List of British champions in high jump
The British high jump athletics champions covers four competitions; the current British Athletics Championships which was founded in 2007,[1] the preceding AAA Championships (1880-2006), the Amateur Athletic Club Championships (1866-1879) and finally the UK Athletics Championships which existed from 1977 until 1997 and ran concurrently with the AAA Championships.[2]
Where an international athlete won the AAA Championships the highest ranking UK athlete is considered the National Champion in this list.
Past winners
[edit]AAC Championships
| |
|---|---|
| Year | Men's champion |
| 1866 | John Roupell & J. C. Little |
| 1867 | Charles Green & Thomas Little |
| 1868 | Robert Mitchell |
| 1869 | John Hoare |
| 1870 | Robert Mitchell |
| 1871 | Robert Mitchell |
| 1872 | Edward Prior |
| 1873 | John Hurst |
| 1874 | Marshall Brooks |
| 1875 | Michael Glazebrook |
| 1876 | Marshall Brooks |
| 1877 | Gerard Blathwayt |
| 1878 | Thomas Tomlinson |
| 1879 | Reginald Macaulay, Robert Thomas & William Hall |
AAA Championships
| |
|---|---|
| Year | Men's champion |
| 1880 | John Parsons |
| 1881 | Patrick Davin |
| 1882 | R. F. Houghton |
| 1883 | John Parsons |
| 1884 | Tom Ray |
| 1885 | Patrick Kelly |
| 1886 | George Rowdon |
| 1887 | George Rowdon |
| 1888 | George Rowdon |
| 1889 | Thomas Jennings |
| 1890 | Cecil Haward |
| 1891 | Thomas Jennings |
| 1892 | Arthur Watkinson |
| 1893 | James Ryan |
| 1894 | Reginald Williams |
| 1895 | James Ryan |
| 1896 | Murty O'Brien |
| 1897 | Claude Leggatt |
| 1898 | Patrick Leahy |
| 1899 | Patrick Leahy |
| 1900 | Walter Henderson & Peter O'Connor |
| 1901 | Peter O'Connor |
| 1902 | Peter O'Connor |
| 1903 | Peter O'Connor |
| 1904 | Peter O'Connor |
| 1905 | Con Leahy |
| 1906 | Con Leahy |
| 1907 | Con Leahy |
| 1908 | Con Leahy |
| 1909 | John Banks |
| 1910 | Benjamin Howard Baker |
| 1911 | Benjamin Howard Baker |
| 1912 | Benjamin Howard Baker |
| 1913 | Benjamin Howard Baker |
| 1914 | Benjamin Howard Baker |
| 1919 | Benjamin Howard Baker |
| 1920 | Benjamin Howard Baker |
| 1921 | Benjamin Howard Baker |
| AAA Championships & UK Athletics Championships
dual championships era 1988-1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Men AAA | Women AAA | Year | Men UK | Women UK |
| 1988 | Geoff Parsons | Janet Boyle | 1988 | Geoff Parsons | Diana Davies |
| 1989 | Dalton Grant | Diana Davies | 1989 | Steve Chapman | Janet Boyle |
| 1990 | Dalton Grant | Lea Haggett | 1990 | Dalton Grant | Julia Bennett |
| 1991 | Geoff Parsons | Debbie Marti | 1991 | Dalton Grant | Lea Haggett |
| 1992 | Steve Smith | Lea Haggett | 1992 | Brendan Reilly | Debbie Marti |
| 1993 | Steve Smith | Debbie Marti | 1993 | Dalton Grant | Debbie Marti |
| 1994 | Brendan Reilly | Julia Bennett | n/a | ||
| 1995 | Steve Smith | Lea Haggett | n/a | ||
| 1996 | Steve Smith | Debbie Marti | n/a | ||
| 1997 | Brendan Reilly | Debbie Marti | 1997 | Brendan Reilly | Debbie Marti |
AAA Championships
| ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Men's champion | Women's champion |
| 1998 | Dalton Grant | Jo Jennings |
| 1999 | Steve Smith | Jo Jennings |
| 2000 | Ben Challenger | Jo Jennings |
| 2001 | Ben Challenger | Susan Jones |
| 2002 | Dalton Grant | Susan Jones |
| 2003 | Ben Challenger | Susan Jones |
| 2004 | Ben Challenger | Susan Jones |
| 2005 | Ben Challenger | Susan Jones |
| 2006 | Martyn Bernard | Julie Crane |
- NBA = No British athlete in medal placings
- nc = not contested
References
[edit]- ^ "WAAA and National Championships Medallists". NUTS.
- ^ "WAAA and National Championships Medallists". GBR Athletics.