WAAA and National Championships Medallists - Long Jump

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WAAA Championships
1923Mary Lines4.86Hilda Hatt4.75Gladys Elliott4.66
1924Mary Lines5.17wdhGladys Elliott5.12wdhSylvia Stone4.84wdh
1925Hilda Hatt4.90Margaret Hull4.77Sylvia Stone4.68
1926Phyllis Green5.03Josephine Matthews4.93Margaret Hull4.81
1927Muriel Gunn5.41Gladys Elliott4.80Hilda Hatt4.72
1928Muriel Gunn5.68 NRKinue Hitomi JPN5.36Josephine Matthews5.15
1929Muriel Cornell (Gunn)5.78Josephine Matthews5.19Jean Knights5.08
1930Muriel Cornell5.63Phyllis Bartholomew5.35Mary Seary5.33
1931Muriel Cornell5.51Mary Seary5.32Ethel Slaughter5.10
1932Phyllis Bartholomew5.69Mary Seary5.33Doris Razzell5.25
1933Phyllis Bartholomew5.40Nellie Carrington5.36Josephine Matthews5.36
1934Phyllis Bartholomew5.55Muriel Cornell5.27Doris Razzell5.16
1935Ethel Raby5.50Nellie Carrington5.49Kathleen Tilley5.35
1936Ethel Raby5.45Nellie Carrington5.22Grace Gregory5.14
1937Ethel Raby5.79Vedder Schenck5.41Mary Holloway5.29
1938Ethel Raby5.40Vedder Schenck5.25Alice Flack5.17
1939Ethel Raby5.64Vedder Schenck5.51Helene Mayer5.48
1940-1944 Championships not held
1945Kathleen Duffy4.76Vedder Schenck4.66Doreen Clutton4.63
1946Ethel Raby5.05Kathleen Duffy4.94Doreen Clutton4.86
1947Kathleen Duffy5.26Joan Shepherd5.12Vedder Schenck4.75
1948Joan Shepherd5.70Margaret Erskine5.55Lorna Lee5.48
1949Margaret Erskine5.37Emma Anderson5.25Lorna Lee5.24
1950Margaret Erskine5.45Bertha Crowther5.43Val Webster5.31
1951Dorothy Tyler5.58Shirley Cawley5.50Margaret Erskine5.40
1952Shirley Cawley5.61Constance Willoughby5.42Dorothy Tyler5.23
1953Jean Desforges5.76Sheila Sewell5.47Shirley Cawley5.47
1954Jean Desforges5.83Shirley Cawley5.73Jean Whitehead5.43
1955Thelma Hopkins5.76Sheila Hoskin5.64Christina Cops5.64
1956Sheila Hoskin5.65Jean Whitehead5.64Christina Cops5.59
1957Christina Persighetti (Cops)5.87Jean Whitehead5.72Carole Hamby5.62
1958Sheila Hoskin5.96Mary Bignal5.88Jean Whitehead5.79
1959Mary Bignal6.04Marion Needham6.02Wemmy Scholtmeyer NED5.92
1960Ann Packer5.68Marion Needham5.67Barbara Brooks5.61
1961Mary Rand (Bignal)5.95Christina Persighetti5.83Lorraine Winfield5.81
1962Joke Bijleveld NED6.21Ingrid Becker FRG6.02Thelma Hopkins5.97
1963Mary Rand5.91Sheila Parkin5.85Christa Biggemann FRG5.84
1964Mary Rand6.58 NRBerit Třien NOR6.46Sheila Parkin6.29w
(Rand also jumped 6.53 NR earlier in her series)
1965Mary Rand6.40Irena Kirszenstein POL6.39Helga Hoffmann FRG6.14
1966Berit Berthelsen (Třien) NOR6.30Mary Rand6.13Corrie Bakker NED6.10
1967Berit Berthelsen NOR6.47Ann Wilson6.13Burghild Wieczorek GDR6.11
1968Sheila Sherwood (Parkin)6.42Maureen Barton6.25Ann Wilson6.22
1969Sheila Sherwood6.23Anita Neil6.20Barbara-Anne Barrett5.87
1970Ingrid Becker FRG6.50Ann Wilson6.32Sheila Sherwood6.30
1971Sheila Sherwood6.52Barbara-Anne Barrett6.40wBrenda Eisler CAN6.25
1972Sheila Sherwood6.37Maureen Chitty (Barton)6.29Ruth Martin-Jones6.27
1973Myra Nimmo6.33Maureen Chitty6.31Berit Berthelsen NOR6.16
1974Ruth Martin-Jones6.26Ann Wilson6.19Brenda Eisler CAN6.17
1975Myra Nimmo6.30Maryna Meyer RSA6.17Sue Reeve6.14
1976Sue Reeve6.28Janet Peacock6.22wMyra Nimmo6.13
1977Sue Reeve6.31Sharon Colyear6.30Sue Longden6.04
1978Jill Davies6.19Ruth Howell (Martin-Jones)6.18Carol Earlington6.17
1979Sue Hearnshaw6.55Allison Manley6.41wGladys Taylor6.24
1980Sue Reeve6.55Sue Hearnshaw6.39Carol Earlington6.37
