The women's
high jump
The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...
at the
2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships
The 16th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held between March 17 and 20, 2016 in Portland, Oregon, United States.
The event did not feature Russia. Following a WADA investigation into widespread and institutional doping practices ...
took place on March 20, 2016.
Four athletes were perfect through 1.93,
Sofie Skoog
Sofie Natalie Skoog (born June 7, 1990) is a Sweden, Swedish high jumper. She represented her nation Sweden at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics, 2015 IAAF World Championships, and at the 2016 Summer Olympics, finishing seventh in the fi ...
,
Lavern Spencer
Levern Donaline Spencer, SLMM (born 23 June 1984 in Cacao Babonneau, Castries
) is a Saint Lucian retired athlete and high jumper. Spencer was a four-time Olympian for Saint Lucia and competed in eight World Championships. She was also ...
,
masters world record holder Ruth Beitia
Ruth Beitia Vila (; born 1 April 1979) is a retired high jumper who was the 2016 Olympic champion in the women's high jump. She was also a politician in the Partido Popular and a member of the Parliament of Cantabria.
Biography
Beitia firs ...
and still in high school,
Vashti Cunningham
Vashti Cunningham (born January 18, 1998) is an American track and field athlete specializing in the high jump. She is the daughter of retired National Football League (NFL) quarterback Randall Cunningham, niece of retired NFL fullback Sam Cunni ...
, the new
indoor world junior record holder.
Airinė Palšytė
Airinė Palšytė (born 13 July 1992) is a Lithuanian high jumper. She won the gold medal at the 2017 European Indoor Championships.
Personal life
Palšytė was born in Kaunas, Lithuania. Her father Aurimas Palšis was a professional basketball ...
and
Kamila Lićwinko
Kamila Lićwinko (née Stepaniuk; born 22 March 1986) is a Polish retired track and field athlete who specialized in the high jump.
International
Her personal bests in the event are 1.99 metres outdoors (2013, 2015, 2016) and 2.02 metres indoors ...
also managed the height but with several misses in the competition. At 1.96, Cunningham cleared it with room to spare on her first attempt, keeping the perfect round going, which turned out to be the gold medal performance. Beitia and Lićwinko cleared it on their second attempt with Beitia's perfect round beforehand being the difference for her silver medal. Palšytė also cleared 1.96 on her last attempt, but it was too little, too late. All athletes tried 1.99. The three medalists had been over 1.99 in the past but nobody made it on this day.
Cunningham becomes the youngest female Indoor World Champion, just one day older than the youngest male,
Mohammed Aman
Mohammed Aman Geleto (Amharic: መሀመድ አማን; born 10 January 1994) is an Ethiopian Middle distance running, middle-distance runner. Born in Asella, he is the winner of the 800-meter final at the 2013 World Athletics Championships in th ...
from the
2012 Championships.
Results
The final was started 13:00.
Final results
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References
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High jump
The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...
High jump at the World Athletics Indoor Championships
2016 in women's athletics