Chaunté Lowe in Doha 2010 |
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| Birth name | Chaunté Howard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 12, 1984 Templeton, California |
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| Residence | Decatur, Georgia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 131 lb (59 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | High jump, long jump | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College/university team | Georgia Tech | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Nike | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Nat Page | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | High jump: 2.05 m (Des Moines, 2010) Long jump: 6.90 m (Des Moines, 2010) |
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Chaunté Lowe (née Howard) (born January 12, 1984) is an American athlete, who competes in the high jump and participated in the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. She is the American record holder in the high jump with a height of 2.05 m.
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Lowe graduated from John W. North High School in Riverside, California, where she won the National Scholastic Indoor Championships twice.[1][2] She won the 2001 CIF California State Meet in the high jump[3] and finished second in 2002 in the high jump, long jump and triple jump,[4] leading her team to the state team championships.[5] Among her first successes was a high jump bronze medal at the 2003 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships.[6]
Lowe jumped 1.85 m in the qualifying round of the women's high jump at the 2004 Summer Olympics and did not reach the final.[7]
In the qualifying round, Lowe tied with Iryna Mykhalchenko for second in her group with a height of 1.93 m.[8] In the final, Lowe placed second behind Kajsa Bergqvist, who jumped 2.02 m, with a height of 2.00 m.[9]
Lowe jumped 1.93 m in the qualifying round at the 2008 Summer Olympics to reach the final.[10] She placed sixth in the high jump final with a height of 1.99 m.[11]
Competing in 2009, she became the national champion with a clearance of 1.95 m at the 2009 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, beating Amy Acuff to the title on countback. This gained her qualification into the 2009 World Championships in Athletics: she reached the 2009 high jump final, but she could not repeat her past medal performance and finished in seventh place. She closed the year with a fourth place finish at the last edition of the World Athletics Final.
Lowe improved her indoor best with a jump of 1.98 m at the USA Indoor Track and Field Championships in 2010. She attempted to tie with Tisha Waller's record, but just knocked the bar at the last moment.[12] At the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, she won a bronze medal in the high jump with a clearance of 1.98 m.
On May 30, 2010, Lowe broke Louise Ritter's American record of 2.03 m set in 1988 with a clearance of 2.04 m.[13] Less than a month later, On June 26, 2010, Lowe improved her record with a clearance of 2.05 m.[14]
She took a year off from competition in 2007 and gave birth to her daughter, Jasmine. Another daughter was born in April 2011 [15]. She is married to Mario Lowe, a triple jumper.[16] She graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology in May 2008.
| Event | Best (m) | Venue | Date |
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| High jump (outdoor) | 2.05 AR, NR | Des Moines, Iowa, USA | June 26, 2010 |
| High jump (indoor) | 1.98 | Doha, Qatar | March 13, 2010 |
Key: AR = Area record, NR = National record
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| Preceded by Blanka Vlašić |
Women's High Jump Best Year Performance 2010 (tied with Blanka Vlašić) |
Succeeded by |