Vanessa Carol Ward (née Browne; born 5 January 1963) is a retired

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 ...

er from Australia, who set her personal best on 12 February 1989, jumping 1.98 metres at a meet in

Perth, Western Australia 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 ...

. This (as of 2013) still stands as the Australian record. A five-time national champion in the women's high jump event, she competed for her native country at two

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, in

Los Angeles 1984 The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

and

Seoul 1988 The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

. She was an

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scholarship holder in 1981 to 1984 and 1987 to 1988.

Achievements

* Australian high jump record holder - 1.98 metres in 1989 (equalled by

Alison Inverarity Alison Jane Inverarity (born 12 August 1970) is an Australian former athlete, competing in the high jump. She was affiliated with the Western Australian Institute of Sport in Perth. She was the Australian record holder with her jump of in 199 ...

in 1994) * Five-time Australian National High Jump Champion (1979, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1990) Note: result with a ''Q'', indicates overall position in qualifying round.

References

External links

Vanessa Ward
at Australian Athletics Historical Results

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ward, Vanessa Australian female high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Olympic athletes of Australia 1963 births Living people People educated at Rossmoyne Senior High School Place of birth missing (living people) Australian Institute of Sport track and field athletes Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia 20th-century Australian women 21st-century Australian women