Tanya Hughes
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1991 Kingston | High jump |
Tanya Yvette Hughes (née Jones; born January 25, 1972) is a retired high jumper from the United States, who set her personal best on May 22, 1992, jumping 1.97 metres at a meet in Eugene, Oregon.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Hughes is a three-time American junior national indoor champion: 1989, 1990 and 1991, and a two-time national outdoor champion (1992 and 1993). She was a member of the 1992 US Olympic team in Barcelona, Spain. In 1993 she won gold at the World University Games in Buffalo, New York. Tanya attended the University of Arizona where she was a four-time NCAA high jump champion (indoor-1991 and Outdoor-1991, 1992, 1993). She was named the 1994 NCAA Woman of the Year based on her scholarship, leadership and athletic accomplishments over her collegiate career. Her 1991 clearance of 1.94m, stood as the American junior high jump record until 2015.
Achievements
All results regarding high jump.
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes | |
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1988 | World Junior Championships | Sudbury, Canada | 16th (q) | 1.75 m | |
1990 | World Junior Championships | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | 11th | 1.81 m | |
1991 | Pan American Junior Championships | Kingston, Jamaica | 2nd | 1.87 m | |
Pan American Games | Havana, Cuba | 4th | 1.80 m | ||
1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 11th | 1.88 m (1.92) | |
1993 | World University Games (Universiade) | Buffalo, United States | 1st | 1.95 m | |
1993 | World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 7th | 1.91 m (1.93) | |
(q) Indicates overall position in qualifying round |
References
- Women's World All-Time List
- IAAF site
- Tanya Hughes at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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Preceded by | USA National High Jump Champion 1992–1993 | Succeeded by |
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- 1959–1961: Iolanda Balaș (ROM)
- 1963: Taisia Chenchik (URS)
- 1965: Yordanka Blagoeva (BUL)
- 1967: Mami Takeda (JPN)
- 1970: Snežana Hrepevnik (YUG)
- 1973: Virginia Ioan (ROM)
- 1975: Galina Filatova (URS)
- 1977: Sara Simeoni (ITA)
- 1979: Andrea Mátay (HUN)
- 1981: Sara Simeoni (ITA)
- 1983: Tamara Bykova (URS)
- 1985: Silvia Costa (CUB)
- 1987: Svetlana Isaeva (BUL)
- 1989: Alina Astafei (ROM)
- 1991: Alison Inverarity (AUS)
- 1993: Tanya Hughes (USA)
- 1995: Viktoriya Fyodorova (RUS)
- 1997: Amy Acuff (USA)
- 1999: Monica Iagăr (ROM)
- 2001: Vita Palamar (UKR)
- 2003: Dóra Győrffy (HUN)
- 2005: Anna Chicherova (RUS)
- 2007: Marina Aitova (KAZ)
- 2009: Ariane Friedrich (GER)
- 2011: Brigetta Barrett (USA)
- 2013: Kamila Lićwinko (POL)
- 2015: Airinė Palšytė (LTU)
- 2017: Oksana Okunyeva (UKR)
- 2019: Yuliya Chumachenko (UKR)
- 2021: Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah (GHA)
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