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high jump

Field event in athletics in which competitors leap over a horizontal crossbar held between rigid uprights at least 3.66 m/12 ft apart. The bar is placed at increasingly higher levels. Elimination occurs after three consecutive failures to clear the bar.

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1932 1955 athletics Balas, Iolanda Blankers-Koen, Fanny decathlon Ewry, Ray Fosbury, Dick Grand National heptathlon July 30 June 29 Olympic Games Zaharias, Babe			Kelly got bronze in the high jump and returned to action off a shortened approach in the long jump, on her return from injury. Disappointed with my show; COUNTDOWN TO BERLIN by Birmingham Mail (England) As well as the heptathlon she has achieved the qualifying standards for the high jump and long jump. Meredith is handed Euro call; ATHLETICS by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) She stormed to victory in the 100 metres hurdles and high jump at the Aviva UK Championships and World Trials in Birmingham The 23-year-old from Sheffield, who missed the Olympics last year through injury, won the high jump with a first-time clearance of 1. Jess so glad to be back on track; ATHLETICS by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)			Hieron II Hiesey, William M Higashi Osaka Higden, Ranulf Higgenbotham, A Leon, Jr Higgins, Alex Gordon Higgins, Eugene Higgins, George Vincent Higgins, Henry Bournes Higgins, Jack Higgins, John Higgins, Marguerite Higgins, Matthew James Higgins, Rosalyn Higgins, William Higginson, Henry L Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Higgs boson Higgs, Peter Ware High Church High Commission high commissioner high constable High Country High Force high jump high memory High Peak High Point High River high sheriff high steward High Street High Willhays High Wycombe high-definition television high-level language High-Sierra format high-tech high-tech industry high-yield variety Higham Ferrers higher education highest common factor Highet, Gilbert Highland Highland Clearances Highland fling Highland Games Highland Heights Highland Host			High Intensity Signal High Intensity Step-Up Lighting High Intensity Strobe Light High Intensity Substance Abuse Program High intensity training High Intensity Transient Signals High Intensity War High Intensity Zone high interest High Interest Deposit Bond High Interest Grid High Interest Money Market Account High Interest Target High Interest Target List High Interest Track High Interest Vessel High Internal Phase Emulsion High Internal Phase Ratio Emulsion High Iron Diamine Alcian Blue High Iron Diamine and Alcian Blue High Island Offshore System, LLC high jinks high jinks high jinx High Jugular Bulb high jump high jumper high jumper high jumper high jumpers high jumpers high jumpers high K and high glutathione high K and low glutathione High key high kilovoltage radiograph high kilovoltage radiograph high kilovoltage radiograph High kirk High kirk High Knoll Equestrian Center high kVp technique high kVp technique high kVp technique high kVp technique high labial arch high labial arch high labial arch high labial arch high labial arch high labial arch High Labor Cost Countries High Land High Land High Land Falconeers Meeting High Lands Golf Club

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