出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/07/15 23:53 UTC 版)
Simon Arkell (born 1 July 1966) is an Olympic pole vaulter from Australia, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. During his career he was Commonwealth Champion, NCAA All-American (5 times), WAC Conference Champion (7 times) and broke 9 Australian and 4 Commonwealth records. He was also Australian (3) and British (2) Champion and was 1993 Australian Athlete of the Year. Arkell was the first Australian (and 50th person all time) to break the 19 foot (5.80m) barrier on 26 January 1996.