Mike Cotton (pole vaulter)

Mike Cotton

Personal information
Full name	Richard Michael Cotton
Nationality	United States
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	Pole vault
College/university team	University of Florida

Richard Michael "Mike" Cotton is a former American college and international track and field athlete who was the United States national champion pole vaulter.

Cotton attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he was a member of the Florida Gators track and field team. He was the 1973 National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) pole vault champion, as well as the Southeastern Conference (SEC) champion in 1971 and 1973. He earned All-American recognition in 1973 and he was an All-SEC selection in 1971, 1972 and 1973. He held the University of Florida's pole vault record of seventeen feet, six inches for fourteen years and was a member of the 1976 USA National Team. In 1973, he was U.S. Outdoor National Pole Vault Champion^[1] and Pan-Am Games champion.

Cotton graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in business administration in 1973, and he was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 2009.^[2][3]

Cotton founded and manages Cotton's All Lines Insurance in Gainesville, Florida.

See also

Biography portal

• Florida Gators
• List of University of Florida alumni

References

1. ^ http://www.usatf.org/statistics/champions/USAOutdoorTF/men/mPV.asp USATF Pole Vault Champions
2. ^ F Club, Hall of Fame, Gator Greats. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
3. ^ "Eight 2009 Honorees Inducted Into UF Athletic Hall of Fame," GatorZone.com (April 17, 2009). Retrieved July 22, 2011.

Persondata
Name	Cotton, Mike
Alternative names	Cotton, Richard Michael; Cotton, R. Michael
Short description	All-American college track and field athlete, international track and field athlete, pole vaulter
Date of birth
Place of birth	United States
Date of death
Place of death