Bio

Eleanor Patterson (born 22 May 1996) is an Australian track and field athlete who competes in the high jump. Having qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, she jumped 1.95m in her Group and therefore qualified for the final. Here she managed 1.96m, 0.08m behind the eventual winner, Mariya Lasitskene, ROC. Patterson has a personal best of 1.99 m (6 ft 6+1⁄4 in) for the event. She is the joint holder of the world youth best and the outright holder of the Oceanian junior record. She was the gold medallist at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics.