Paul is pictured above at the 2006 Grand Prix Final in Stuttgart. He finished in first place
in the Pole Vault, beating Toby Stevenson and Tim Lobinger on the countback rule after all
three men had cleared the same height of 5.82m. Earlier in his career Burgess had won
silver medals at the 1998 and 2002 Commonwealth Games.
.
|
Men's Pole Vault final.
Commonwealth Games 1998 |
| 1. Riaan Botha |
|
RSA |
|
5.60 |
| 2. Denis Petouchinski |
|
NZL |
|
5.55 |
| 3. Paul Burgess |
|
AUS |
|
5.50 |
| 4. Kersley Gardenne |
|
MRI |
|
5.35 |
| 5. Matthew Belsham |
|
ENG |
|
5.25 |
| 6. Kevin Hughes |
|
ENG |
|
5.15 |
| 7. Marcus Popp |
|
CAN |
|
5.05 |
| 8. Neil Young |
|
NIR |
|
4.80 |
| |
Men's Pole Vault Final.
2002 Commonwealth Games |
| 1 Okkert Brits |
|
RSA |
|
5.75 |
|
GR |
|
|
| 2 Paul Burgess |
|
AUS |
|
5.70 |
| 3 Dominic Johnson |
|
LCA |
|
5.60 |
| 4= Viktor Chistiakov |
|
AUS |
|
5.50 |
| 4= Nick Buckfield |
|
ENG |
|
5.50 |
| 4= Dmitri Markov |
|
AUS |
|
5.50 |
| 7 Tim Thomas |
|
WAL |
|
5.20 |
| 8 Kevin Hughes |
|
ENG |
|
5.05 |
| |
Men's Pole Vault. 2006
Grand Prix Final |
| 1. Paul Burgess |
|
AUS |
|
5.82 |
| 2. Toby Stevenson |
|
USA |
|
5.82 |
| 3. Tim Lobinger |
|
GER |
|
5.82 |
| 4. Fabian Schulze |
|
GER |
|
5.75 |
| 5. Steven Hooker |
|
AUS |
|
5.75 |
| 6. Daichi Sawano |
|
JAP |
|
5.65 |
| 7. Brad Walker |
|
USA |
|
5.65 |
| 8. Lars Borgeling |
|
GER |
|
5.50 |
|
ANNUAL PROGRESS:
2009 5.70 Perth (AUS) 11 JAN 2009
2008 5.61 Bydgoszcz (POL) 01 JUL 2008
2007 5.91 Perth (AUS) 07 JAN 2007
2006 5.92 Mannheim (GER) 07 JUL 2006
2005 6.00 Perth (AUS) 26 FEB 2005 (Personal best)
2004 5.77 Perth (AUS) 17 JUL 2004
2003 5.70 Perth (AUS) 20 DEC 2003
2002 5.75 Perth (AUS) 10 MAR 2002
2001 5.71 Perth (AUS) 20 JAN 2001
2000 5.60 Melbourne (AUS) 02 MAR 2000
1999 5.50 Perth (AUS) 16 JAN 1999
1998 5.60 Perth (AUS) 07 FEB 1998
1997 5.51 Perth (AUS) 15 FEB 1997
1996 5.35 Wollongong (AUS) 07 AUG 1996