Allah Ditta (pole vaulter)
Allah Ditta (born December 15, 1932 in Panjeri , Gujarat ) is a former Pakistani pole vaulter .
At the Olympic Games in Melbourne in 1956 , he was eliminated from qualification. In 1958 he won bronze at the Asian Games in Tokyo and was fourth at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff . In 1959 he became English champion and took part in other athletics meetings in Europe. The following year, Ditta failed again in the preliminary round at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome.
In 1962 he won another bronze medal at the Asian Games in Jakarta and finished eighth at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth . He set his personal best of 4.23 m in 1962.
Web links
- Allah Ditta in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Footnotes
- ^ Athletics Federation of Pakistan: History of Pakistan Athletics 1948–1967
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| SURNAME | Ditta, Allah |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Pakistani pole vaulter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 15, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Panjeri , Gujarat |