Emily Jane Borthwick (born 2 September 1997) is a British high jumper.
From
Wigan,
Greater Manchester Borthwick finished third at the 2020 British Championship in the
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 ...
. In March 2021, she was selected for the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team to compete at the
2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships
The 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held from 4 to 7 March 2021 at the Arena Toruń in Toruń, Poland. This was the second time this event was held in Poland after the 1975 edition in Katowice. The four-day competition featured 1 ...
, held in
Toruń, Poland. At the event she secured a new personal best with a third-time clearance at 1.91m to qualify for the final of the women’s high jump where she finished 8th. Her current PB is 1.95m set at The Bronze World Tour event in Hustopece, Czech Republic in Feb 2022.
After again finishing third in the British championships in 2021 Borthwick was added to the British squad for the delayed
2020 Summer Games
The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July.
Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...
in
Tokyo. Borthwick finished 16th in the Olympic qualifying round equalling her previous lifetime best of 1.93m in the process.
Personal life
In November 2021, Borthwick lost her brother Connor Borthwick who was killed in an industrial accident in
Blackburn, Lancashire.
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1997 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Wigan
English female high jumpers
British female high jumpers
Olympic female high jumpers
Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
21st-century British sportswomen
Sportspeople from Worthing