Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Female |
Full name | Coleen A.•Sommer (Rienstra-) |
Used name | Coleen•Sommer |
Born | 6 June 1960 in Los Angeles, California (USA) |
Measurements | 178 cm / 59 kg |
Affiliations | Athletics West, Eugene (USA) |
NOC | United States |
Coleen Sommer was a high jumper who competed at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. She was a two-time Pan American Games Champion (1983, 1987) in the high jump and her best finish at a major international was fourth at the 1983 World Championships. Sommer attended Arizona State University, graduating in 1981. Sommer won the US title in 1980 and 1987 and was runner-up in 1985 and 1988. In February 1982 she set a world indoor record of 2.00 metres at a meet in Ottawa, Canada. Sommer broke the American outdoor record when she cleared 1.98 metres in June 1982 in Durham, North Carolina.
Personal Best: HJ – 2.00i (1982).
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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1988 Summer Olympics | Athletics | USA | Coleen Sommer | |||
High Jump, Women (Olympic) | 18 r1/2 |