Harry Coppell


Harry Coppell is an English athlete specialising in the pole vault. He competed at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics.
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Early life

Coppell grew up in Wigan. He attended Up Holland High School.

Career

Coppell became British champion when winning the pole vault event at the 2019 British Athletics Championships. He then successfully defended his title at the 2020 British Athletics Championships with a British record jump of 5.85 metres.
At the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, he represented Great Britain and placed 7th in the pole vault event. Coppell represented England at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, where he won a bronze medal.
Coppell won a 3rd, 4th and 5th British title in 2021, 2022 and 2024 respectively.