Michael Mason (athlete)

Michael Mason

Michael Mason
Personal information
Nationality	Canada
Born	September 30, 1986 New Westminster, British Columbia
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	70 kg (150 lb; 11 st)
Sport
Sport	High jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	High jump: 2.33, Edmonton, Eberstadt, 2015[1]
Medal record Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow High jump Pan American Games 2015 Toronto High jump World Junior Championships 2004 Grosseto High Jump

Michael Robert Christopher Mason (born 30 September 1986) is a Canadian high jumper. The 2004 World Junior champion, he has represented Canada at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships, 2010 Commonwealth Games, 2012 Summer Olympics, 2014 Commonwealth Games, 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships and the 2015 Pan American Games. His personal best for the event is 2.33 metres.

He won the IAAF World Junior Championships gold medal in 2004. From Nanoose Bay, British Columbia, Mason is only the second Canadian to win a World Junior Championship gold medal, following Mark Boswell who won in 1996. Mason holds a number of provincial records previously held by retired Canadian high jumper and 1976 Olympic Silver Medallist Greg Joy, including the BC high school, junior and senior records.

Following his world junior win, he set the current NAIA record as a member of the UBC Thunderbirds and was the bronze medalist at the 2006 NACAC U-23 Championships. He jumped a personal best of 2.27 m to win the Canadian title in 2007 Canadian Senior Championships. He is a member of the Valley Royals Track and Field Club and is coached by Ziggy Szelagowicz.

In 2008 Mason improved his personal best during the indoor season, to 2.30 in January in Seattle. At the 2008 World Indoor Championships he finished eighth. He made his Olympic debut a few months later at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and placed eighth in his qualifying group with a jump of 2.25 m, although he missed the final.^[2] Competing as a student-athlete, he took the silver medal in the high jump at the 2009 Summer Universiade.^[3] The year after he represented Canada at the 2010 Commonwealth Games with a seventh-place finish in the final.^[4]

He cleared 2.31 m for the first time at the Baie-Mahault Grand Prix in Guadeloupe, winning the event with a meet record mark.^[5] In 2015 Mason improved his indoor personal best to 2.31m at the Millrose Games and his outdoor best to 2.33m at the Edmonton Track Classic.

Achievements

Michael Mason

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Canada
2004	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	1st	2.21 m
2006	NACAC U-23 Championships	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	3rd	2.19 m
2007	Universiade	Bangkok, Thailand	18th (q)	2.10 m
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	8th	2.27 m
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	19th (q)	2.25 m
2009	Universiade	Belgrade, Serbia	2nd	2.23 m
2010	Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	7th	2.20 m
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	8th	2.29 m
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	25th (q)	2.17 m
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	8th	2.25 m
	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	3rd	2.25 m
2015	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	2nd	2.31 m
	World Championships	Beijing, China	18th (q)	2.26 m

References

1. "Michael Mason profile". IAAF. Retrieved July 22, 2012.
2. Mike Mason. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2012-05-03.
3. Results. 2009 Summer Universiade. Retrieved on 2012-05-03.
4. 2010 Commonwealth Games - Athletics. CWGDelhi2010. Retrieved on 2012-05-03.
5. Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2012-05-02). Merritt 44.73 world lead, Robles opens with 13.19 in Guadeloupe. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-05-03.

External links

• Michael Mason profile at IAAF