Carmen Hunter (born 1978) is a former

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champion and national record holder. In 2001, she won the Australian National Championships held in

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. Athletics Australia. Retrieved 2008-07-13. Carmen won her first national title aged 12 at the Australia Little Athletics Championships held in

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, 1991. She went on to claim further Australian titles and represented Australia at minor international

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championships. Carmen's performance at the 1992 Australian All Schools Championships held in

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, where she won the U15 title with a jump of 1.85m, has seen her cited in the "absolute world records" listing for the best performance by female aged 14.11.

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1978 births Living people Australian female high jumpers Sportswomen from the Northern Territory University of Queensland alumni 20th-century Australian women 21st-century Australian women {{Australia-athletics-bio-stub