Isobel Pooley
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| Club | Aldershot, Farnham & District AC[3] | |||||||||||
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| Coached by | Fayyaz Ahmed[4][3] | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Isobel Pooley (born 21 December 1992)[5] is a former British track and field athlete who specialises in the high jump. She won a silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Career
Pooley's first high jump was in the gymnasium at Court Moor School.
As a teenager, Pooley competed at both the World Junior Championships and European Junior Championships, failing to reach the final. In 2012, she improved her best from 1.86m, first to 1.88 m indoors then to 1.90m, which she cleared at the Bedford Games in June. She competed at that year's European Championships in Helsinki, where she was eliminated in the qualifying round with a best of 1.78m. In July 2013, she finished fourth in the final at the European Under 23 Championships in Tampere, clearing 1.90m. A month later, she improved her personal best to 1.91m.
In June 2014 Pooley won the UK Championships with 1.90m. In August she won a silver medal at the
In 2015 Pooley broke the UK outdoor record, and equalled the indoor record set by
She moved to Germany in November 2017 and announced her retirement in September 2018, at the age of 25.
Pooley graduated from the University of Nottingham in 2014 with first class honours. In August 2016 she undertook the Macmillan "Brave the Shave" charity challenge by having her head shaved.
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes | |
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Representing  Great Britain /  England
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| 2010 | World Junior Championships | Moncton, Canada | 14th (q) | 1.78 m | |
| 2011 | European Junior Championships
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Tallinn, Estonia | 13th (q) | 1.80 m | |
| 2012 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 21st (q) | 1.78 m | |
| 2013 | European U23 Championships | Tampere, Finland | 4th | 1.90 m[7] | |
| 2014 | Commonwealth Games | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 2nd | 1.92 m[8] | |
| 2015 | European Indoor Championships | Prague, Czech Republic
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17th (q) | 1.82 m | |
| World Championships | Beijing, China
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19th (q) | 1.89 m | ||
| 2016 | World Indoor Championships | Portland, Oregon | 10th | 1.89 m | |
| European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands
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16th (q) | 1.85 m | ||
Note: Results with a q, indicate overall position in qualifying round.
National titles
- English Schools Championships - 2009, 2010
- England Under 20 Championships - 2010, 2011
- England Under 23 Championships - 2013
- UK Championships & trials - 2014, 2015
References
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 - Isobel Pooley Profile". 2014 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "'I'm not deaf': Athlete hits back at haters". 16 July 2015.
- ^ a b "Pooley breaks 1.90m barrier. A jump which has seen her overtake Jessica Ennis-Hall at the top of the UK rankings". getHAMPSHIRE. 22 August 2013. Archived from the original on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
- ^ "Athlete Profile". Thepowerof10.info. 21 December 1992. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- ^ "All Athletics profile". All Athletics.com. 18 August 2013.
- ^ British record for Isobel Pooley
- ^ "Isobel Pooley sets Commonwealth Games medal target". Nottingham Post. 25 June 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014: England's Isobel Pooley wins silver in high jump". BBC Sport. 1 August 2014.
