WAAA and National Championships Medallists - High Jump
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| | WAAA Championships |
| 1922 | | Sylvia Stone | 1.384 | Sophie Eliott-Lynn | | Hilda Hatt | |
| 1923 | | Hilda Hatt | 1.448 | Ivy Lowman | 1.422 | Sylvia Stone | 1.397 |
| 1924 | | Sophie Eliott-Lynn | 1.448 | Sylvia Stone | 1.410 | Ivy Lowman | 1.397 |
| 1925 | | Phyllis Green | 1.524 WR | Hilda Hatt | 1.486 | Sophie Eliott-Lynn | 1.384 |
| 1926 | | Phyllis Green | 1.473 | Barbara Holliday | 1.435 jo | Ruby Tonge | 1.422 jo |
| 1927 | | Phyllis Green | 1.581 WR | Hilda Hatt &
Barbara Holliday | 1.461 | | |
| 1928 | | Marjorie Clark RSA | 1.524 | Marjorie O'Kell | 1.473 | Barbara Holliday | 1.448 |
| 1929 | | Marjorie O'Kell | 1.473 | Hilda Thorogood | 1.448 | Hilda Hatt | 1.422 |
| 1930 | | Carolina Gisolf NED | 1.575 | Mary Milne | 1.549 | Elsie Harris &
Marjorie O'Kell | 1.524 |
| 1931 | | Marjorie O'Kell | 1.499 | E. Hooper | 1.499 | Hilda Thorogood | 1.473 |
| 1932 | | Mary Milne | 1.549 | Marjorie O'Kell | 1.524 | Florence Wall | 1.524 |
| 1933 | | Mary Milne | 1.499 | Dora Greenwood | 1.473 | Nellie Carrington | 1.461 |
| 1934 | | Margaret Bergmann GER | 1.549 | Mary Milne | 1.524 | Hilda Thorogood | 1.473 |
| 1935 | | Mary Milne | 1.549 | Dorothy Odam | 1.524 | Dorothy Cosnett | 1.473 |
| 1936 | | Dorothy Odam | 1.537 | Nellie Carrington | 1.524 | Alice Flack | 1.499 |
| 1937 | | Dorothy Odam | 1.635 | Dora Gardner | 1.600 | Dorothy Cosnett | 1.549 |
| 1938 | | Dorothy Odam | 1.575 | Dora Gardner | 1.575 | Dorothy Cosnett | 1.549 |
| 1939 | | Dorothy Odam | 1.651 | Dora Gardner | 1.575 | Barbara Lovelock &
Dorothy Cosnett | 1.524 |
| | 1940-1944 Championships not held |
| 1945 | | Dora Gardner | 1.524 | Dorothy Tyler (Odam) | 1.524 | Doris Endruweit | 1.473 |
| 1946 | | Dora Gardner | 1.549 | Doris Endruweit | 1.524 | Bertha Crowther | 1.524 |
| 1947 | | Gladys Young | 1.549 | Bertha Crowther | 1.499 | Sheila Alexander | 1.499 |
| 1948 | | Dorothy Tyler | 1.626 | Bertha Crowther | 1.600 | Gladys Young | 1.524 |
| 1949 | | Dorothy Tyler | 1.600 | Sheila Alexander | 1.600 | Bertha Crowther | 1.600 |
| 1950 | | Sheila Alexander | 1.626 | Dorothy Tyler | 1.600 | Joan Cowan | 1.575 |
| 1951 | | Sheila Lerwill (Alexander) | 1.718 WR | Dorothy Tyler | 1.600 | Ursula Hynes | 1.524 |
| 1952 | | Dorothy Tyler | 1.651 | Sheila Lerwill | 1.626 | Thelma Hopkins | 1.626 |
| 1953 | | Sheila Lerwill | 1.651 | Thelma Hopkins | 1.651 | Dorothy Tyler | 1.600 |
| 1954 | | Sheila Lerwill | 1.651 | Dorothy Tyler | 1.626 | Thelma Hopkins | 1.575 |
| 1955 | | Thelma Hopkins | 1.651 | Dorothy Tyler | 1.626 | Audrey Bennett | 1.600 |
| 1956 | | Dorothy Tyler | 1.600 | Mary Bignal | 1.600 | Jean Pearce | 1.600 |
