Tisha Waller

Tisha Waller was a high jumper who competed at the 1996 and 2004 Olympics. Waller was the 1998 Goodwill Games champion and won bronze medals at the 1991 World University Games and the 1999 World Indoor Championships. She was a five-time USA Champion, winning in 1996, 1998-99, 2002, and 2004, and also won six USA Indoor titles, in 1996, 1998-2000, and 2002-03. In February 1998 Waller jumped 2.01 at the USA Indoor Championships, setting an American indoor record that stood for 14 years until broken by Chaunté Lowe with 2.02.

Waller attended the University of North Carolina, graduating in 1992. She was second at the NCAA Meet in 1991 and third in 1992, both indoors and out. Waller earned a masters’ degree from Clark University in Atlanta in educational leadership in 2001, and later worked as a teacher on the Atlanta area.

Personal Best: HJ – 2.01i (1998); 2.00 (1999).