Luke Cutts

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Luke Cutts interviewed Katherine Merry (BBC Sport) in 2013 at the Gateshead Great City Games
Luke Cutts athletics
Full name Luke Arron Cutts
nation United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom of EnglandEnglandEngland 
birthday 13th February 1988 (age 32)
place of birth Thurnscoe , United Kingdom
size 188 cm
Weight 82 kg
Career
discipline Pole vault
Best performance 5.83 m Sport records icon NR.svg
status active
Medal table
Commonwealth Games 0 × gold 1 × silver 1 × bronze
U23 European Championships 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
Commonwealth Games Federation logo Commonwealth Games
silver Glasgow 2014 5.55 m
bronze Gold Coast 2018 5.45 m
EAA logo U23 European Championships
silver Kaunas 2009 5.60 m
last change: July 25, 2018

Luke Arron Cutts (born February 13, 1988 in Thurnscoe ) is a British pole vaulter .

Athletic career

Luke Cutts gained his first international experience at the Junior World Championships 2006 in Beijing , where he finished ninth with 5.30 m. In 2007 he did not succeed in qualifying at the European Junior Championships in Hengelo . In 2009 he won the silver medal behind the German Raphael Holzdeppe at the U23 European Championships in Kaunas with 5.60 m . In addition, he qualified for the first time for the World Championships in Berlin , where he was eliminated with 5.40 m in the qualification. At the Commonwealth Games 2010 in New Delhi , he failed to start a valid attempt for England .

In 2014 he finished eighth at the World Indoor Championships in Sopot with 5.65 m, won silver with 5.55 m at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow behind his compatriot Steven Lewis and failed at the European Championships in Zurich with 5.30 m in qualification. Two years later he took part again in the European Championships in Amsterdam , but did not qualify there again with 5.35 m for the final. This was followed by participation in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , where he was also eliminated from the qualification with 5.45 m . In 2018 he again took part in the Commonwealth Games in the Australian Gold Coast and won the bronze medal there with 5.45 m.

In 2009 and 2013, as well as in 2016 and 2017, he was British outdoor champion and between 2014 and 2017 indoor.

Personal best

  • Pole vault (open air): 5.70 m, July 27, 2013 in London
  • Pole vault (indoor): 5.83 m, 25 January 2014 in Rouen ( British record )

Comment on the hall
record : In the meantime, according to IAAF Rule 260.2 - Note 2 - in connection with IAAF Rule 260.13, records achieved in the hall are recognized as absolute records.

Web links

Commons : Luke Cutts  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Result list of the U20 European Championships in Hengelo 2007
  2. ^ Result list of the U23 European Championships in Kaunas 2009
  3. ↑ IAAF competition rules, page 240 (PDF; 4364 kB), accessed on February 9, 2020
  4. ↑ IAAF competition rules, page 244 (PDF; 4364 kB), accessed on February 9, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Cutts, Luke
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cutts, Luke Arron (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British pole vaulter
DATE OF BIRTH February 13, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Thurnscoe