Coleen Sommer

Coleen Sommer (born June 6, 1960 in Los Angeles) is a retired high jumper from the United States, who was born as Coleen Rienstra. She represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.^[1] She set her personal best at 2.00 metres indoors on 1982-02-14 in Ottawa.^[2]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
1983	Pan American Games	Caracas, Venezuela	1st	1.91 m
1983	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	4th	1.95 m
1985	World Cup	Canberra, Australia	7th	1.80 m
1987	Pan American Games	Indianapolis, United States	1st	1.96 m
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	11th	1.93 m
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	18th (q)	1.87 m

References

External links

Coleen Sommer profile at IAAF
Profile

Sporting positions
Preceded by Debbie Brill	USA National High Jump Champion 1980	Succeeded by Pam Spencer
Preceded by Louise Ritter	USA National High Jump Champion 1987	Succeeded by Jan Wohlschlag

Pan American Champions in Women's High Jump

1951: Jacinta Sandiford (ECU)
1955: Mildred McDaniel (USA)
1959: Ann Marie Flynn (USA)
1963 – 1967: Eleanor Montgomery (USA)
1971: Debbie Brill (CAN)
1975: Joni Huntley (USA)
1979: Louise Ritter (USA)
1983 – 1987: Coleen Sommer (USA)
1991 – 1995: Ioamnet Quintero (CUB)
1999: Solange Witteveen (ARG)
2003: Juana Arrendel (DOM)
2007: Romary Rifka (MEX)
2011: Lesyani Mayor (CUB)
2015: Levern Spencer (LCA)

US National Championship winners in women's high jump

1923–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1923: Catherine Wright 1924: Not held 1925: Elizabeth Stine 1926–27: Catherine McGuire 1928: Mildred Wiley 1929–31: Jean Shiley 1932: Jean Shiley & Babe Didrikson 1933: Alice Arden 1934: Not held 1935: Barbara Howe 1936: Annette Rogers 1937–8: Margaret Bergmann 1939–48: Alice Coachman 1949: Gertrude Orr 1950: Dorothy Chisholm 1951–2: Marion Boos 1953: Mildred McDaniel 1954: Jeanette Cantrell 1955–6: Mildred McDaniel 1957: Verneda Thomas & Hazel Ulmer 1958: Rose Robinson & Barbara Brown 1959–61: Lis Josefson 1962: Kinuko Tsutsumi (JPN) 1963–7: Eleanor Montgomery 1968: Theresa Thresher 1969: Eleanor Montgomery 1970: Sally Plihal 1971: Linda Iddings 1972: Audrey Reid 1973: DeAnne Wilson 1974–7: Joni Huntley 1978: Louise Ritter 1979: Debbie Brill (CAN)

1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Coleen Sommer 1981: Pam Spencer 1982: Debbie Brill (CAN) 1983: Louise Ritter 1984: Pam Spencer 1985–6: Louise Ritter 1987: Coleen Sommer 1988–9: Jan Wohlschlag 1990–1: Yolanda Henry 1992: Tanya Hughes

1993–present USA Track & Field	1993: Tanya Hughes 1994: Angie Bradburn 1995: Amy Acuff 1996: Tisha Waller 1997: Amy Acuff 1998–9: Tisha Waller 2000: Karol Damon 2001: Amy Acuff 2002: Tisha Waller 2003: Amy Acuff 2004: Tisha Waller 2005: Amy Acuff 2006: Chaunte Howard 2007: Amy Acuff 2008–9: Chaunte Howard 2010: Chaunte Lowe 2011: Brigetta Barrett 2012: Chaunte Lowe 2013: Brigetta Barrett 2014–5: Chaunte Lowe

Notes	OT: Since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials in Olympic years, otherwise held as a discrete event.

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