Charmaine Weavers Explained

Charmaine Gale-Weavers
Birth Date:27 February 1964
Birth Place:Estcourt, South Africa[1]
Height:1.78m (05.84feet)
Weight:65kg (143lb)
Sport:Athletics
Event:High jump

Charmaine Gale-Weavers (born 27 February 1964) is a South African retired athlete who specialised in the high jump. She represented her country at the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1993 World Championships. In addition, she finished second at the 1994 Commonwealth Games and 1994 World Cup. Because of the boycott of the apartheid era South Africa she was only allowed to compete internationally in 1992.

Her personal best in the event is 2.00 metres set in Pretoria in 1985.

Competition record

Representing
1992African ChampionshipsBelle Vue Maurel, Mauritiusbgcolor=silver2nd1.92 m
Olympic GamesBarcelona, Spain39th (q)1.75 m
1993African ChampionshipsDurban, South Africabgcolor=gold1st1.90 m
World ChampionshipsStuttgart, Germany30th (q)1.80 m
1994Commonwealth GamesVictoria, Canadabgcolor=silver2nd1.94 m
World CupLondon, United Kingdombgcolor=silver2nd1.91 m[2]

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418122852/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/we/charmaine-weavers-1.html Sports-Reference profile
  2. Representing Africa