Jeanelle Scheper

Jeanelle Scheper (born November 21, 1994) is a Saint Lucian high jumper.^[2] She is the second athlete from St. Lucia to qualify for the high jump final in the World Championships in Athletics after Lavern Spencer did it starting in 2007 when in 2015 she joined Spencer in the final.

She was born in Kingston, Jamaica and moved to Saint Lucia with her family at the age of two.^[3] While representing the University of South Carolina, Scheper became the 2015 NCAA Champion before graduating.^[4]

Her personal bests in the high jump are 1.96 metres outdoors (Starkville 2015) and 1.91 metres indoors (Fayetteville 2013).

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Saint Lucia
2010	CARIFTA Games (U17)	George Town, Cayman Islands	7th	100 m H	15.37 (w)
			3rd	High jump	1.68 m
			3rd	Long jump	5.28 m
2011	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Montego Bay, Jamaica	3rd	High jump	1.70 m
	World Youth Championships	Lille, France	25th (q)	High jump	1.67 m
	Commonwealth Youth Games	Douglas, Isle of Man	2nd	High jump	1.76 m
2012	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Hamilton, Bermuda	3rd	High jump	1.80 m
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U20)	San Salvador, El Salvador	1st	High jump	1.85 m
	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	8th	High jump	1.82 m
2013	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Nassau, Bahamas	1st	High jump	1.87 m
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Morelia, Mexico	2nd	High jump	1.92 m
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	24th (q)	High jump	1.83 m
2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	4th	High jump	1.89 m
	Pan American Sports Festival	Mexico City, Mexico	2nd	High jump	1.85 m
2015	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	5th	High jump	1.88 m
	World Championships	Beijing, China	7th	High jump	1.92m

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