Tim Bright

Timothy William Bright is an American retired athlete in the pole vault and the decathlon.

Collegiate career

Bright participated in track & field at Linn-Benton Community College from 1978-80, earning NJCAA all-America honors his sophomore year, and then transferred to Abilene Christian University. In 1991, he was elected to the NWAC Hall of Fame.

Bright represented the United States in the decathlon at the 1984 Olympics, the 1988 Olympics, and the 1987 World Championships, and in the pole vault at the 1985 World University Games, the 1985 World Cup, the 1991 World Championships, and the 1992 Olympics.
In 1987, he scored a personal best of 8,340 points in the decathlon at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in San Jose. At one point, he held the decathlon world record for the pole vault at 5.70 m, set during the 1988 Olympics.
In 1991 and 1992, Bright became an American champion the in pole vault. At the British AAA Championships he won the title in 1991 and finished runner-up in 1985 behind Kory Tarpenning and in 1993 behind Australian Simon Arkell.

In 2010, Bright took up a coaching career in men's pole vault at Concordia University (Oregon) and Lewis & Clark College. In 2019, he became a volunteer assistant coach for women's track and field at Oregon State University.

Information from World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.

Event	Performance	Location	Date
Pole vault		Monmouth	June 8, 1996

Event	Performance	Location	Date
Pole vault		Atlanta	March 4, 1995