Alison Inverarity

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Alison Inverarity (born 12 August 1970) Western Australia is a former Australian Olympic and Commonwealth athlete, competing in the high jump.

[edit] Biography

She is the daughter of former Australian Test cricketer John Inverarity and a graduate of Pembroke School, Adelaide. She completed a Bachelors of Architecture at the University of Western Australia. In 2000 she married Olympic team-mate Scott Ferrier (High Jump/Decathlete 1996 DNC, 2000 DNF).

[edit] Career Highlights

• 1st, 1991 Summer Universiade
• 8th, 1992 Summer Olympics
• 1st, 1994 Commonwealth Games including setting a Games record (1994-2002) height of 1.94m
• -, 1996 Olympics (no jumps completed)
• 3rd, 1998 Commonwealth Games
• 32nd, 2000 Olympics
• 7 times Australian national high jump champion