- Ray Boyd
Raymond 'Ray' Boyd (born
June 28 ,1951 ) is a former athlete fromAustralia , who competed in thePole vault .Boyd won eleven Australian Championships in the Pole Vault, ending his career on a high note when winning the Gold medal at the
1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane. He competed in twoOlympics and threeCommonwealth Games [http://www.athletics.com.au/history/athletes/athlete624.htm Athletics Australia profile - Ray Boyd] ] from 1970 to 1982.Boyd's best vault of 5.30 metres was achieved in
Melbourne on15 March ,1976 [http://www.athletics.com.au/community/statsdata/rankings/alltime - Athletics Australia all-time rankings list] ] .His wife,
Denise Boyd (nee Robertson) was also a Commonwealth Games champion and double-Olympic finalist at200 metres [ [http://www.athletics.com.au/history/athletes/athlete48.htm AA profile - Denise Boyd] ] . The Boyds have three children, all of whom are successful athletes [ [http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23280720-10389,00.html Courier Mail - Vaulting into pole position] ] :*Alana (born
10 May 1984 ) [ [http://www.athletics.com.au/history/athletes/athlete4540.htm AA profile – Alana Boyd] ] - 4.55 m Pole Vaulter*Jacinta (born
2 October 1986 ) [ [http://www.athletics.com.au/history/athletes/athlete4661.htm AA profile – Jacinta Boyd] ] - 6.64 m Long Jumper*Matthew (Matt) (born
29 April 1988 ) [ [http://www.athletics.com.au/history/athletes/athlete5124.htm AA Profile – Matt Boyd] ] - 5.35 m Pole Vaulter [ [http://www.athletics.com.au/community/statsdata/rankings/current_list Athletics Australia - 2008 National Rankings] ]Ray is Alana, Jacinta and Matthew 's coach for training.
ee also
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Australian athletics champions
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