{{Short description|Scottish pole vaulter}} {{Infobox sportsperson | birth_name = Graham Charles Eggleton | nationality = | residence = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | country = | sport = Athletics | event = Pole vault | club = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{flagu|Scotland}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{Medal|Bronze|1982 Brisbane|Pole vault}} }} '''Graham Charles Eggleton''' (born 20 May 1959) is a Scottish former athlete who specialised in the pole vault.<ref>{{Tilastopaja|572512}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Buckfield ready to hit heights |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12040682.buckfield-ready-to-hit-heights-a-crazy-englishman-who-drives-himself-and-others-up-the-pole/ |work=HeraldScotland |date=16 February 1996 |language=en}}</ref>

As a child, Eggleton would train in his garden by vaulting onto piles of hay with a bamboo pole.<ref name="Fulham">{{cite news |title=A man on the way up - and up! |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/760635351 |work=Fulham Chronicle |date=4 May 1984|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Eggleton was the British national pole vault champion in 1981 and 1982.<ref name="Fulham"/>

The first vaulter from Scotland to clear five metres, Eggleton had a personal best vault of 5.21 metres set in 1982, which remained a Scottish record until bettered by Richard Hurren in 2010.<ref>{{cite news |title=Eggleton record |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/877247515 |work=Sunday Sun |date=21 June 1981|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Eggleton competed at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane and was one of three vaulters to register a games record of 5.20 metres, but had to settle for the bronze medal on countback.<ref>{{cite news |title=Morning glory passed |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/259666992 |work=The Guardian |date=9 October 1982|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

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{{Footer UK NC Pole Vault Men}}

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