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Athletics At The 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's High Jump
The women's high jump at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics, athletics program was held at the Stadium Australia on Thursday, 28 September and Saturday, 30 September. Medalists Schedule *''All times are Time in Australia, Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)'' Records Results All distances shown are in meters. * DNS denotes did not start. * DNF denotes did not finish. * DQ denotes disqualification. * NR denotes national record. * AR denotes area/continental record. * OR denotes Olympic record. * WR denotes world record. * PB denotes personal best. * SB denotes season best Qualifying round *NM = no mark *All four athletes who failed to register a height, had three failures at 1.80 m. Final References External links * *Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's High Jump Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics High jump at the Olympics 2000 in wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ANZ Stadium
Stadium Australia, currently known as Accor Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose stadium located in the suburb of Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The stadium, which is sometimes referred to as Sydney Olympic Stadium, Homebush Stadium or simply the Olympic Stadium, was completed in March 1999 at a cost of A$690 million to host the 2000 Summer Olympics. The Stadium was leased by a private company, the Stadium Australia Group, until the Stadium was sold back to the NSW Government on 1 June 2016 after NSW Premier Michael Baird announced the Stadium was to be redeveloped as a world-class rectangular stadium. The Stadium is owned by Venues NSW on behalf of the NSW Government. The stadium was originally built to hold circa 115,000 spectators, making it the largest Olympic Stadium ever built and the second largest stadium in Australia after the Melbourne Cricket Ground which held more than 120,000 before its re-design in the early 2000s. In 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlanta
Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georgia, Fulton County and extends into neighboring DeKalb County, Georgia, DeKalb County. With a population of 520,070 (2024 estimate) living within the city limits, Atlanta is the eighth most populous city in the Southeastern United States, Southeast and List of United States cities by population, 36th most populous city in the United States according to the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census. Atlanta is classified as a Globalization and World Cities Research Network#Beta +, Beta + global city and is the principal city of the much larger Atlanta metropolitan area, the core of which includes Cobb County, Georgia, Cobb, Clayton County, Georgia, Clayton and Gwinnett County, Georgia, Gwinnett counties, in addition to Fulton and DeKalb. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miki Imai (athlete)
Miki Imai (; born 30 May 1975) is a Japanese former track and field athlete who competed in the high jump. Her personal best of , set in 2001, is the Japanese record for the event. She is also co-holder of the indoor national record of with Megumi Sato. She represented Japan at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and was a three-time participant at the World Championships in Athletics (1999, 2001 and 2003). Her best major global placing came at the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships, where she came eighth. She also made appearances at the 1998 Asian Games and the 1998 IAAF World Cup. Imai was the 1998 Asian Champion in the high jump and holds the championship record of . She was the runner-up in 1995 and fourth in 2002. She was also a two-time medallist at the East Asian Games, taking bronze in 1997 and the gold medal in 2001 (with a games record of ). She was a six-time Japanese champion in the high jump. Career Born in Tokyo, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svetlana Lapina
Svetlana Mikhailovna Lapina (); born 12 April 1978) is a Russian 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. Life Her personal best jump was 1.99 metres, achieved at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, where she won a surprising bronze medal. Competition record References 1978 births Living people Russian female high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Russia World Athletics Championships medalists Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games silver medalists for Russia Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade {{Russia-highjump-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ioamnet Quintero
Ioamnet Quintero Alvarez (born September 8, 1972, in Havana, Cuba) is a former high jumper from Cuba. Biography She won the bronze medal in the women's high jump contest at the 1992 Summer Olympics and also competed at the 1996 and 2000 games. She won a gold medal at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics The 4th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Neckarstadium, Stuttgart, Germany between 13 and 22 August with the participation of 187 nations. Having or .... International competitions See also * Female two metres club Notes References External links * * Picture of Ioamnet Quintero 1972 births Cuban female high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Pan American Games Athletes (trac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoko Hunnicutt