| 1957 | | Thelma Hopkins | 1.651 | Susan Etherton | 1.651 | Mary Bignal | 1.626 |
| 1958 | | Mary Bignal | 1.651 | Audrey Bennett | 1.626 | Thelma Hopkins | 1.600 |
| 1959 | | Nel Zwier NED | 1.651 | Mary Bignal | 1.626 | Jean Card (Pearce) | 1.626 |
| 1960 | | Dorothy Shirley | 1.676 | Janet Gaunt | 1.676 | Iris Pegley | 1.651 |
| 1961 | | Dorothy Shirley | 1.702 | Thelma Hopkins | 1.676 | Patricia Veals | 1.651 |
| 1962 | | Iolanda Balas ROU | 1.829 | Frances Slaap | 1.702 | Thelma Hopkins | 1.676 |
| 1963 | | Iolanda Balas ROU | 1.702 | Linda Knowles &
Susan Dennler | 1.600 | | |
| 1964 | | Frances Slaap | 1.727 | Linda Knowles | 1.702 | Gwenda Matthews | 1.702 |
| 1965 | | Frances Slaap | 1.702 | Linda Knowles | 1.676 | Rosemary Curtis | 1.626 |
| 1966 | | Dorothy Shirley | 1.702 | Frances Slaap | 1.651 | Mary Rand (Bignal) | 1.651 |
| 1967 | | Linda Knowles | 1.702 | Dorothy Shirley | 1.676 | Gwenda Hurst (Matthews) | 1.651 |
| 1968 | | Dorothy Shirley | 1.715 jo | Barbara Inkpen | 1.676 | Leonie Esdaile | 1.676 |
| 1969 | | Barbara Inkpen | 1.72 | Dorothy Shirley | 1.72 | Frances Slaap | 1.70 |
| 1970 | | Dorothy Shirley | 1.68 | Helga Letzelter FRG | 1.68 | Moira Walls | 1.68 |
| 1971 | | Debbie Brill CAN | 1.83 | Debbie Van Kiekebelt CAN | 1.80 | Kari Karlsen NOR | 1.80 |
| | (Best UK: 4. Barbara Inkpen 1.73) |
| 1972 | | Ros Few | 1.74 | Mary Peters | 1.74 | Barbara Inkpen | 1.74 |
| 1973 | | Ilona Gusenbauer AUT | 1.85 | Barbara Lawton (Inkpen) | 1.82 | Val Harrison | 1.76 |
| 1974 | | Val Harrison | 1.82 | Debbie Brill CAN | 1.82 | Louise Hanna CAN | 1.79 |
| 1975 | | Denise Brown | 1.79 jo | Ros Few | 1.78 jo | Barbara Lawton | 1.75 |
| 1976 | | Denise Brown | 1.79 | Moira Walls | 1.76 | Anne Gilson | 1.76 |
| 1977 | | Brenda Gibbs | 1.85 | Kathy Warren | 1.79 | Moira Walls | 1.76 |
| 1978 | | Carol Mathers | 1.76 | Diana Elliott | 1.76 | Karen Chaytors, Louise Miller, Tonia Philpots, Ann-Marie Devally, Deborah Grant &
Alyson Thomson | 1.71 |
| 1979 | | Barbara Simmonds | 1.81 | Ann-Marie Devally | 1.78 | Tonia Philpots, Lesley Chilton &
Sharon McPeake | 1.73 |
| 1980 | | Ann-Marie Devally | 1.88 | Moira Maguire (Walls) | 1.82 | Diana Elliott &
Sarah Rowe | 1.79 |
| 1981 | | Ann-Marie Cording (Devally) | 1.90 | Diana Elliott | 1.76 | Brenda Gibbs | 1.80 |
| 1982 | | Barbara Simmonds | 1.92 | Vanessa Browne AUS | 1.88 | Judy Livermore | 1.86 |
| 1983 | | Gillian Evans | 1.91 | Megumi Sato JPN | 1.88 | Janet Boyle | 1.85 |
| 1984 | | Diana Elliott | 1.86 | Vanessa Browne AUS | 1.86 | Louise Manning | 1.83 |
| 1985 | | Diana Davies (Elliott) | 1.89 | Jayne Barnetson &
Kim Hagger | 1.80 | | |
| 1986 | | Diana Davies | 1.80 | Sharon McPeake, Claire Summerfield &
Marion Hughes | 1.80 | | |
| 1987 | | Hanne Haugland NOR | 1.88 | Sharon McPeake | 1.85 | Michelle Wheeler | 1.85 |
