Christine Frances "Chris" Stanton (née Annison, born 12 December 1959) is a retired

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er from

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. She set her personal best on 26 January 1985, jumping 1.96 metres at a meet in

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. An eight-time national champion in the women's high jump, she competed for her native country at three consecutive

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, in Moscow 1980,

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and Seoul 1988. She was born in

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. WA Hall of Champions Inductee Christine Stanton
. WAIS. Retrieved 2015-01-08.

National titles

*8 times Australian high jump champion: 1976–77, 1980–81, 1983, 1985-87

International competitions

Notes: * Results with a q, indicate overall position in qualifying round. * Results in brackets, indicate superior height achieved in qualifying round.

References

External links

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at Australian Athletics Historical Results

1959 births Living people Athletes from Perth, Western Australia Australian female high jumpers Australian pentathletes Olympic athletes for Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Australia Netball players from Western Australia Australian netball players Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Australian Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Australian sportswomen Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics {{Australia-athletics-bio-stub