Katrina Gibbs

Katrina Gibbs

Katrina Gibbs (born 7 April, 1959 in New South Wales) is a retired Australian track and field athlete, who specialised in the High Jump. She married fellow nationally ranked High Jumper, David Morrow (Retired).

Gibbs won two Australian High Jump national championships - in 1978 and 1982. [ [http://www.athletics.com.au/history/athletes/athlete121.htm Athletics Australia profile] ] In both years, she was duly selected in Australia's Commonwealth Games team.

In the 1978 Edmonton Games Gibbs achieved her career highlight, winning the High Jump in an Australian and Commenwealth record [ [http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/cgw.htm Commonwealth Games Medallists - Athletics (Women) ] ] of 1.93m and defeating local Canadian favourite Debbie Brill. [ [http://www.sporting-heroes.net/athletics-heroes/stats_athletics/commonwealth/1978_w.asp Results - 1978 Commonwealth Games (Sporting Heroes)] ] This also gave her the Australian Junior Record, which after thirty years, has not been bettered. [http://www.nswathletics.org.au/answ/results/records/nswrecords.pdf]

As a result of this achievement she was ranked seventh in the world by Track and Field News magazine. [ [http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/rankings/women/hjworldranking.pdf Track & Field News - High Jump World Rankings] ]

Along with David Morrow, Gibbs is currently coaching High Jump with the Sydney Boys High School Athletics team.

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