Dalton Grant (born 8 April 1966) is a former high jumper who competed at three Olympic Games.

Biography Grant was born in Hackney to parents from Jamaica and lived in Brooke Road, Upper Clapton. He went to Hackney Downs School where he started to high jump.Olympic Glory, timeline.org.uk . Retrieved 23 June 2009. He also represented Hackney in the London Youth Games in athletics.http://www.londonyouthgames.org/page.asp?section=23&sectionTitle=Hall+of+Fame Hall of Fame retrieved 19 February 2013

Grant won a total number of four national titles for Great Britain (AAA Championships) in the men's high jump event. His personal best jump is 2.36 metres, achieved at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo. He has a personal indoor best of 2.37 metres.IAAF top lists, high jump, indoor

Grant appeared at five consecutive Commonwealth Games. He represented England in the high jump, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. Four years later he won a silver medal for England, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand which was followed by a third Games appearance for England, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He finally won a gold medal at the 1998 Games and competed in the high jump for the fifth successive Games in 2002.

He was later inducted into the London Youth Games Hall of Fame in 2011.

He was a board director of the London 2012 Olympic bid team and he was also a captain of the Great Britain & NI team. Grant was appointed president of the South of England Athletics Association for 2010–2011. Dalton has set up the Dalton Grant Academy in Trinidad and Tobago. He is also a patron of Mossbourne Academy.

Achievements Representing and 1985European Junior Championships Cottbus, East Germany6thHigh jump2.18 m1986Commonwealth Games Edinburgh, United Kingdom7thHigh jump2.10 m1987European Indoor Championships Liévin, France7thHigh jump2.27 mWorld Indoor Championships Indianapolis, United States8thHigh jump2.28 m1988European Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary11thHigh jump2.24 mOlympic GamesSeoul, South Korea7thHigh jump2.31 m1989European Indoor Championships The Hague, Netherlands 2ndHigh jump2.33 mWorld Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary4thHigh jump2.35 mWorld Cup Barcelona, Spain2ndHigh jump2.31 m1990Commonwealth Games Auckland, New Zealand 2ndHigh jump2.34 mEuropean Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom7thHigh jump2.24 mEuropean Championships Split, Yugoslavia4thHigh jump2.31 m1991World Championships Tokyo, Japan4thHigh jump2.36 m1992Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain29th (q)High jump2.15 m1993World Indoor Championships Toronto, Canada4thHigh jump2.34 mWorld Championships Stuttgart, Germany14th (q)High jump2.25 m1994European Indoor Championships Paris, France 1stHigh jump2.37 mEuropean Championships Helsinki, Finland9thHigh jump2.25 mCommonwealth Games Victoria, Canada5thHigh jump2.28 m1995World Indoor Championships Barcelona, Spain8thHigh jump2.28 mWorld Championships Gothenburg, Sweden14th (q)High jump2.27 m1996European Indoor Championships Stockholm, Sweden19th (q)High jump2.15 mOlympic Games Atlanta, United States19th (q)High jump2.26 m1997World Indoor Championships Paris, France10thHigh jump2.25 mWorld Championships Athens, Greece4thHigh jump2.32 m1998European Championships Budapest, Hungary 2ndHigh jump2.34 mCommonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1stHigh jump2.31 m2002Commonwealth Games Manchester, United Kingdom6thHigh jump2.15 mEuropean Championships Munich, Germany –High jumpNM2003World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom12th (q)High jump2.20 m

References

External links

Dalton Grant at Sporting-Heroes