Wallace Heron
New Zealand field athlete
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1924-06-15)15 June 1924 Te Kūiti, New Zealand |
| Died | 26 December 1990(1990-12-26) (aged 66) Whangamatā, New Zealand |
| Sport | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Sport | Track and field |
| Achievements and titles | |
| National finals | Pole vault champion (1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950) |
Wallace Heron (15 June 1924 – 26 December 1990) was a New Zealand field athlete who represented his country in the pole vault at the 1950 British Empire Games.
Biography
Born in Te Kūiti on 15 June 1924, Heron was the son of Samuel George Frith Heron and Margaret Thomasine Gwendolene Heron (née Turney) who were resident at Waitanguru at the time.[1][2]
Representing Auckland, Heron won five New Zealand national athletic titles, winning the pole vault every year from 1945 to 1950 except 1948.[3] At the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, Heron represented New Zealand in the pole vault.[4] He finished in fourth place on a countback, recording a best height of 12 ft 9 in (3.89 m), the same as the bronze medallist, Peter Denton from Australia.[5]
Heron died at Whangamatā on 26 December 1990, and he was buried at Pukekohe Cemetery.[1][6]
References
- ^ a b "Death search: registration number 1991/32019". Births, deaths & marriages online. Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ "Births". New Zealand Herald. 20 June 1924. p. 1. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ Hollings, Stephen (December 2016). "National champions 1887–2016" (PDF). Athletics New Zealand. p. 46. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ "Wallace Heron". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ "Athletics pole vault – men Auckland 1950". Commonwealth Games Federation. 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ "Record for Wallace Heron". Auckland Council. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
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New Zealand national champions in men's pole vault
- 1890: Dugald McDonald Robertson
- 1891: Fred Upfill
- 1892–1893: William McDonald West
- 1894–1895: Henry Lowther Kingsley
- 1896: Robert James Hunter / Henry Lowther Kingsley
- 1897: Jimmy Te Paa / Hori Eruera
- 1898: Hori Eruera
- 1899: Jimmy Te Paa
- 1900: Charlie Laurie
- 1901: Henry Prebble
- 1902: Charlie Laurie
- 1903: Arthur Keating
- 1904: Charlie Laurie
- 1905: Jack McLachlan
- 1906: Charlie Laurie
- 1907: Len McKay
- 1908: E. McKay
- 1909–1911: Len McKay
- 1912: Geoff Giller
- 1913: Len McKay
- 1914: Harold Henry Whitaker / George Harvey
- 1915: George Harvey
- 1916–1919: not held
- 1920–1925: George Harvey
- 1926–1928: Bill Batstone
- 1929: Ernest Sutherland
- 1930: Bill Batstone
- 1931: Frank Brady
- 1932–1933: Bill Batstone
- 1934: L.E. Smith
- 1935: Fred Barraclough
- 1936: Minden Vaughan Blake
- 1937: Jack Opie
- 1938–1939: Fred Barraclough
- 1940: David Weichert
- 1941–1944: not held
- 1945–1947: Wallace Heron
- 1948: Les Fagg
- 1949–1950: Wallace Heron
- 1951: George Martin
- 1952–1962: Merv Richards
- 1963–1965: Kevin Gibbons
- 1966: Darcy McGonagle
- 1967–1970: Kevin Gibbons
- 1971–1973: Darcy McGonagle
- 1974: Peter Tracy
- 1975: Robert Gibson
- 1976–1980: Mike Ritchie
- 1981–1985: Keiran McKee
- 1986–1988: Simon Poelman
- 1989: Ian Streat
- 1990: Derek McKee
- 1991: Paul Gibbons
- 1992: Olivier Ball
- 1993–1994: Paul Gibbons
- 1995: Yasuhiro Oshima (JPN)
- 1996–1997: Paul Gibbons
- 1998: Yasuhiro Oshima (JPN)
- 1999–2001: Paul Gibbons
- 2002: Craig Merrilees
- 2003–2004: Paul Gibbons
- 2005: Jacobus Nel
- 2006–2007: Jeremy McColl
- 2008: Jacobus Nel
- 2009–2011: Brent Newdick
- 20012–2013: Nick Southgate
- 2014: Thomas North
- 2015–2018: Nick Southgate
- 2019–2020: James Steyn
- 2021: Ettiene Du Preez
- 2022: Nick Southgate
- 2023–2024: James Steyn
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