Mick McGrath (triple jumper)
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| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 November 1947 | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Triple jump | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Randwick Botany Harriers | ||||||||||||||
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Gerald Michael McGrath (born 28 November 1947) is an Australian former triple jumper who competed in the 1970 Commonwealth Games[1] and the 1972 Summer Olympics.[2]
Biography
McGrath attended the University of Melbourne, gaining a full blue in athletics in 1969.[3]
McGrath won the British AAA Championships title at the 1975 AAA Championships.[4][5][6]
In 2014 he was named by Athletics Victoria in the Victorian all-time Commonwealth Games team.[7]
References
- ^ "Edinburgh 1970 Commonwealth Games Australian Silver Medalists". alldownunder.com. Archived from the original on 13 December 2010.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mick McGrath". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
- ^ "Melbourne University Athletics Club » 1960s".
- ^ "Stewart Mystery". Sunday Mirror. 3 August 1975. Retrieved 31 May 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
- ^ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
- ^ "Victorian all-time Commonwealth Games team - Athletics Victoria". athsvic.org.au. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018.