Vanessa Carol Ward (née Browne; born 5 January 1963) is a retired high jumper from Australia, who set her personal best on 12 February 1989, jumping 1.98 metres at a meet in Perth, Western Australia. This (as of 2013) still stands as the Australian record. A five-time national champion in the women's high jump event, she competed for her native country at two Olympic Games, in Los Angeles 1984 and Seoul 1988. She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder in 1981 to 1984 and 1987 to 1988.^[1]

Achievements

• Australian high jump record holder - 1.98 metres in 1989 (equalled by Alison Inverarity in 1994)
• Five-time Australian National High Jump Champion (1979, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1990)

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Australia
1982	Commonwealth Games	Brisbane, Australia	5th	High jump	1.83 m
1983	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	9th	High jump	1.88 m
1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, California, USA	6th	High jump	1.94 m
1986	Commonwealth Games	Edinburgh, Scotland	9th	High jump	1.83 m
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	13th (q)	High jump	1.90 m
1990	Commonwealth Games	Auckland, New Zealand	4th	High jump	1.88 m
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	10th	High jump	1.90 m

Note: result with a Q, indicates overall position in qualifying round.

References

External links

• Vanessa Ward at Australian Athletics Historical Results
• Women's World All-Time List
• Vanessa Ward at World Athletics
• Vanessa Browne at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)