- Trevor Bickle
Trevor Bickle (born in
Fremantle, Western Australia on17 July 1943 ) is a former Western Australian athlete and Commonwealthpole vault champion."W.A. Hall of Champions" inductee booklet. (2006) Published by theWestern Australian Institute of Sport ]At 16, Bickle was "volunteered" to contest an F-grade pole vault event at his local athletics club by his coach. He won the event and went on to a highly successful international career in the sport.
In the 1962 Commonwealth Games in Perth at
Perry Lakes Stadium , he won the gold medal with a vault of 4.41 m (13 feet 9 inches). InJamaica four years later at 1966 Games he won again, retaining the Commonwealth title with a vault of 4.80 m (15 feet 9 inches) - his best competition result. He won Australian titles in 1963, 1966 and 1967 but was unlucky to miss selection for the 1964Tokyo Olympics when he broke his pole in the selection trials.Bickle retired from competition in 1967 when he represented the
Commonwealth of Nations against theUnited States inLos Angeles .In 1989 Bickle was inducted into the
Western Australian Hall of Champions .References
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