British high jumping isn’t a discipline that gets a great deal of coverage on TV as it’s usually dominated by the more glamorous events but Steve Smith helped with that.
We’ve had some success amongst our British athletes over the years no more so than Liverpool born Steve Smith, who not only took the British record of 2.37m, but claimed a silver medal in the European Championships as well as Olympic and World Bronze medals.
Here’s Steve in action at the ‘height’ of his powers…..I’ll get my coat!