Eleanor Patterson

Australian Eleanor Patterson has claimed the gold medal in the women's high jump at the World Athletics Ch...

As Mahuchihk failed to better 2.04m, she handed the Leongatha local the gold. After making the Olympic final last year, Patterson finished second at the World Athletics Indoor Championships earlier in the year with a jump of 2.00 metres. But things did not go her way on Wednesday (AEST).

Australia has a new world champion. Eleanor Patterson has won gold with an inspiring performance that delivered Australia's first high jump medal at a world ...

Wightman’s time of 3:29.23 was the second-fastest 1500 at a world championships, after the 3:27.65 run by middle-distance legend Hicham El Guerrouj in 1999. Here I am because I knew I wasn’t finished,” she said in an interview with The Age and the Herald last year ahead of the Tokyo Olympics final. The bar was put to 2.02m and Patterson cleared it at her first attempt. The bar was put to 2.04m. That matched the national and Oceania record and, more importantly, vaulted her to the gold medal place after all of her rivals missed the height at their first attempts. Mahuchikh, the Tokyo bronze medallist who also won silver at the last world’s in Doha, then missed twice more meaning Patterson had secured gold before she had her final jump. She shifted from a shy country girl to a strong assertive and mature woman. I haven’t done anything essentially since then, so I am just so happy to be partnered up with [coach] Alex Stewart and to be on this journey.” She missed again, but that mattered not a jot, as she had won gold. Her two misses at 1.98m, however, meant that she was sitting in fourth place. At her next attempt Patterson cleared two metres. The other three women then all cleared two metres.

Eleanor Patterson has become just the 10th Australian athlete to win world championships gold with a thrilling triumph in the women's high jump in Eugene.

Meanwhile, Australia’s Stewart McSweyn gave himself every chance by going out hard in the men’s 1500m final. But no-one could get near Slovenia’s Kristjan Ceh won claimed gold with a massive throw of 71.13m. She endured some ups and downs in the intervening years before making the career-changing decision to link up with coach Alex Stewart. Teenager Calab Law (20.72) bowed out as expected in the men’s 200m semis and will now turn his attention to the world juniors in Colombia. Jacinta Beecher was also run out in the women’s 200m semis in 23.14. Mahuchikh and Patterson then each missed three times at 2.04m, ensuring Patterson would win the gold on countback. Patterson became the first Australian woman to win a world or Olympics high jump title, while John Winter (1948 London Olympics) is the only Australian man to achieve the feat.

Australian Eleanor Patterson picked the perfect time to produce her lifetime best leap as she cleared an Oceania record of 2.02 metres to win a surprise World Championship high jump gold on Tuesday. Patterson failed twice at 1.98, once at her previous ...

"So many girls went two metres it was a phenomenal performance from everyone. Italy's Elena Vallortigara was error-free up to matching her personal best of 2 metres but though she could not go any further she took bronze on countback. Patterson failed twice at 1.98, once at her previous best of 2.00 but cleared 2.02 at the first attempt, giving her gold on countback ahead of Ukrainian favourite Yaroslava Mahuchikh, who needed two tries to get over the same height.

Australian Eleanor Patterson has shocked the world by becoming the first ever Aussie to take home the gold medal in women's high jump. James McKern.

Eleanor Patterson stunned the world by becoming the first Australian to win womens’s high jump gold at the World Athletics Championship. Australian Eleanor Patterson has shocked the world by becoming the first ever Aussie to take home the gold medal in women’s high jump. Eleanor Patterson claims historic high jump gold medal at World Athletics Championships

Three female high jumpers show off their medals at the World Athletics Championships. Eleanor Patterson (centre) won gold ahead of Yaroslava Mahuchikh (left) ...

"It was not until the last couple of months before joining Alex that I was able to say to myself, 'I think I'm not done. Patterson's win makes her the first Australian woman to win a world championship or Olympic gold medal in the high jump. - Patterson is the first Australian woman to win a world championship or Olympic gold in the event