Andy Ashurst

Andrew John Ashurst is a British male former pole vaulter who competed at the 1988 [Summer Olympics].

Biography

Ashurst attended Sale Boys' Grammar School and Birmingham University.
Ashurst represented England and won a gold medal in the pole vault, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. Four years later he represented England at the [1990 Commonwealth Games|England], at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand and competed in a third Games when he represented England, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada.
Ashurst became the List of British [champions in pole vault|British pole vault champion] after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1994 AAA Championships.
His daughter Sophie is also a keen pole vaulter who is coached by her father as well as attending Loughborough University.