Harry Coppell (born 11 July 1996) is an English athlete specialising in the

pole vault Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a #bar, bar. Pole jumping was already practiced by the ...

. He became British champion when winning the pole vault event at the

2019 British Athletics Championships The 2019 British Athletics Championships was the national championship in outdoor track and field for athletes in the United Kingdom, held from 24 to 25 August 2019 at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham. It was organised by UK Athletics. A full range ...

. He then successfully defended his title at the

2020 British Athletics Championships The 2020 British Athletics Championships (known for sponsorship reasons as the Müller British Athletics Championships) was the national championship in outdoor track and field for athletes in the United Kingdom. The championship took place on ...

with a British record jump of 5.85 metres. In 2021, Coppell placed 7th at the

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Summer Olympics or the Games of the Olympiad, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inaugural Games took place in 1896 in Athens, then part of the King ...

in Tokyo.

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* * * * * * * 1996 births Living people English male pole vaulters British male pole vaulters World Youth Championships in Athletics winners British Athletics Championships winners Olympic athletes for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games 21st-century English sportsmen Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics {{England-polevault-athletics-bio-stub