Harry Coppell
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| Born | 11 July 1996 Wigan, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Pole vault | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Wigan & District [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Scott Simpson | ||||||||||||||
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Harry Coppell (born 11 July 1996) is an English athlete specialising in the pole vault.[2][3] He competed at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics.[4]
Early life
[edit]Coppell grew up in Wigan.[5] He attended Up Holland High School.[6]
Career
[edit]Coppell became British champion when winning the pole vault event at the 2019 British Athletics Championships. He then successfully defended his title at the 2020 British Athletics Championships with a British record jump of 5.85 metres.[7]
At the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, he represented Great Britain and placed 7th in the pole vault event.[4] Coppell represented England at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, where he won a bronze medal.[8]
Coppell won a 3rd, 4th and 5th British title in 2021, 2022 and 2024 respectively.[9][10]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Profile". Power of 10.
- ↑ "Athlete profile". World Athletics.
- ↑ "Athletes". European Athletics.
- 1 2 "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
- ↑ "British Record for Harry Coppell in Manchester". Athletics Weekly. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
- ↑ "Good Luck to our West Lancs Olympians!". West Lancashire Sport Partnership. 20 July 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
- ↑ "Results list". British Athletics.
- ↑ "Birmingham 2022 Team". Team England. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
- ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
- ↑ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
External links
[edit]- Harry Coppell at World Athletics
- Harry Coppell at British Athletics
- Harry Coppell at Team GB
- Harry Coppell at Olympedia
- Harry Coppell at Team England
- Harry Coppell at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Harry Coppell on Instagram
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