Jeff Teale
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 20 December 1939 West Yorkshire |
| Died | 16 January 1997 |
Jeffrey 'Jeff' Teale (20 December 1939 – 16 January 1997) was a British international athlete
Athletics career[]
He competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics.[1] He was suspended for life in 1974 by the British Amateur Athletic board after admitting in a newspaper article that he uses steroids.[2]
During the period that he used steroids (1967-1972) he represented England and won a silver medal in the shot put, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[3][4][5] Under current athletics legislation the medal would not recognised.
References[]
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jeff Teale". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 15 December 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
- ^ http://www.kawasaki-m.ac.jp/soc/mw/journal/en/2007-e12-2/01_kremenik.pdf
- ^ "1970 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Edinburgh, 1970 Team". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
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