Noelene Rae Horne (née Swinton; born 1933) is a former New Zealand

high jumper 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

1950 British Empire Games The 1950 British Empire Games was the fourth staging of what is now called the Commonwealth Games. It was held in Auckland, New Zealand between 4 and 11 February 1950, after a 12-year gap from the third edition of the games. The main venue was ...

she won the bronze medal in the women's high jump. At the following

1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fi ...

she placed 5th in the high jump. In 1959, she married Valentine Arthur Horne, who served as manager of the New Zealand badminton team at the

1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games The 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Kingston, Jamaica, from 4 to 13 August 1966. This was the first time that the Games had been held outside the so-called White Dominions. They were followed by the 1966 Commonwealth P ...

. The couple went on to have six children, including cricketer

Matt Horne Matthew Jeffery Horne (born 5 December 1970) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played in 35 Tests and 50 ODIs from 1997 to 2003. Horne was an attacking right-handed opening batsman who possessed an unusually high backlift. Early life and ...

, and Phil Horne, who represented New Zealand in both badminton and cricket.

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at ''trackfield.brinkster.net'' * New Zealand female high jumpers Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand Athletes (track and field) at the 1950 British Empire Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics 1933 births Living people Medallists at the 1950 British Empire Games {{NewZealand-athletics-bio-stub