Jeffrey "Jeff" Gutteridge (born 28 October 1956) is an English former pole vaulter who represented Great Britain at two Summer Olympics. He was the national pole vault champion on several occasions.

Career

Gutteridge, who is from Slough, competed in the qualifying rounds of the

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, the youngest athlete in the field at 19-years of age. He represented England in the pole vault event, at the

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in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Four years later he represented England and won a

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at the

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in Brisbane, Queensland,

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, behind

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. At the

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he qualified for the final after registering a 5.30m jump in the preliminary rounds. In the final he successfully cleared 5.10m and finished in 11th position. In 1988 he tested positive, while training, for

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s. He was given a life ban, which was later reduced.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gutteridge, Jeff 1956 births Living people English male pole vaulters Olympic athletes for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Doping cases in athletics English sportspeople in doping cases Sportspeople from Slough Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games