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Jo Jennings

Personal information
Nationality	English
Born	(1969-09-20) 20 September 1969 (age 55) Pakenham, Suffolk
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Club	West Suffolk AC
Medal record Athletics Representing  England Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur high jump

Joanne Loraine "Jo" Jennings (formerly Steele; born 20 September 1969 in Pakenham, Suffolk) is a female retired high jumper from England.

Athletics career

Jennings twice competed for Great Britain at the Summer Olympics and won silver at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur. She set her personal best (1.94 metres) at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Toronto in 1993, where she finished ninth.

She represented England in the high jump event, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand. Eight years later she represented England and won a silver medal, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Personal life

As of September 2013 Jennings is a development manager at British Athletics.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Great Britain and  England
1987	European Junior Championships	Birmingham, England	6th	High jump	1.80 m
1988	World Junior Championships	Sudbury, Canada	4th	High jump	1.88 m
	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	16th (q)	High jump	1.90 m
1990	Commonwealth Games	Auckland, New Zealand	15th	High jump	1.70 m
1992	European Indoor Championships	Genoa, Italy	=5th	High jump	1.88 m
	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	30th (q)	High jump	1.86 m
1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Canada	9th	High jump	1.94 m
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	30th (q)	High jump	1.80 m
1998	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	2nd	High jump	1.91 m

Note: Results with a Q, indicate overall position in qualifying round.

References

1. Kubatko, Justin. "Jo Jennings Biography and Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
2. "1990 Athletes". Team England.
3. "England team in 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
4. "1998 Athletes". Team England.
5. "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
6. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.

External links

• Joanne Jennings on Twitter
• Joanne Jennings at World Athletics

• 1969 births
• Living people
• Sportspeople from Bury St Edmunds
• British female high jumpers
• English female high jumpers
• Olympic athletes for Great Britain
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
• Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
• Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
• World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain
• Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
• 20th-century English sportswomen