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This is evidenced by statistics and trends from the professional (Australian Football League) level, including an average player height of 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [9] as well as an ongoing trend in the recruitment of tall athletes from other sports, particularly basketball such as Dean Brogan at 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) [10] [11] [12] and rugby football ...
At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, Sotomayor won the high jump on the basis of his ability to jump "clean" (no misses) at the highest height. Five men cleared the winning height of 2.34 m (7 ft 8 in), but Sotomayor was the only one to clear the bar on his first attempt. All five competitors then failed at the next height, 2.37 m (7 ft 9 + 1 ⁄ 4 in).
Ruth Beitia Vila (Spanish pronunciation: [rut ˈβejtja]; born 1 April 1979) is a retired high jumper who was the 2016 Olympic champion in the women's high jump. She was also a politician in the Partido Popular and a member of the Parliament of Cantabria .
Ruth Beitia won Spain's first gold medal in women's athletics when she took the Rio high jump title to claim her first global outdoor crown at the age of 37
Fátima Diame Diame (born 22 September 1996) is a Spanish athlete specializing in the long jump and triple jump. At the age of 17, she became the Spanish national indoor champion in both the long jump and the 60 meters. [3] Diame competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in the long jump at the 2024 World Indoor Championships.
As a 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) 14-year-old, Juantorena was first considered a potential star at basketball; he was sent to a state basketball school, [5] and was a member of the national team. [1] Meanwhile, he had been a regional high-school champion at 800 and 1500 meters. [ 6 ]
He was the Spanish champion indoors and outdoors, and a new personal best of 16.87 m (55 ft 4 in) was a record for a Spanish under-23 athlete. [2] He cleared seventeen metres for the first time in February 2015 and this mark of 17.03 m ( 55 ft 10 + 1 ⁄ 4 in), set at the Spanish Indoor Championships, proved to be the best ever by a Spaniard in ...
Pages in category "Spanish female high jumpers" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Ruth Beitia; C.