Wallace Heron (15 June 1924 – 26 December 1990) was a New Zealand field athlete who represented his country in the pole vault at the 1950 British Empire Games.
[1][2] Representing Auckland, Heron won five New Zealand national athletic titles, winning the pole vault every year from 1945 to 1950 except 1948.
[3] At the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, Heron represented New Zealand in the pole vault.
[4] He finished in fourth place on a countback, recording a best height of 12 ft 9 in (3.89 m), the same as the bronze medallist, Peter Denton from Australia.
[5] Heron died at Whangamatā on 26 December 1990, and he was buried at Pukekohe Cemetery.