Izobelle Louison-Roe
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| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 May 2007 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | High jump | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | High jump: 1.89m (Lima, Peru) | ||||||||||||||
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Izobelle Louison-Roe (born 14 May 2007) is an Australian high jumper. She was a silver medalist at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships. [1]
Career
[edit]In March 2023, she cleared 1.84 metres to finish second in the high jump at the Sydney Track Classic at the age of 15 years-old.[2] She was a bronze medalist in the high jump at the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago.[3]
In December 2023, at the Australian All Schools Championships in Perth, Australia she competed in the U17 100m hurdles, high jump, triple jump and long jump.[4] She set a championship record for the triple jump with a 13.39m jump.[5]
In August 2024, she won a silver medal at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru in the high jump with a personal best jump of 1.89 metres, finishing behind Angelina Topic but ahead of defending champion Karmen Bruus on countback.[6][7]
Personal life
[edit]From New South Wales, she attended Kirrawee High School in Sydney.[8] She is a member of St George Athletics Club.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Izobelle Louison-Roe". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ "10 ATHLETES TO WATCH - AUSTRALIAN JUNIOR ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS". Athletics.com.au. 12 Apr 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ "Jharkhand's Asha Kiran Barla wins silver medal in 800m in Commonwealth Youth Games". AvenueMail. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ Salguero, David Rubio (7 December 2023). "2023 Chemist Warehouse Australian All Schools Athletics in Perth this weekend". Inside the Games. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ "Australian All Schools Day 1: Beacroft produces a World Age best and Louison-Roe leaps to the best in the meet's history". nswathletics. 8 December 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ "World Athletics U20 Championships 2024: Australia record their best medal haul with three silvers and a bronze on final day". Olympics.com. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ Henderson, Jason (1 September 2024). "USA top medals table at World Under-20 Champs in Lima". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved Sep 1, 2024.
- ^ Veage, John (December 11, 2023). "Schools success". The Leader. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ Veage, John (April 24, 2023). "Izobelle's big leap". The Leader. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
