star. Kansas City, Missouri. February 25, 1983. p. 21. Retrieved June 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1983 Pan American Games: Athletics Results", Pan American Games
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US National Championship winners in men's pole vault
New York Athletic Club
- 1877: George McNichol
- 1878: Alfred Ing
NAAAA
- 1879–81: William Van Houten
- 1882: B.F. Richardson
- 1883–86: Hugh Baxter
- 1887: Tom Ray (GBR) & Hugh Baxter
- 1888Note 1: G.B. Quinn
Amateur Athletic Union
- 1888Note 1: Lincoln Godshall
- 1889: Lat Stones (GBR) & D.F. O'Brien
- 1890: Walter Rodenbaugh
- 1891–92: Theodore Luce
- 1893–94: Christian Buchholz
- 1895: Hermann Thomas
- 1896: Franklin Allis
- 1897: Jesse Hurlburt
- 1898: Raymond Clapp
- 1899: Irving Baxter
- 1900: Bascom Johnson
- 1901: Charles Dvorak
- 1902: August Anderson
- 1903: Charles Dvorak
- 1904: H.L. Gardner
- 1905: Roy Heater
- 1906: LeRoy Samse
- 1907: Ed Cook
- 1908: William Halpenny (CAN) & Claude Allen
- 1909: Roy Paulding
- 1910: Harry Babcock
- 1911: Ed Cook, Frank Coyle & Sam Bellah
- 1912: Harry Babcock
- 1913: Stanley Wagoner
- 1914: Ken Curtis
- 1915: Sam Bellah
- 1916: Sherman Landers
- 1917: Edward Knourek
- 1918: Carl Buck
- 1919–20: Frank Foss
- 1921–22: Edward Knourek
- 1923–24: Edwin Myers
- 1925: Harry Smith
- 1926: Paul Harrington
- 1927–28: Lee Barnes
- 1929–30: Fred Sturdy
- 1931: Jack Wool
- 1932: Bill Graber
- 1933: Keith Brown & Matt Gordy
- 1934: Keith Brown, Bill Graber & Wirt Thompson
- 1935: Earle Meadows & Bill Sefton
- 1936: George Varoff
- 1937: Bill Sefton
- 1938: Cornelius Warmerdam
- 1939: George Varoff
- 1940–44: Cornelius Warmerdam
- 1945: Boo Morcom & Robert Phelps
- 1946: Irving Moore
- 1947: Boo Morcom
- 1948: Boo Morcom & Bob Richards
- 1949–51: Bob Richards
- 1952: Bob Richards & Don Laz
- 1953: Don Laz & George Mattos
- 1954–57: Bob Richards
- 1958: Ron Morris
- 1959: Don Bragg
- 1960: Aubrey Dooley
- 1961–62: Ron Morris
- 1963: Brian Sternberg
- 1964: Fred Hansen
- 1965: John Pennel
- 1966: Bob Seagren
- 1967: Paul Wilson
- 1968: Dick Railsback
- 1969–70: Bob Seagren
- 1971: Jan Johnson
- 1972: Dave Roberts
- 1973: Mike Cotton
- 1974: Dave Roberts
- 1975: Don Baird (AUS) * Terry Porter
- 1976: Earl Bell
- 1977: Mike Tully
- 1978: Dan Ripley
- 1979: Mike Tully
The Athletics Congress
- 1980: Tom Hintnaus
- 1981: Billy Olson
- 1982: Dan Ripley & Billy Olson
- 1983: Jeff Buckingham
- 1984: Earl Bell
- 1985: Joe Dial
- 1986: Mike Tully
- 1987: Joe Dial
- 1988–89: Kory Tarpenning
- 1990: Earl Bell
- 1991–92: Tim Bright
USA Track & Field
- 1993–95: Scott Huffman
- 1996–97: Lawrence Johnson
- 1998–99: Jeff Hartwig
- 2000–01: Lawrence Johnson
- 2002–03: Jeff Hartwig
- 2004: Tim Mack
- 2005: Brad Walker
- 2006: Russ Buller
- 2007: Brad Walker
- 2008: Derek Miles
- 2009: Brad Walker
- 2010: Mark Hollis
- 2011: Derek Miles
- 2012–13: Brad Walker
- 2014–19: Sam Kendricks
- 2020 not held
- 20212020 OT: Chris Nilsen
- Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships
- OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.
- 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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