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Windeyer was born in New South Wales.
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Gordon Windeyer
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Lawrie Peckham was the top Australian jumper of the period and Windeyer finished as runner-up behind him at the senior Australian Athletics Championships in 1974, clearing a new best of 2.13 m (6 ft 113⁄4 in) and losing only on countback.
Career
In the 1975 season Windeyer and Peckham were again tied at the national championships, with Peckham winning on countback. That mark went unbeaten until 1984, when it was improved by John Atkinson. At the event in Edmonton, Canada, Windeyer was one centimetre short of his previous games record, but this was not sufficient to reach the podium – Canadians, led by Claude Ferragne, took the top three positions and Windeyer missed out on a bronze medal on countback alone.
Windeyer subsequently retired from competitive athletics, but remained involved in the sport and later became a broad member for the regional Athletics New South Wales organisation.
