Luke Cutts
Cutts (right) being interviewed by Katherine Merry at the 2013 Great North City Games
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| Born |
13 February 1988 Thurnscoe, South Yorkshire, England |
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| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | |||||||||
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| Country |
 United Kingdom
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||
| Event(s) | Pole Vault | |||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 5.83m (Rouen 2014) | |||||||||
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Medal record
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| Updated on 2 August 2014. | ||||||||||
Luke Cutts (born 13 February 1988 in Thurnscoe, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England) is a British pole vaulter. His personal best of 5.83 m (19 ft 1 1⁄2 in) set in 2014 is the British indoor record for the event. His outdoor best of 5.70 m (18 ft 8 1⁄4 in) puts him third on the all-time British lists.
He represented Great Britain at the World Junior Championships in Athletics in 2006, the European Athletics Junior Championships in 2007, then won a silver medal at the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships. At his first three senior international championships (2009 World Championships in Athletics, 2010 Commonwealth Games and 2012 European Athletics Championships) he failed to progress beyond the qualifying round. He quit work as an overnight labourer in a lorry depot to focus on pole vault full-time at the start of 2013 which brought an upturn in performances, he won the 2013 British Championship but was passed over for World Championship selection in favour of compatriot Steve Lewis. After a strong beginning to his indoor season in 2014 Cutts came back from a mid season neck injury to win a silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
He will be representing Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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