| 1988 | | Janet Boyle | 1.91 | Jo Jennings | 1.88 | Sharon Hutchings (McPeake) | 1.88 |
| 1989 | | Diana Davies | 1.85 | Michelle Wheeler | 1.85 | Janet Boyle, Sharon Hutchings &
Louise Gittens (Miller) | 1.80 |
| 1990 | | Lea Haggett | 1.88 | Kerry Roberts | 1.83 | Janet Boyle | 1.83 |
| 1991 | | Debbie Marti | 1.88 | Lea Haggett, Janet Boyle &
Alison Inverarity AUS | 1.88 | | |
| | AAA Championships |
| 1992 | | Lea Haggett | 1.89 | Alison Inverarity AUS | 1.89 | Debbie Marti | 1.89 |
| 1993 | | Debbie Marti | 1.86 | Sharon Foley IRL | 1.83 | Gwen Wentland USA | 1.83 |
| 1994 | | Julia Bennett | 1.89 | Debbie Marti | 1.86 | Julie Major | 1.83 |
| 1995 | | Lea Haggett | 1.85 | Diana Davies | 1.85 | Debbie Marti | 1.85 |
| 1996 | | Debbie Marti | 1.94 | Lea Haggett | 1.92 | Jo Jennings | 1.89 |
| 1997 | BAF | Debbie Marti | 1.91 | Susan Jones | 1.88 | Jo Jennings | 1.85 |
| 1997 | AAA | Debbie Marti | 1.90 | Jo Jennings | 1.83 | Michelle Dunkley | 1.83 |
| 1998 | | Jo Jennings | 1.88 | Susan Jones | 1.85 | Michelle Dunkley | 1.85 |
| 1999 | | Jo Jennings | 1.87 | Gillian Black | 1.83 | Susan Jones | 1.83 |
| 2000 | | Jo Jennings-Steele | 1.89 | Michelle Dunkley | 1.89 | Lee McConnell | 1.86 |
| 2001 | | Susan Jones | 1.91 | Michelle Dunkley | 1.86 | Julie Hollman &
Kerry Jury | 1.68 |
| 2002 | | Susan Jones | 1.92 | Debbie Marti | 1.75 | Julie Crane | 1.75 |
| 2003 | | Susan Jones | 1.86 | Julia Bennett | 1.82 | Julie Crane &
Stephanie Higham | 1.78 |
| 2004 | | Susan Jones | 1.89 | Julie Crane | 1.82 | Julia Bennett | 1.78 |
| 2005 | | Susan Jones | 1.86 | Julia Bennett | 1.83 | Natalie Clark | 1.83 |
| 2006 | | Deirdre Ryan IRL | 1.92 | Julie Crane | 1.86 | Jessica Ennis &
Stephanie Pywell | 1.82 |
| | National Championships |
| 2007 | | Jessica Ennis | 1.87 | Kelly Sotherton | 1.80 | Stephanie Pywell | 1.80 |
| 2008 | | Stephanie Pywell | 1.88 | Susan Moncrieff (Jones) | 1.85 | Kelly Sotherton | 1.78 |
| 2009 | | Jessica Ennis | 1.91 | Vicki Hubbard | 1.82 | Kelly Sotherton | 1.82 |
| 2010 | | Stephanie Pywell | 1.84 | Kay Humberstone | 1.76 | Bethan Partridge | 1.71 |
| 2011 | | Jessica Ennis | 1.89 | Emma Perkins | 1.83 | Emma Nuttall | 1.77 |
| 2012 | | Jessica Ennis | 1.89 | Isobel Pooley | 1.85 | Emma Perkins | 1.81 |
| 2013 | | Emma Nuttall | 1.87 | Jordanna Morrish | 1.77 | Adele Lassu | 1.74 |
| 2014 | | Isobel Pooley | 1.90 | Katarina Johnson-Thompson | 1.86 | Morgan Lake | 1.82 |
| 2015 | | Isobel Pooley | 1.97 NR | Morgan Lake | 1.88 | Bethan Partridge | 1.84 |
| 2016 | | Morgan Lake | 1.90 | Bethan Partridge | 1.82 | Niamh Emerson | 1.82 |
| 2017 | | Morgan Lake | 1.96 | Emma Nuttall | 1.83 | Nikki Manson | 1.79 |
| 2018 | | Morgan Lake | 1.97 | Katarina Johnson-Thompson | 1.90 | Nikki Manson | 1.87 |
