Vanessa Ward
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Vanessa Carol Ward (née Browne; born 5 January 1963) is a retired high jumper from Australia, who competed at two Olympic Games.
Biography
Browne finished second behind Barbara Simmonds in the high jump event at the British 1982 WAAA Championships.[1][2][3]
At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, she represented Australia in the high jump and finished sixth in the final and four years later she appeared at her second Olympic Games at Seoul 1988.[4]
A five-time national champion in the women's high jump event, She set her personal best on 12 February 1989, jumping 1.98 metres at a meet in Perth, Western Australia. This (as of 2013) still stands as the Australian record.
She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder in 1981 to 1984 and 1987 to 1988.[5]
Achievements
- Australian high jump record holder – 1.98 metres in 1989 (equalled by Alison Inverarity in 1994)
- Five-time Australian National High Jump Champion (1979, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1990)
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| 1982 | Commonwealth Games | Brisbane, Australia | 5th | High jump | 1.83 m |
| 1983 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 9th | High jump | 1.88 m |
| 1984 | Olympic Games | Los Angeles, California, USA | 6th | High jump | 1.94 m |
| 1986 | Commonwealth Games | Edinburgh, Scotland | 9th | High jump | 1.83 m |
| 1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 13th (q) | High jump | 1.90 m |
| 1990 | Commonwealth Games | Auckland, New Zealand | 4th | High jump | 1.88 m |
| 1991 | World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 10th | High jump | 1.90 m |
Note: result with a Q, indicates overall position in qualifying round.
References
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External links
- Vanessa Ward at Australian Athletics Historical Results
- Women's World All-Time List
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- 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 for 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 athletes for Australia
- 21st-century Australian women
- Australian Athletics Championships winners
- 20th-century Australian sportswomen