Ernle Haisley
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Birth name | Ernest Leighton Haisley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1937-06-20) 20 June 1937 (age 86) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ernest Leighton "Ernle" Haisley (born 20 June 1937) is a Jamaican former high jumper who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics.[1]
In 1956, Haisley took part in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. He reached a height of 1.96 metres in the final, placing him 15th.
Haisley represented Jamaica at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games winning gold in the high jump with a height of 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m). This remained the Commonwealth Games high jump record until 1962.
In the following year, he represented British West Indies at the 1959 Pan American Games, winning bronze with a height of 2.00 metres. His final success in major competition was at the Athletics at the 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games in Kingston, Jamaica, where he won bronze with a height of 1.94 metres.
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ernle Haisley". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
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- 1950:
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- 1954:
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