Ernle Haisley

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Ernle Haisley
Personal information
NationalityJamaican
Born (1936-06-20) 20 June 1936 (age 89)
Saint Catherine, Jamaica
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Eventhigh jump
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of the West Indies Federation.svg  British West Indies  (BWI)
Pan American Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1959 Chicago High jump
Representing Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1958 Cardiff High jump
Central American and Caribbean Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1962 Kingston High jump

Ernle Leighton Haisley (born 20 June 1936) is a Jamaican former high jumper who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics. [1]

Biography

In 1956, Haisley took part in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. He reached a height of 1.96 metres in the final, placing him 15th. [2]

Haisley finished second behind Patrick Etolu in the high jump event at the 1958 AAA Championships [3] [4] [5] and shortly afterwards Haisley represented Jamaica at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games winning gold in the high jump [2] with a height of 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m). This remained the Commonwealth Games high jump record until 1962.[ citation needed ]

In the following year, he represented British West Indies at the 1959 Pan American Games, winning bronze with a height of 2.00 metres. His final success in major competition was at the Athletics at the 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games in Kingston, Jamaica, where he won bronze with a height of 1.94 metres.[ citation needed ]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ernle Haisley". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  3. ↑ "Ibbotson quits... Pirie flops" . Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 13 July 1958. Retrieved 2 May 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  5. ↑ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
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