John Vernon (athlete)

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John Vernon ( John Ballantyne Vernon; born September 3, 1929 ) is a former Australian high jumper .

At the British Empire Games in Auckland in 1950 he was seventh and sixth at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver in 1954 .

In 1956 he retired from qualifying at the Olympic Games in Melbourne .

1953 and 1954 he was Australian champion. He set his personal best of 2,019 m on March 8, 1954 in Ballarat .

Web links

  • John Vernon in the database of Athletics Australia (English)
  • John Vernon in the database of trackfield.brinkster.net (English)
  • John Vernon in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
personal data
SURNAME Vernon, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vernon, John Ballantyne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian high jumper
DATE OF BIRTH September 3, 1929