Harry Coppell | |
Birth Date: | 11 July 1996 |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | Pole vault |
Club: | Wigan & District [1] |
Coach: | Scott Simpson |
Harry Coppell (born 11 July 1996) is an English athlete specialising in the pole vault.[2] [3]
He became British champion when winning the pole vault event at the 2019 British Athletics Championships. He then successfully defended his title at the 2020 British Athletics Championships with a British record jump of 5.85 metres.[4] In 2021, Coppell placed 7th at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo.