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Alison Inverarity (born August 12, 1970 in Western Australia) is a former Australian Olympic and Commonwealth athlete, competing in the high jump.

She is the daughter of former Australian Test cricketer John Inverarity and a graduate of Pembroke School, Adelaide. She completed a Bachelors of Architecture at the University of Western Australia. In 2000 she married Olympic team-mate Scott Ferrier (High Jump/Decathlete 1996 DNC, 2000 DNF).

[edit] Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Distance
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	11th	1.87 m
	World Student Games	Sheffield, England	1st	1.92 m
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	8th	1.91 m
1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Canada	5th	1.97 m
1994	Commonwealth Games	Victoria, Canada	1st	1.94 m
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	24th	1.85 m
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, Georgia	—	DNQ
1998	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	3rd	1.88 m
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	32nd	1.80 m

[edit] References

Profile

Commonwealth Champions in Women's High Jump

1934: Marjorie Clark (SAF) · 1938–50: Dorothy Tyler-Odam (ENG) · 1954: Thelma Hopkins (NIR) · 1958: Michele Brown (AUS) · 1962: Robyn Woodhouse (AUS) · 1966: Michele Brown (AUS) · 1970: Debbie Brill (CAN) · 1974: Barbara Lawton (ENG) · 1978: Katrina Gibbs (AUS) · 1982: Debbie Brill (CAN) · 1986: Christine Stanton (AUS) · 1990: Tania Murray (NZL) · 1994: Alison Inverarity (AUS) · 1998–2002: Hestrie Cloete (RSA) · 2006: Anika Smit (RSA)

Summer Universiade Champions in Women's High Jump

1959 – 1961: Iolanda Balaş (ROM) • 1963: Taisiya Chenchik (URS) • 1965: Yordanka Blagoeva (BUL) • 1967: Mami Takeda (JPN) • 1970: Snezana Hrepevnik (YUG) • 1973: Virginia Ioan (ROM) • 1975: Galina Filatova (URS) • 1977: Sara Simeoni (ITA) • 1979: Andrea Mátay (HUN) • 1981: Sara Simeoni (ITA) • 1983: Tamara Bykova (URS) • 1985: Silvia Costa (CUB) • 1987: Svetlana Isaeva (BUL) • 1989: Alina Astafei (ROM) • 1991: Alison Inverarity (AUS) • 1993: Tanya Hughes (USA) • 1995: Viktoriya Fyodorova (RUS) • 1997: Amy Acuff (USA) • 1999: Monica Iagăr (ROM) • 2001: Vita Palamar (UKR) • 2003: Dóra Győrffy (HUN) • 2005: Anna Chicherova (RUS) • 2007: Marina Aitova (KAZ) • 2009: Ariane Friedrich (GER)

Australian National Champions in Women's High Jump

1930 – 1932: Rosa Winter • 1933 – 1940: Doris Carter • 1948: Carole Stewart • 1950: Jacqueline Baumann • 1952: Mary Grace • 1954: Carol Bernoth • 1956: Janice Cooper • 1958: Michele Mason • 1960: Helen Frith • 1962: Carolyn Wright • 1963: Robyn Woodhouse • 1964: Michele Mason • 1965: Robyn Woodhouse • 1966: Michele Mason • 1967: Robyn Woodhouse • 1968 – 1971: Carolyn Wright • 1972: Raylene Parke • 1973: Carolyn Wright • 1974 – 1975: Raylene Parke • 1976 – 1977: Christine Annison • 1978: Katrina Gibbs 1979: Vanessa Browne 1980 – 1981: Christine Stanton • 1982: Katrina Gibbs 1983: Christine Stanton • 1984: Vanessa Browne 1985 – 1987: Christine Stanton • 1988 – 1990: Vanessa Browne • 1991: Alison Inverarity • 1992: Tania Murray (NZL) • 1993 – 1995: Alison Inverarity • 1996: Lea Haggett (GBR) • 1997 – 2000: Alison Inverarity • 2001: Carmen Hunter • 2002: Petrina Price • 2003: Miyuki Aoyama (JPN) • 2004: Petrina Price • 2005: Sophia Begg • 2006 – 2007: Ellen Pettitt • 2008: Catherine Drummond

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