Jeff Teale
Jeff Teale (actually Jeffrey Teale; born December 20, 1939 in Newthorpe , North Yorkshire , † January 16, 1997 ) was a British shot putter .
In 1968 he was tenth at the Olympic Games in Mexico City , and in 1969 he was eliminated from the qualification at the European Athletics Championships in Athens .
At the British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh in 1970 he won silver starting for England .
In 1968 and 1969 he was English champion, in 1968 and 1970 English indoor champion.
In 1974 he was banned for life for doping after admitting in a newspaper interview that he was taking anabolic steroids .
Personal best
- Shot put: 19.18 m, 7 Aug 1968, Portsmouth
- Hall: 18.13 m March 22, 1969, Cosford
Web links
- Athlete portrait at The Power of Ten
- Jeff Teale in the database of TOPS in athletics (English)
- Jeff Teale in the database of trackfield.brinkster.net (English)
- Jeff Teale in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Footnotes
- ↑ Michael Kremenik, Sho Onodera, Mitsushiro Nagao, Osamu Yuzuki & Shozo Yonetani: A Historical Timeline of Doping in the Olympics (Part II 1970-1988). In: Kawasaki Journal of Medical Welfare. Vol. 10, No. 2, 2007, p. 78 ( PDF )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Teale, Jeff |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Teale, Jeffrey |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British shot putter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 20, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Newthorpe , North Yorkshire |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 16, 1997 |