Simon Arkell

Simon Graham Arkell (born 1 July 1966) is an Olympic pole vaulter from Australia, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992.[1] During his career he was Commonwealth Champion, NCAA All-American (5 times), WAC Conference Champion (7 times) and broke 9 Australian and 4 Commonwealth records. He was also Australian (3) and British (2) Champion, was 1993 Australian Athlete of the Year and is in the Athletics Hall of Fame for the State of South Australia and the University of New Mexico, USA.[2]

Simon Arkell
Personal information
Born1 July 1966 (1966-07) (age 54)
Maidenhead, England[1]
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Pole vault
ClubSPOC
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)5.80 m (1996)[1]

Arkell is a high technology executive for startup analytics software companies. In 1998 he co-founded Versifi Technologies in Newport Beach, California. Versifi created the first 100% java web content management platform and went on to sell to Reef Technologies, SA in Belgium in 2000. Arkell then became a principal with Gramercy Venture Advisors, a boutique, software-focused investment banking firm in San Francisco, with a focus on venture capital and mergers and acquisitions. Arkell was the founding CEO of Predixion Software, Inc.[3] from 2009 to 2016 at which point Predixion was acquired.

Achievements
Year Tournament[2] Venue Result Extra
1986 Commonwealth Games Edinburgh, United Kingdom 7th 4.75 m
1987 World Student Games Zagreb, Yugoslavia 9th 5.40 m
1988 British AAA Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 1st 5.10 m
1989 Australian Championships Brisbane, Australia 1st 5.40 m
IAAF World Cup Barcelona, Spain 5th 5.45 m
World Student Games Duisburg, West Germany 4th 5.40 m
1990 IAAF Grand Prix Aarhus, Denmark 2nd 5.61 m NR
Commonwealth Games Auckland, New Zealand 1st 5.35 m
1991 World Student Games Sheffield, United Kingdom 7th 5.40 m
Australian Domestic Perth, Australia 1st 5.70 m CR
World Championships Tokyo, Japan 17th 5.40 m
1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 22nd 5.30 m
1993 Australian Grand Prix Adelaide, Australia 1st 5.72 m NR
World Indoor Championships Toronto, Canada 17th 5.30 m
British AAA Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 1st 5.60 m
World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 22nd 5.45 m
1995 Australian Grand Prix Adelaide, Australia 1st 5.73 m NR
World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 20th 5.40 m
1996 Australian Grand Prix Perth, Australia 1st 5.75 m NR
IAAF Grand Prix Adelaide, Australia 1st 5.80 m NR
Olympic Games Atlanta, United States NHC —

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Simon Arkell". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019.
  2. "Simon Arkell". Australian Athletics Historical Results. Archived from the original on 18 February 2014.
  3. "Simon Arkell". predixionsoftware.com. Archived from the original on 27 July 2014.


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