Isobel Pooley

Isobel Pooley

Personal information
Nationality	British
Born	(1992-12-21) 21 December 1992 London, England[1]
Sport
Country	Great Britain
Event(s)	High Jump
Coached by	Fayyaz Ahmed
Medal record Competitor for  England Commonwealth Games Silver 2014 Glasgow High Jump

Pooley at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Isobel Pooley (born 21 December 1992)^[2] is a British track and field athlete who specialises in the high jump. She won a silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Three weeks later on 24 August 2014, she cleared 1.96 m to break the 32 year-old UK outdoor high jump record.

She is coached by Fayyaz Ahmed.^[3][4]

Career

As a teenager, Pooley competed at both the World Junior Championships and European Junior Championships, failing to reach the final. In 2012, she improved her best from 1.86m, first to 1.88 m indoors then to 1.90m, which she cleared at the Bedford Games in June. She competed at that years European Championships in Helsinki, where she was eliminated in the qualifying round with a best of 1.78m. In July 2013, she finished fourth in the final at the European Under 23 Championships in Tampere, clearing 1.90m. A month later, she improved her PB to 1.91m.

Pooley had the best season of her career to date in 2014. In June, she equalled her PB of 1.91m, before going on to win the UK Championships later the same month with 1.90m. Then in August, she won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, with a new best of 1.92m. Three weeks later, she broke the UK outdoor record, when she improved her best by 4cm to 1.96m in Eberstadt, Germany. The previous UK record of 1.95m had first been set by Diana Davies (then Elliott) in 1982. It was then equalled in 2001 by Susan Moncrieff and again in 2007 by Olympic Heptathlon Champion Jessica Ennis, before Pooley finally surpassed it. The record was one of the longest standing UK outdoor field event records, with only the women's discus record, which has stood since 1981, being older.

Achievements

• won English Schools Championships - 2009, 2010
• won England Under 20 Championships - 2010, 2011
• won England Under 23 Championships - 2013
• won UK Championships & trials - 2014

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Great Britain /  England
2010	World Junior Championships	Moncton, Canada	14th (q)	1.78 m
2011	European Junior Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	13th (q)	1.80 m
2012	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	21st (q)	1.78 m
2013	European U23 Championships	Tampere, Finland	4th	1.90 m[5]
2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	2nd	1.92 m[6]
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	17th (q)	1.82 m

Note: Results with a q, indicate overall position in qualifying round..