Lawrie Peckham

Lawrie Peckham

Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing Australia
Commonwealth Games
	1966 Kingston	High jump
	1970 Edinburgh	High jump
	1974 Christchurch	High jump

Lawrence William "Lawrie" Peckham (born 4 December 1944 in Melbourne) is a retired high jumper from Australia, who represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1964.

He also competed in four Commonwealth Games during his career. A ten-time national champion in the men's high jump, he won two Commonwealth Games gold medals in 1966 and 1970. In 1977, Peckham married fellow Olympian, Judy Canty, the 1978 Commonwealth Games champion at 800 metres. He was ten times Australian athletics champion.

After retirement, he become a physical education coach at The Peninsula School and then Geelong Grammar School in Melbourne Victoria, and specialized specifically in high jumping.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event
1962	British Empire and Commonwealth Games	Perth, Australia	6th	High jump
1964	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	10th	High jump
1966	British Empire and Commonwealth Games	Kingston, Jamaica	1st	High jump
1968	Olympic Games	Mexico City, Mexico	8th	High jump
1969	Pacific Conference Games	Tokyo, Japan	1st	High jump
1970	Commonwealth Games	Edinburgh, Scotland	1st	High jump
1972	Olympic Games	Munich, West Germany	18th	High jump
1973	Pacific Conference Games	Toronto, Canada	3rd	High jump
1974	British Commonwealth Games	Christchurch, New Zealand	2nd	High jump

See also

• Australian athletics champions

References

• Profile at Athletics Australia
• Profile at Sports-Reference.com

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