Peter Beames
Australian athlete
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Born | (1963-09-13) 13 September 1963 (age 60) | ||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||
Event | Triple jump | ||||||||
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Peter Beames (born 13 September 1963) is an Australian former athlete.[1]
An accountant by profession, Beames was Australia's national champion in the triple jump from 1985 to 1988.[2] He was also a New Zealand national title holder.[3] His best legal jump of 16.58m was set in Brisbane in 1988.[4]
Beames was a triple jump bronze medalist at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, finishing behind English jumpers John Herbert and Mike Makin.[5] Other performances included sixth place at the 1985 Pacific Conference Games, eighth at the 1985 IAAF World Cup and 14th at the 1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships.[6]
References
- ^ "Beames back in training". The Canberra Times. 8 October 1985. p. 23 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Making The Sporting Life Work". The Canberra Times. 26 February 1995. p. 21 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Beames set for double in the triple jump". The Canberra Times. 27 March 1985. p. 40 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Sports results and details". The Canberra Times. 14 March 1988. p. 22 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Canberra jumper Beames believes he can do better". The Canberra Times. 4 August 1986. p. 20 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Australian Athletics Results". athletics.possumbility.com.
External links
- Peter Beames at World Athletics
- Peter Beames at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Peter Beames at Commonwealth Games Australia
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Australian National Champions in Men's Triple Jump
- 1930: Nick Winter
- 1932: Frank Campbell
- 1934–36: Basil Dickinson
- 1937: Jack Metcalfe
- 1947: Ken Doubleday
- 1948: George Avery
- 1949: Frank Day
- 1950: Les McKeand
- 1951: Peter Cox
- 1952: Kevin Miller
- 1953–54: Brian Oliver
- 1955: Kevin Salt
- 1956: Brian Oliver
- 1957–59: Ian Tomlinson
- 1960–61: John Baguley
- 1962: Ian Tomlinson
- 1963: Graham Boase
- 1964–65: Ian Tomlinson
- 1966–69: Phil May
- 1970: Mick McGrath
- 1971: Phil May
- 1972: Mick McGrath
- 1973: Phil May
- 1974–75: Mick McGrath
- 1976–77: Don Commons
- 1978: Mick McGrath
- 1979: Ian Campbell
- 1980–84: Ken Lorraway
- 1985–88: Peter Beames
- 1989: Matt Sweeney
- 1990: Andrew Murphy
- 1991–92: Matt Sweeney
- 1993: Peter Burge
- 1994–97: Andrew Murphy
- 1998: Onochie Achike (GBR)
- 1999: Andrew Murphy
- 2000: Rogel Nachum (ISR)
- 2001–04: Andrew Murphy
- 2005: Michael Perry
- 2006: Andrew Murphy
- 2007–09: Alwyn Jones
- 2010: Henry Frayne
- 2011: Adam Rabone
- 2012–13: Alwyn Jones
- 2014: Phillips Idowu
- 2015–16: Alwyn Jones
- 2017: Ryoma Yamamoto
- 2018: Emmanuel Fakiye