Yoko Hunnicutt, née Ota (born 14 January 1975 in Amagasaki, Hyōgo and raised in Kamakura, Kanagawa) is a Japanese high jumper. Her personal best jump is 1.95 metres, achieved in July 2002 in Sapporo. She finished fifth at the 1992 World Junior Championships and eleventh at the 2000 Olympics. At the regional level she won the 1991 Asian Championships and the 1998 Asian Games The 1998 Asian Games (), officially known as the 13th Asian Games () and the XIII Asiad,, or simply Bangkok 1998 (), were an Asian multi-sport event celebrated in Bangkok, Thailand from December 6 to 20, 1998, with 377 events in 36 sports and di ... and finished second at the 1998 Asian Championships. Achievements External links *Profile 1975 births Living people Sportspeople from Amagasaki Athletes from Hyōgo Prefecture Sportspeople from Kamakura Athletes from Kanagawa Prefecture Japanese female high jumpers Olympic female high jumpers Olympic athletes for Japan Athletes (track ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monica Iagăr
Monica Iagăr (born 2 April 1973) is a Romanian athlete and politician who competed in high jump. Her personal best jump is 2.02 metres. In 2024, she was elected a member of the Chamber of Deputies for the Alliance for the Union of Romanians. She made her international debut in 1995 but went through a six-month suspension in 1996. In 1998 she won the indoor with 1.96 m and outdoor European Championships with 1.97 m. She also won the 1999 Universiade and also won the Hochsprung mit Musik meet that year. She finished 8th at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Political career Member of the Chamber of Deputies (2024–present) In the 2024 Romanian parlamentary election on 1 December, Iagăr was elected a member of the Champer of Deputies for the Alliance for the Union of Romanians party in Satu Mare County, taking office on 21 December. See also *List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences The following is an incomplete list of sportspeople who have been invol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zuzana Hlavoňová
Zuzana Hlavoňová (née Kováčiková ), born 16 April 1973) is a Czech Republic former high jumper. Born in Šaľa, Czechoslovakia, she competed at three Olympic Games, and won silver medals at the 1999 World Indoor Championships and the 2000 European Indoor Championships. Her personal best jump is 2.00 metres, achieved in June 2000 in Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P .... Achievements Notes: * (q) indicates overall position in qualifying round * (#) indicates height achieved in qualifying round. Only shown if superior to height reached in final. External links * 1973 births Living people Czech female high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and fiel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venelina Veneva
Venelina Veneva-Mateeva (née ''Veneva,'' , born June 13, 1974, in Ruse) is a Bulgarian high jumper. Biography Talented at a young age, she jumped 1.93 metres indoor in 1990 to record a world best performance by a 15-year-old. She did not improve this result outdoor until 1995 (1.94 m). A disappointing 1996 season with a 29th place at the Olympic Games and 1.88 as season best was followed by a jump of 2.03 metres in 1998. In 2001, she managed 2.04 m, the ninth highest jump for a woman. That year she won a bronze medal at the World Indoor Championships, as well as placing fourth at the outdoor World Championships. Veneva tested positive for testosterone in January 2007, and was subsequently suspended for two years by the IAAF.IAAF: Venelina Veneva Doping Rule Violation' 13 February 2008 Achievements Notes: *(q) Indicates overall position in qualifying round. *(#) Indicates height achieved in qualifying round. Only shown when superior to result in final. *(3rd) Originally won the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleonora Milusheva
Eleonora Milusheva (, born 8 April 1973) is a Bulgarian athlete. She competed in the women's high jump at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October .... References 1973 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Bulgarian female high jumpers Olympic athletes for Bulgaria Place of birth missing (living people) Bulgarian Athletics Championships winners {{Bulgaria-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amewu Mensah
Amewu Mensah (born 21 March 1977) is a German high jumper of Ghanaian descent. At the 1999 World Championships she reached the final, but failed to clear the opening height there. In June 2000 in Rehlingen she achieved a career best jump of 1.94 metres. Two months later she finished eighth at the 2000 Olympics, equalling her personal best result. She became German champion in 2000 and won her only national indoor medal in the same year, a silver medal. She represented the clubs TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen and OSC Berlin. In June 2001, again in Rehlingen, she tested positive for the anabolic steroid oxandrolone. She received a suspension from the sport which lasted between July 2001 and July 2003. See also *List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences The following is an incomplete list of sportspeople who have been involved in doping offences. It contains those who have been found to have, or have admitted to having, taken illegal performance-enhancing drugs, prohibited r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inha Babakova
Inha Babakova (née Butkus, born 26 June 1967) is a former high jumper who represented the Soviet Union and later Ukraine. She was born in Asgabat, Turkmen SSR. Her personal best is 2.05 metres. Career Babakova won an Olympic bronze medal in Atlanta 1996 and became World Champion in Seville 1999. She also won four other World Championship medals, with bronzes in 1991 and 1995 and silvers in 1997 and 2001. Track and Field News magazine ranked her in the world's top ten in their annual merit rankings for 13 out of 14 seasons (1991-2004), the exception being 1998. She was in the top five ten times. Only Stefka Kostadinova, among other female high jumpers, has more top ten rankings. Her 2.01 m clearance in Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ... on her 36th birthda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
