Coleen Sommer (born June 6, 1960, in

Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the wor ...

) is a retired high jumper from the

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, who was born as Coleen Rienstra. She represented her native country at the

1988 Summer Olympics 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 ...

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. She set her personal best at 2.00 metres indoors on 1982-02-14 in

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Profile at mtsacrelays.com

1960 births Living people Track and field athletes from Los Angeles American female high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Pan American Games Olympic track and field athletes of the United States Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Arizona State University alumni Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games 21st-century American women {{US-highjump-athletics-bio-stub