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Mike Edwards (pole Vaulter)
Michael Edwards (born 19 October 1968 in Farnham, Surrey) is a retired England, English pole vaulter. He was affiliated with the Belgrave Harriers in London. He finished seventh at the 1987 European Junior Championships, fifth at the Athletics at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, 1994 Commonwealth Games and sixth at the 1998 IAAF World Cup. He also competed at the 1990 European Championships in Athletics - Men's Pole Vault, 1990 European Championships, the 1991 World Championships in Athletics - Men's pole vault, 1991 World Championships, the Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Men's pole vault, 1992 Olympic Games and the 1993 World Championships in Athletics - Men's pole vault, 1993 World Championships without reaching the final. His personal best jump was 5.52 metres, achieved in May 1993 in Abilene, TX, Abilene. References * 1968 births Living people English male pole vaulters Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Great Britain Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farnham
Farnham ( /ˈfɑːnəm/) is a market town and civil parish in Surrey, England, around southwest of London. It is in the Borough of Waverley, close to the county border with Hampshire. The town is on the north branch of the River Wey, a tributary of the Thames, and is at the western end of the North Downs. The civil parish, which includes the villages of Badshot Lea, Hale and Wrecclesham, covers and had a population of 39,488 in 2011. Among the prehistoric artefacts from the area is a woolly mammoth tusk, excavated in Badshot Lea at the start of the 21st century. The earliest evidence of human activity is from the Neolithic and, during the Roman period, tile making took place close to the town centre. The name "Farnham" is of Saxon origin and is generally agreed to mean "meadow where ferns grow". From at least 803, the settlement was under the control of the Bishops of Winchester and the castle was built as a residence for Bishop Henry de Blois in 1138. Henry VIII is thou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 World Championships In Athletics - Men's Pole Vault
File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefully dissolved into the Czech Republic and Slovakia; In the United States, the ATF besieges a compound belonging to David Koresh and the Branch Davidians in a search for illegal weapons, which ends in the building being set alight and killing most inside; Eritrea gains independence; A major snow storm passes over the United States and Canada, leading to over 300 fatalities; Drug lord and narcoterrorist Pablo Escobar is killed by Colombian special forces; Ramzi Yousef and other Islamic terrorists detonate a truck bomb in the subterranean garage of the North Tower of the World Trade Center in the United States., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Oslo I Accord rect 200 0 400 200 1993 Russian constitutional crisis rect 400 0 600 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
