{{Short description|Australian pole vaulter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Use Australian English|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox sportsperson | nationality = | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|04|09|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | country = {{flagu|Australia}} | sport = Athletics | event = Pole vault | club = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{Medal|Bronze|1986 Edinburgh|Pole vault}} }}
'''Neil Honey''' (born 4 April 1963) is an Australian former athlete who specialised in pole vault.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136293468 |title=World-title bid, 'a bit of fun' |newspaper=The Canberra Times |date=6 March 1987 |accessdate=10 February 2023 |page=22}}</ref>
Honey, a native of Melbourne, attended both Parade College and Keon Park Technical School.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pole position: When Carlton met Honey's high hopes |url=https://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/539702/pole-position-when-carlton-met-honeys-high-hopes |website=carltonfc.com.au |language=en |date=8 December 2019}}</ref>
Active in the 1980s, Honey was a three-time national champion in pole vault and had a personal best of 5.35m.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118142415 |title=Arkell has done a power of work |newspaper=The Canberra Times |date=8 July 1987 |accessdate=10 February 2023 |page=42}}</ref> He placed sixth in the pole vault at the 1985 IAAF World Cup, won bronze at the 1986 Commonwealth Games and was fourth at the 1990 Commonwealth Games.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131175974 |title=Arkell's luck runs out 18cm short |newspaper=The Canberra Times |date=3 February 1990 |accessdate=10 February 2023 |page=14 (Section C)}}</ref>
Honey, younger brother of long jumper Gary, married Australian netball representative Di Atkinson. One of their daughters Taylor plays netball for the Melbourne Vixens and their son Josh is an AFL player for Carlton.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pearce |first1=Linda |title=Di Honey and daughter Tayla a sweet Vixens team |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/netball/suncorp-super-netball-2017-di-honey-and-daughter-tayla-a-sweet-vixens-team-20170329-gv8wsn.html |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=29 March 2017 |language=en}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{World Athletics|australia/neil-honey-14352635}} *{{CGF profile|39430}} *{{CGA profile|neil-honey}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Honey, Neil}} Category:1963 births Category:Living people Category:Australian men pole vaulters Category:Athletes from Melbourne Category:People educated at Parade College Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Category:Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Category:Sportsmen from Victoria (state) Category:Australian Athletics Championships winners Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics