Jeff Buckingham

{{short description|American pole vaulter}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

|name = Jeff Buckingham

|image = Jeff Buckingham.jpg

|caption = Buckingham in 1983

|birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|23|1983|07|17}}

|birth_place = Gardner, Kansas, U.S.

|country = {{Flagu|United States}}

|sport = Athletics

|spouse = Terri{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-lincoln-star-portrait-of-a-record/150325739/|title=Portrait of a record|work=The Lincoln Star|location=Lincoln, Nebraska|date=February 7, 1983|access-date=June 29, 2024|page=9|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-star-former-record-holde/150329691/|title=Former record holder still longs for competition: Whatever Happened To?|work=The Kansas City Star|location=Kansas City, Missouri|date=June 11, 1990|access-date=June 29, 2024|page=22|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}{{efn | Buckingham's spouse whose named Terri is mentioned in the (Whatever Happened To?) section}}

|event = Pole vault

|medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry|{{Flagu|United States}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}

{{MedalSport|Athletics}}

{{MedalSilver|1983 Caracas|Men's pole vault}}

}}

Jeff Buckingham{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/olathe-news-jeff-buckingham-signs-ku-let/150326002/|title=Jeff Buckingham signs KU letter|work=Olathe News|location=Olathe, Kansas|date=April 13, 1978|access-date=June 29, 2024|page=6|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} (born 1959/1960){{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/17/sports/us-mark-set-at-18-10-3-4-in-outdoor-pole-vault.html|title=U.S. Mark Set at 18-10 3/4 In Outdoor Pole Vault|work=The New York Times|author=United Press International|date=July 17, 1983|access-date=June 29, 2024}}{{efn | Buckingham was 23 years old in 1983}} is an American pole vaulter.