{"id":647,"date":"2006-09-02T01:40:35","date_gmt":"2006-09-01T15:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michelangelofineart.com.au\/wpart\/?p=647"},"modified":"2023-01-21T15:24:27","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T04:24:27","slug":"paul-burgess-a-6m-vaulter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michelangelofineart.com.au\/wpart\/paul-burgess-a-6m-vaulter\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Burgess, A 6M Vaulter"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Subject: Second ever Aussie, first Australian-born, over 6m. Budgie topped the world rankings in 2006.<\/p>\n

Burgess was originally a gymnast, winning a silver medal at the\u00a0Australian National Gymnastics Championships<\/a>\u00a0as a thirteen-year-old. Having grown too tall to continue with gymnastics, testing at the\u00a0Western Australian Institute of Sport<\/a>\u00a0suggested that Burgess was suited to pole vault. By 1996, Burgess had won the gold medal at the 1996 Sydney\u00a0World Junior Championships<\/a>, clearing a then-personal best of 5.35 metres. Later that year Burgess set the under 18 Australian record of 5.51 metres. In 1998, Burgess finished second at the\u00a01998 Commonwealth Games<\/a>, third at the World Junior Championships and seventh at the\u00a0World Cup<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Burgess finished second at the\u00a0East Asian Games<\/a>\u00a0in 2001, clearing 5.50 metres. In 2002, Burgess finished fifth at the\u00a0World Cup<\/a>, clearing 5.20 metres.<\/p>\n

At his second\u00a0Olympics<\/a>, in 2004, Burgess finished eleventh at 5.55 metres, although he had cleared 5.70 metres in the qualifying rounds.<\/p>\n

It was, however, in 2005 that Burgess’s form improved dramatically, clearing 5.91 metres, 5.95 metres and then 6.00 metres in domestic competition. These were, at the time, the three highest vaults on Australian soil.<\/p>\n

Burgess ended the 2006 European season as the number two ranked pole vaulter (behind training partner\u00a0Steven Hooker<\/a>), having won the\u00a0World Athletics Final<\/a>\u00a0on 10 September 2006. Burgess won US$30,000 in the process.<\/p>\n

He was named\u00a0Western Australian Sports Star of the Year<\/a>\u00a0in January 2006.<\/p>\n

RECORD(S):Australian All comers Record – 6.00m Australian U20 Record – Pole Vault – 5.60m Australian U18 Record – Pole Vault – 5.51m<\/p>\n

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