138:, starting in 1992. 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. After his athletic career Arkell went on to co-found Versifi Technologies, Predixion Software and Deep Lens, an oncology-focused clinical trial matching software company that uses artificial intelligence to match cancer patient to clinical trials. Deep Lens was backed by venture capital firms Northpond Ventures, Sierra Ventures, Rev1 and Tamarind Hill Fund and was acquired in May 2022 by Paradigm Health in an all-cash deal. He is co-founder and CEO of Ryght, an early stage AI software company focused on the biopharma industry, and he is a seed stage investor and board member.
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152:Tournament
37:1 July 1966
1805:Categories
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1581:Neil Honey
1564:Neil Honey
1540:Rob Huddle
1524:Ed Johnson
1508:Ed Johnson
1388:Ted Winter
1351:pole vault
1347:Australian
703:pole vault
597:References
571:5.80 m NR
552:5.75 m NR
522:Gothenburg
511:5.73 m NR
483:, Germany
462:Birmingham
432:5.72 m NR
369:5.70 m CR
309:5.61 m NR
303:, Denmark
219:Birmingham
92:Pole vault
49:Maidenhead
971:Don Baird
944:Mike Bull
524:, Sweden
481:Stuttgart
445:, Canada
402:Barcelona
342:Sheffield
260:Barcelona
175:Edinburgh
132:Australia
111:Personal
81:Athletics
51:, England
1548:Ray Boyd
1532:Ray Boyd
1516:Ray Boyd
1025:Ray Boyd
755:Syl Apps
563:Adelaide
503:Adelaide
424:Adelaide
404:, Spain
382:, Japan
320:Auckland
279:Duisburg
262:, Spain
241:Brisbane
1428:Max Gee
582:Atlanta
530:5.40 m
489:5.45 m
470:5.60 m
451:5.30 m
443:Toronto
410:5.30 m
388:5.40 m
350:5.40 m
328:5.35 m
287:5.40 m
268:5.45 m
249:5.40 m
227:5.10 m
205:5.40 m
183:4.75 m
158:Result
41:1966-07
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301:Aarhus
197:Zagreb
161:Extra
155:Venue
65:Weight
57:Height
1734:(RUS)
1701:(USA)
1652:(RUS)
1643:(BLR)
1574:(USA)
544:Perth
535:1996
527:20th
494:1995
486:22nd
448:17th
415:1993
407:22nd
393:1992
385:17th
380:Tokyo
361:Perth
333:1991
292:1990
232:1989
210:1988
188:1987
166:1986
149:Year
130:from
87:Event
78:Sport
73:Sport
1762:stub
1283:2022
1256:2018
1229:2014
1202:2010
1175:2006
1148:2002
1121:1998
1094:1994
1067:1990
1040:1986
1013:1982
986:1978
959:1974
932:1970
905:1966
878:1962
851:1958
824:1954
797:1950
770:1938
743:1934
716:1930
587:NHC
568:1st
549:1st
508:1st
467:1st
429:1st
366:1st
347:7th
325:1st
306:2nd
284:4th
265:5th
246:1st
224:1st
202:9th
180:7th
113:best
101:SPOC
98:Club
34:Born
1301:AUS
1274:AUS
1247:ENG
1220:AUS
1193:AUS
1166:RSA
1139:RSA
1112:WAL
1085:AUS
1058:ENG
1031:AUS
1004:CAN
977:AUS
950:NIR
923:AUS
896:AUS
869:ENG
842:ENG
815:ENG
788:SAF
761:CAN
734:CAN
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718::
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641:^
627:.
623:.
605:^
590:—
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1786:t
1779:v
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1332:t
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684:t
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