| Jo Jennings | |
| Nationality: | English |
| Birth Date: | 20 September 1969 |
| Birth Place: | Pakenham, Suffolk |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Club: | West Suffolk AC |
Joanne Loraine "Jo" Jennings (formerly Steele; born 20 September 1969 in Pakenham, Suffolk) is a female retired high jumper from England.
Jennings twice competed for Great Britain at the Summer Olympics and won silver at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur. She set her personal best (1.94 metres) at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Toronto in 1993, where she finished ninth.[1]
She represented England in the high jump event, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.[2] [3] Eight years later she represented England and won a silver medal, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[4] [5] [6]
Jennings is a development manager at British Athletics.
| Representing and | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | European Junior Championships | Birmingham, England | 6th | High jump | 1.80 m | |
| 1988 | World Junior Championships | Sudbury, Canada | 4th | High jump | 1.88 m | |
| Seoul, South Korea | 16th (q) | High jump | 1.90 m | |||
| 1990 | Commonwealth Games | Auckland, New Zealand | 15th | High jump | 1.70 m | |
| 1992 | European Indoor Championships | Genoa, Italy | =5th | High jump | 1.88 m | |
| Barcelona, Spain | 30th (q) | High jump | 1.86 m | |||
| 1993 | World Indoor Championships | Toronto, Canada | 9th | High jump | 1.94 m | |
| World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 30th (q) | High jump | 1.80 m | ||
| 1998 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 2nd | High jump | 1.91 m | ||