James Miller (born 4 June 1974) is a retired
Australia
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pole vault
Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the Myc ...
er.
He won the bronze medal at the
1994 Commonwealth Games
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, competed at the
1995 World Championships and he competed at the
1996 Summer Olympics
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placing 16th.
He became Australian champion in 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1997. His main domestic competitor was
Simon Arkell
Simon Graham Arkell (born 1 July 1966) is an Olympic pole vaulter from Australia, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics
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.
His personal best jump was 5.75 metres, achieved in February 1996 in
Melbourne
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.
References
1974 births
Living people
Australian male pole vaulters
Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Australia
20th-century Australian people
Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
Place of birth missing (living people)
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