Jeanelle Scheper Explained
Jeanelle Scheper (born 21 November 1994) is a Saint Lucian high jumper. She is the second athlete from St. Lucia to qualify for the high jump final in the World Championships in Athletics after Levern Spencer did it starting in 2007 when in 2015 she joined Spencer in the final.
Career
She was born in Kingston, Jamaica to Gerit Scheper a Barbadian father and Cheryl Scheper a St Lucian mother and moved to Saint Lucia with her family at the age of two.[2] While representing the University of South Carolina, Scheper became the 2015 NCAA Champion before graduating.[3]
She competed for St. Lucia at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She placed 26th in qualifying and did not advance to the finals.[4] She was the flag bearer for St. Lucia during the closing ceremony.[5]
Her personal bests in the high jump are 1.96 metres outdoors (Starkville 2015) and 1.91 metres indoors (Fayetteville 2013).
Competition record
| Representing |
|---|
| 2010 | CARIFTA Games (U17) | George Town, Cayman Islands | 7th | 100 m H | 15.37 (w) |
| 3rd | High jump | 1.68 m |
| 3rd | Long jump | 5.28 m |
| 2011 | CARIFTA Games (U20) | Montego Bay, Jamaica | 3rd | High jump | 1.70 m |
| World Youth Championships | Lille, France | 25th (q) | High jump | 1.67 m |
| Commonwealth Youth Games | Douglas, Isle of Man | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | High jump | 1.76 m |
| 2012 | CARIFTA Games (U20) | Hamilton, Bermuda | 3rd | High jump | 1.80 m |
Central American and Caribbean
Junior Championships (U20) | San Salvador, El Salvador | bgcolor=gold | 1st | High jump | 1.85 m |
| World Junior Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 8th | High jump | 1.82 m |
| 2013 | CARIFTA Games (U20) | Nassau, Bahamas | bgcolor=gold | 1st | High jump | 1.87 m |
| Central American and Caribbean Championships | Morelia, Mexico | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | High jump | 1.92 m |
| World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 24th (q) | High jump | 1.83 m |
| 2014 | Commonwealth Games | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 4th | High jump | 1.89 m |
| Pan American Sports Festival | Mexico City, Mexico | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | High jump | 1.85 m |
| 2015 | Pan American Games | Toronto, Canada | 5th | High jump | 1.88 m |
| World Championships | Beijing, China | 7th | High jump | 1.92 m |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 25th (q) | High jump | 1.89 m |
| 2018 | Commonwealth Games | Gold Coast, Australia | 9th | High jump | 1.80 m |
| 2019 | Pan American Games | Lima, Peru | 4th | High jump | 1.84 m | |
Notes and References
- http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/en/athletics/athlete-profile-n10154830-scheper-jeanelle.htm 2015 PanAm Games profile
- http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/table_tennis/1029611/jeanelle_scheper.html 2014 CWG profile
- Web site: Jeannelle Scheper . 22 June 2018 . University of South Carolina Athletics . 1 April 2019 .
- Web site: Rio 2016 . Rio 2016 . 2016-08-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160826085916/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athletics-standings-at-womens-high-jump . 2016-08-26 .
- Web site: The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Closing Ceremony. 2016-08-21. 2016-08-23.
