Jeanelle Scheper

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Jeanelle Scheper
Personal information
Born (1994-11-21) 21 November 1994 (age 27)
Kingston, Jamaica
Height177 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event(s)High jump
College teamUniversity of South Carolina

Jeanelle Scheper (born 21 November 1994) is a Saint Lucian high jumper.[2] 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 Barbadian parents and moved to Saint Lucia with her family at the age of two.[3] While representing the University of South Carolina, Scheper became the 2015 NCAA Champion before graduating.[4]

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.[5] She was the flag bearer for St. Lucia during the closing ceremony.[6]

Her personal bests in the high jump are 1.96 metres outdoors (Starkville 2015) and 1.91 metres indoors (Fayetteville 2013).

Competition record[]

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Saint Lucia
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 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 1st High jump 1.85 m
World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 8th High jump 1.82 m
2013 CARIFTA Games (U20) Nassau, Bahamas 1st High jump 1.87 m
Central American and Caribbean Championships Morelia, Mexico 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 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

References[]

  1. ^ 2015 PanAm Games profile
  2. ^ Jeanelle Scheper at World Athletics
  3. ^ 2014 CWG profile
  4. ^ "Jeannelle Scheper". University of South Carolina Athletics. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  6. ^ "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Closing Ceremony". 21 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
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