Eleanor Patterson (born 22 May 1996) is an Australian track and field athlete who competes in the high jump. She won the gold medal at the 2022 World Championships, placed second at the 2023 World Championships and also won the bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Career Born in Leongatha, Victoria,. Glasgow2014. Retrieved on 2 August 2014. Patterson began competing in the high jump as a child. She went to Little Athletics with her friend and fell in love with the sport. Patterson competed in many local events.Patterson One-By-One. Spikes Magazine (29 July 2014). Retrieved on 2 August 2014. She was runner-up at the national junior (under-20) championships in 2011, setting a personal best of at the age of 14. She returned the following year to win that title and improved to that November.Eleanor Patterson. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2 August 2014.
In her first international competition, Patterson won the gold medal at the 2013 World Youth Championships, setting a personal best of to win by a margin of six centimetres.Australia's Patterson hits the heights. IAAF (12 July 2013). Retrieved on 2 August 2014. In December, she broke records at the Australian Schools Championships, clearing a height of to equal the world youth best held by Charmaine Gale-Weavers (set in 1981) and Olga Turchak (set in 1984) and set a new Oceanian junior record. The 17-year-old had three attempts at the Australian senior record of , but had three failures.Mulkeen, Jon (8 December 2013). Patterson equals world youth high jump best. IAAF. Retrieved on 2 August 2014.
Patterson was regularly over 1.90 m during the 2014 season, winning a fourth straight Australian junior title and taking her first senior national title at the Australian Championships. She also won at the Melbourne Track Classic meet with a jump of . Patterson decided to miss the 2014 World Junior Championships in order to represent Australia at the 2014 Commonwealth Games instead. The move paid off as she jumped to win the gold medal ahead of England's Isobel Pooley. This made the 18-year-old the third youngest Australian Commonwealth Games champion ever.Broadbent, Chris (1 August 2014). Bolt lights up Glasgow and Australia take three gold medals at the Commonwealth Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2 August 2014.Bolt gets hero's reception for Games debut. SuperSport (2 August 2014). Retrieved on 2 August 2014.
Patterson finished eighth at the 2015 World Championships. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics but did not qualify for the final. Patterson did not make the 2018 Commonwealth Games squad; disappointed, she took a year off from the sport before returning in 2019.McAlister, Sean. "Eleanor Patterson on her triumphant 2022: 'Who knows what letting go can bring to fruition'". olympics.com. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
In 2020, Patterson set a new Australian record, jumping 1.99 m in New Zealand. Having qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, she jumped 1.95 m in qualifying and then 1.96 m to place fifth in the final.
In March 2022, at the 2022 World Indoor Championships in Belgrade, Patterson set a new Oceania indoor record, jumping 2.00 m to win the silver medal. In July, she won the gold medal at the 2022 World Championships in Eugene, Oregon, tying the Australian national record of 2.02 m. In August, she won the silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. The following year, Patterson won the silver medal at the 2023 World Championships.
International competitions 2013World Youth ChampionshipsDonetsk, Ukraine 1st1.88 m2014Commonwealth GamesGlasgow, United Kingdom 1st1.94 m2015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China8th1.92 m2016Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil22nd (q)1.89 m2021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan5th1.96 m2022World Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia 2nd2.00 mWorld ChampionshipsEugene, United States 1st2.02 mCommonwealth GamesBirmingham, United Kingdom 2nd1.92 m2023World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary 2nd1.99 m2024Olympic GamesParis, France3rd1.95 m2025World Indoor ChampionshipsNanjing, China 2nd1.97 mWorld ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan5th1.97 m2026World Indoor ChampionshipsToruń, Poland7th1.93 mCommonwealth GamesGlasgow, United Kingdom 1st1.96 mWorld Ultimate ChampionshipBudapest, Hungary3rd1.91 m
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References
External links Eleanor Patterson at Australian Athletics Eleanor Patterson at Australian Athletics Historical Results