| 2019 | | Morgan Lake | 1.94 | Katarina Johnson-Thompson | 1.90 | Nikki Manson | 1.84 |
| 2020 | | Morgan Lake | 1.80 | Jodie Smith | 1.80 | Emily Borthwick | 1.77 |
| 2021 | | Morgan Lake | 1.93 | Laura Zialor | 1.86 | Emily Borthwick | 1.86 |
| 2022 | | Morgan Lake | 1.85 | Emily Borthwick | 1.85 | Kate Anson | 1.79 |
| 2023 | | Morgan Lake | 1.90 | Emily Madden Forman | 1.81 | Gabrielle Garber | 1.81 |
| 2024 | | Morgan Lake | 1.85 | Lucy Walliker | 1.79 | Halle Ferguson | 1.79 |
| 2025 | | Morgan Lake | 1.90 | Gabrielle Garber | 1.83 | Halle Ferguson | 1.79 |
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| Top Medallists |
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total Medals | Years | Year Span |
| Dorothy Odam/Tyler | 8 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 1935-1956 | 21 |
| Morgan Lake | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2014-2025 | 11 |
| Susan Jones/Moncrieff | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1997-2008 | 11 |
| Diana Elliott/Davies | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1978-1995 | 17 |
| Debbie Marti | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1991-2002 | 11 |
| Thelma Hopkins | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1952-1962 | 10 |
| Dorothy Shirley | 5 | 2 | | 7 | 1960-1970 | 10 |
| Sheila Alexander/Lerwill | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1947-1954 | 7 |
| Jo Jennings-Steele | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1988-2000 | 12 |
| Jessica Ennis | 4 | | 1 | 5 | 2006-2012 | 6 |
| Mary Milne | 3 | 2 | | 5 | 1930-1935 | 5 |
| Lea Haggett | 3 | 2 | | 5 | 1990-1996 | 6 |
| Dora Gardner | 2 | 3 | | 5 | 1937-1946 | 9 |
| Marjorie O'Kell | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1928-1932 | 4 |
| Frances Slaap | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1962-1969 | 7 |
| Hilda Hatt | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1922-1929 | 7 |
| Mary Bignal/Rand | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1956-1966 | 10 |
| Barbara Inkpen/Lawton | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1968-1975 | 7 |
| Janet Boyle | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1983-1991 | 8 |
| Sharon McPeake/Hutchings | | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1979-1989 | 10 |
| Other top winners and long spans |
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| Julia Bennett | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1994-2005 | 11 |
| Moira Walls/Maguire | | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1970-1980 | 10 |
| Phyllis Green | 3 | | | 3 | 1925-1927 | 2 |
| Louise Miller/Gittens | | | 2 | 2 | 1978-1989 | 11 |
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