Mike Tully

Mike Tully
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Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
Pan Am Games
IAAF World Cup in Athletics

Michael ("Mike") Scott Tully (born October 21, 1956 in Long Beach, California) is an American pole vaulter. He represented the United States twice in the Olympics, earning a silver in 1984, and held the American pole vault record from 1984 to 1985.

Tully went to college at UCLA and was the NCAA Champion for pole vault in 1978 with a height of 18-1 3/4 (5.53 m).

He enjoyed great success at the Mt. San Antonio College Mt. SAC Relays, winning four pole vault titles, each at a meet record height. His last victory came at a height exactly one foot higher than the first. He also holds the distinction of being the first vaulter to clear 18 feet in the competition. His efforts earned him the honor of induction into the Mt. SAC relays hall of fame in 1994^[1].

In a one month period in 1984 he raised the American Record three times by a total of almost three inches. He concluded his campaign with a silver medal at the Los Angeles Olympics.

Tully won three national titles, the first two World Cup competitions, and two Pan-Am titles. His PR jump of 19-2 in 1988 still places him among the top 15 U.S. all-time performers.

Tully went on to UCLA, where he set World and NCAA pole vault records and won a silver medal in the Olympics. Knaub, in an ironic twist of fate, lost the use of his legs in a tragic 1978 motorcycle accident. Undeterred, he turned his athletic prowess to wheelchair racing, where he became an international champion and television star.