Eleanor Montgomery

Eleanor Inez Montgomery (November 13, 1946 – December 28, 2013) was a female high jumper from the United States, who competed in the 1950s and 1960s for her native country. She was a two-time Olympian, and a Tigerbelle, the name of the Tennessee State University women's track and field program, under Head Coach Ed Temple. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio. Montgomery set her personal best in the women's high jump event (1.80 metres) on 1969-07-06 at the US National Championships in Dayton, which was an American record at that time. She also competed in the long jump and the heptathlon during her career.

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Height
1962	US National Championships	Los Angeles, California	6th	1.52 m
1963	US National Championships	Dayton, Ohio	1st	1.73 m
1963	Pan American Games	São Paulo, Brazil	1st	1.68 m
1964	US National Championships	Hanford, California	1st	1.73 m
1964	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	8th	1.71 m
1965	US National Championships	Columbus, Ohio	1st	1.70 m
1966	US National Championships	Frederick, Maryland	1st	1.70 m
1967	US National Championships	Santa Barbara, California	1st	1.68 m
1967	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	1st	1.78 m
1968	Olympic Games	Mexico City, Mexico	19th	1.68 m
1969	US National Championships	Dayton, Ohio	1st	1.80 m

References

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)

1968 USA Olympic Track & Field Team

Qualification	1968 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)

Men's track & road athletes	Jack Bacheler Wade Bell John Carlos Leon Coleman Willie Davenport Ron Daws Bob Day Tom Dooley Lee Evans Tom Farrell Ron Freeman Boyd Gittins Charles Greene Ervin Hall Rudy Haluza Jim Hines Larry James Goetz Klopfer Ron Kutschinski Ron Laird Tom Laris Marty Liquori Vincent Matthews Kenny Moore Van Nelson Conrad Nightingale Mel Pender Larry Questad Bill Reilly David Romansky Jim Ryun Lou Scott Ronnie Ray Smith Tommie Smith Tracy Smith Geoff Vanderstock Tom Von Ruden Ron Whitney George Young Larry Young

Men's field athletes	Bob Beamon Ralph Boston Reynaldo Brown Edward Burke Gary Carlsen Casey Carrigan Ed Caruthers Hal Connolly Frank Covelli Dick Fosbury Albert Hall Dave Maggard Randy Matson Charles Mays Mark Murro Al Oerter John Pennel Bob Seagren Jay Silvester Rick Sloan David Smith George Stenlund Norman Tate Bill Toomey Tom Waddell Arthur Walker George Woods

Women's track & road athletes	Margaret Bailes Doris Brown Lois Ann Drinkwater Julie Mae Dyer Barbara Ferrell Francie Kraker Madeline Manning Mildred Netter Mamie Rallins Jarvis Scott Esther Stroy Patty Van Wolvelaere

Women's field athletes	RaNae Bair Estelle Baskerville Sharon Callahan Olga Connolly Barbara Friedrich Cathy Hamblin Eleanor Montgomery Carol Moseke Maren Seidler Martha Watson Willye White Pat Winslow

Coaches	—

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.

External links

Eleanor Montgomery's obituary

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