- Bill Payne (athlete)
Bill Payne (born
21 December 1967 ) is a retired Americanpole vault er.He won the silver medal at the
1991 Summer Universiade , [ [http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/wsgm.htm World Student Games (Universiade - Men)] - GBR Athletics] and competed at the 1995 World Championships without reaching the final. [ [http://www.iaaf.org/WCH05/history/Year=1995/EventCode=441/gender=M/discipline=PV/combCode=hash/roundCode=q/index.html 1995 World Championships Results - Pole Vault - Men - Qualification] - IAAF.org]His personal best is 5.86 metres, achieved in May 1991 in Houston. This result secures him a place on the all-time list in pole vault, and places him thirteenth on the American all-time list behind
Jeff Hartwig ,Timothy Mack ,Toby Stevenson ,Brad Walker ,Lawrence Johnson ,Scott Huffman ,Joe Dial ,Dean Starkey , Jacob Davis,Nick Hysong ,Kory Tarpenning and Earl Bell. [ [http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=O/ageGroup=N/season=0/gender=M/discipline=PV/legal=A/index.html IAAF top lists, men's pole vault] ]References
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