Neil Honey
Australian pole vaulter
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Born | (1963-04-09) 9 April 1963 (age 61) | ||||||||
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Event | Pole vault | ||||||||
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Neil Honey (born 4 April 1963) is an Australian former athlete who specialised in pole vault.[1]
Honey, a native of Melbourne, attended both Parade College and Keon Park Technical School.[2]
Active in the 1980s, Honey was a three-time national champion in pole vault and had a personal best of 5.35m.[3] He placed sixth in the pole vault at the 1985 IAAF World Cup, won bronze at the 1986 Commonwealth Games and was fourth at the 1990 Commonwealth Games.[4]
Honey, younger brother of long jumper Gary, married Australian netball representative Di Atkinson. One of their daughters Taylor plays netball for the Melbourne Vixens and their son Josh is an AFL player for Carlton.[5]
References
- ^ "World-title bid, 'a bit of fun'". The Canberra Times. 6 March 1987. p. 22. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ^ "Pole position: When Carlton met Honey's high hopes". carltonfc.com.au. 8 December 2019.
- ^ "Arkell has done a power of work". The Canberra Times. 8 July 1987. p. 42. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ^ "Arkell's luck runs out 18cm short". The Canberra Times. 3 February 1990. p. 14 (Section C). Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ^ Pearce, Linda (29 March 2017). "Di Honey and daughter Tayla a sweet Vixens team". The Sydney Morning Herald.
External links
- Neil Honey at World Athletics
- Neil Honey at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Neil Honey at Commonwealth Games Australia
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Australian national champions in men's pole vault
- 1930: Gordon Harper
- 1932–1936: Fred Woodhouse
- 1937: Les Fletcher
- 1947–1948: Ted Winter
- 1949–1950: Peter Denton
- 1951: Bruce Peever
- 1952–1953: Peter Denton
- 1954–1956: Bruce Peever
- 1957: Max Gee
- 1958: Bruce Peever
- 1959: John Pfitzner
- 1960: Ross Filshie
- 1961: John Pfitzner
- 1962: Ross Filshie
- 1963: Trevor Bickle
- 1964–1965: Ross Filshie
- 1966–1967: Trevor Bickle
- 1968: Mike Sullivan
- 1969: Ed Johnson
- 1970: Ray Boyd
- 1971: Ed Johnson
- 1972–1976: Ray Boyd
- 1977: Rob Huddle
- 1978–1983: Ray Boyd
- 1984: Rob Chisholm
- 1985: Neil Honey
- 1986: Larry Jessee (USA)
- 1987–1988: Neil Honey
- 1989: Simon Arkell
- 1990: Tim Foster
- 1991–1992: Simon Arkell
- 1993: James Miller
- 1994: Scott Huffman (USA) and James Miller
- 1995–1997: James Miller
- 1998: Dmitri Markov (BLR)
- 1999: Viktor Chistiakov (RUS)
- 2000: Paul Burgess
- 2001: Dmitri Markov
- 2002: Paul Burgess
- 2003–2004: Dmitri Markov
- 2005–2006: Paul Burgess
- 2007: Brad Walker (USA)
- 2008: Steve Hooker
- 2009: Blake Lucas
- 2010: Steve Hooker
- 2011: Sergey Kucheryanu (RUS)