1981Allison Manley6.27Carol Earlington6.24Barbara Clarke6.15
1982Robyn Strong AUS6.65Sue Hearnshaw6.26Gillian Regan6.17
1983Robyn Lorraway (Strong) AUS6.74Joyce Oladapo6.55Kim Hagger6.38
1984Sue Hearnshaw6.79wGeorgina Oladapo6.52Joyce Oladapo6.40
1985Joyce Oladapo6.56Sharon Bowie6.11wMary Berkeley6.10
1986Mary Berkeley6.35Joyce Oladapo6.27Sharon Bowie6.24
1987Mary Berkeley6.52Kim Hagger6.47Joyce Oladapo6.42
1988Nicole Boegman AUS6.82Fiona May6.79Mary Berkeley6.46
1989Nicole Boegman AUS6.74Fiona May6.62Kim Hagger6.54
1990Fiona May6.66Mary Berkeley6.57Terri Horgan IRL6.17
1991Fiona May6.58Yinka Idowu6.50Mary Berkeley6.36
AAA Championships
1992Fiona May6.70Jo Wise6.47Yinka Idowu6.42
1993Nicole Boegman AUS6.50Jo Wise6.26Denise Lewis6.19
1994Yinka Idowu6.58Denise Lewis6.56Ann Brooks6.10
1995Nicole Boegman AUS6.50Denise Lewis6.42Yinka Idowu6.35
1996Denise Lewis6.55Jo Wise6.42Ashia Hansen6.09
1997BAFJo Wise6.47Denise Lewis6.41Tracy Joseph6.24
1997AAAAndrea Coore6.22Sarah Claxton6.10Ruth Irving5.88
1998Denise Lewis6.44Tracy Joseph6.24Andrea Coore6.23
1999Jo Wise6.62Denise Lewis6.50Sarah Claxton6.30
2000Jo Wise6.44Jade Johnson6.34Donita Benjamin6.28
2001Ann Danson (Brooks)6.15Julie Hollman6.09Kelly Sotherton5.99
2002Jade Johnson6.52Sarah Claxton6.17Donita Benjamin6.08
2003Jade Johnson6.49Kelly Sotherton6.38Natasha May6.10
2004Jade Johnson6.72Kelly Sotherton6.61Kate Brewington6.12
2005Kelly Sotherton6.48Julie Hollman6.25Rebecca White6.22
2006Kelly Sotherton6.51Jade Johnson6.32Sarah Claxton6.28
National Championships
2007Kelly Sotherton6.53Jade Johnson6.51Julie Hollman6.29
2008Jade Johnson6.30Kelly Sotherton6.28Amy Woodman6.09w
2009Phyllis Agbo6.42wAmy Woodman6.36Abigail Irozuru6.28w
2010Jade Johnson6.48wAmy Harris6.39Abigail Irozuru6.37
2011Shara Proctor6.65Lorraine Ugen6.54Jessica Ennis6.44
2012Shara Proctor6.95 NRLorraine Ugen6.74Jazmin Sawyers6.64
2013Shara Proctor6.84Jazmin Sawyers6.50Dominique Blaize6.47
2014Katarina Johnson-Thompson6.81Jazmin Sawyers6.49Sarah Warnock6.42
2015Shara Proctor6.86Lorraine Ugen6.69Katarina Johnson-Thompson6.56
2016Jazmin Sawyers6.75Shara Proctor6.65Holly Mills6.23
2017Lorraine Ugen6.59Rebecca Chapman6.54Holly Mills6.31
2018Lorraine Ugen7.05Jazmin Sawyers6.86Shara Proctor6.81w
2019Abigail Irozuru6.86Shara Proctor6.84Jazmin Sawyers6.71
2020Jazmin Sawyers6.69Abigail Irozuru6.53Rebecca Chapman6.14
2021Jazmin Sawyers6.75Abigail Irozuru6.69Lorraine Ugen6.60w
2022Lorraine Ugen6.79wJazmin Sawyers6.67wLucy Hadaway6.45w
2023Jazmin Sawyers6.86wJade O'Dowda6.64wLucy Hadaway6.60w
2024Jade O'Dowda6.55Alice Hopkins6.38Molly Palmer6.11

Top Medallists
1st2nd3rdTotal MedalsYearsYear Span
Jazmin Sawyers442102012-202311
Jade Johnson5382000-201010
Mary Bignal/Rand5271958-19668
Shara Proctor42172011-20198
Sheila Parkin/Sherwood41271963-19729
Kelly Sotherton33172001-20087
Lorraine Ugen33172011-202211
Denise Lewis24171993-19996
Ethel Raby661935-194611
Muriel Gunn/Cornell5161927-19347
Jo Wise3361992-20008
Mary Berkeley21361985-19916
Fiona May3251988-19924
Joyce Oladapo12251983-19874
Abigail Irozuru12252009-202112
Vedder Schenck4151937-194710
Other top winners and long spans
Nicole Boegman AUS441988-19957
Phyllis Bartholomew3141930-19344
Sue Reeve3141975-19805
Berit Třien/Berthelsen NOR21141964-19739
Ingrid Becker FRG1121962-19708

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