Dalton
Grant
The immensely friendly Hackney born Dalton Grant, is one of Great
Britain’s finest high jumpers. Dalton competed at the Seoul,
Barcelona and Atlanta Olympic Games. He is a European Championships
and Commonwealth Games Gold medallist, and in 2008 Dalton equalled
the world veteran record at Banska Bystrica, Slovakia.
His personal best jump was 2.36 metres, achieved at the 1991
World Championships in Tokyo. He has a personal indoor best of 2.37
metres.
Likeable and hugely talented, Dalton set nine successive national
records between 1988 and 1991, becoming the first Briton to be
ranked in the world's top 10 since Alan Paterson in 1950. Having
narrowly missed a medal at the Seoul Olympics, he earned his
greatest success a decade later taking the Commonwealth title in
Kuala Lumpur and earning a European outdoor silver medal to add to
the European indoor golds he had won in 1994.
A London 2012 Ambassador and from East End of London, Dalton is
hugely excited about the positive changes that Olympics will bring
about, not just in London, but beyond.
Given his experience as an elite athlete and his personal
journey, he is an enthralling person to hear speak, and now is even
more in demand given his Hackney roots and the fast approaching
London Games.
His speaking topics include:
- Understanding pressure
- Battling for success
- The psychology of winning
- Maintaining a focused attitude
Dalton is a character that likes to inspire and share his
knowledge with the next generation of sporting talent. Not only does
he coach up and coming high jumpers, he also transfers his skills to
work with athletes in other disciplines such as sprinters and
badminton players.
Dalton offers a substantial programme of education, support
services and funding for outstanding student athletes who are
selected onto Dalton’s sports bursary programme. The programme is
being introduced into schools within the M25 and includes sports
education, health and nutrition support. The Sports Bursary
Programme is run in conjunction with The Dalton Grant Academy.
The Dalton Grant Academy
The Dalton Grant Academy (DGA) is dedicated to Sporting
Excellence and is open to everybody in the Barking & Dagenham
community. It is currently run on a mobile basis mainly in schools
and existing athletic grounds, however a specific site is currently
being secured to host the DGA, which already secured £4 million of
investment.