Tom Gale (born 18 December 1998) is an

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athlete specialising in the

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. He won bronze medal at the 2017 European U20 Championships. In 2018 he competed at the

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without qualifying for the final. In 2019 he won the Silver medal at the 2019 European U23 Championships. His personal bests in the event are 2.30 metres (Bedford 2017) and 2.33 metres indoors (Hustopeče, Czech Republic 2020). At the

2020 Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...

, held in 2021, he was one of thirteen who qualified for the final by jumping 2.28, his season's best. He placed 11th after three attempts at 2.30. Gale is from

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, Wiltshire, where he attended John of Gaunt School.

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* * 1998 births Living people English male high jumpers People from Trowbridge Sportspeople from Wiltshire Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games competitors for England British Athletics Championships winners Olympic athletes for Great Britain {{England-athletics-bio-stub