Alison Jane Inverarity (born 12 August 1970) is an Australian former athlete, competing in the

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. She was affiliated with the

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Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

. She was the Australian record holder with her jump of in 1994 (tying Vanessa Browne-Ward's 1989 mark). This record stood until February 2020. Inverarity competed at three Olympic Games, two Commonwealth Games and two World Championships. She won a gold medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games.

Personal

Inverarity was born on 12 August 1970 in

, Western Australia.

National titles

*8 times Australian high jump champion: 1991, 1993–95, 1997–2000

International competitions

References

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Alison Inverarity
at Australian Athletics Historical Results * * * * * 1970 births Living people Athletes from Perth, Western Australia Australian female high jumpers Olympic athletes for Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Australia Western Australian Institute of Sport alumni Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for Australia Medalists at the 1991 Summer Universiade Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games {{Australia-athletics-bio-stub