IN the unprecedented gold rush that was London 2012, Robbie Grabarz's three-way tie for bronze in the high jump might have gone almost unnoticed but for the fact that he is one of British sport's more off-the wall characters, not to mention one of Team GB's least likely medallists.
IN the unprecedented gold rush that was London 2012, Robbie Grabarz's three-way tie for bronze in the high jump might have gone almost unnoticed but for the fact that he is one of British sport's more off-the wall characters, not to mention one of Team GB's least likely medallists.
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Grabarz had finished 2011 ranked equal 29th in the world (with 15 other athletes, two of them British) having cleared 2.29m.
This, coupled with failure to gain a world championship team place, led to his funding being cut and he considered whether to continue in the sport. The alternative for the Loughborough University sports drop-out was a living restoring classic cars.
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