{{Short description|British athlete}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use British English|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Jo Jennings | image = | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|09|20|df=yes}} | birth_place = Pakenham, Suffolk | death_date = | death_place = | height =174 cm | weight =60 kg | sport = Athletics | event = high jump | club = West Suffolk AC | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Athletics}} {{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalSilver| 1998 Kuala Lumpur | high jump}} }} '''Joanne Loraine "Jo" Jennings''' (later '''Steele'''; born 20 September 1969 in Pakenham, Suffolk) is a female retired high jumper from England who twice competed for Great Britain at the Summer Olympics.
== Biography == Jennings finished second behind Janet Boyle in the high jump event at the 1988 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001723/19880807/050/0050 |title=Trials Results |work=Sunday Sun (Newcastle) |date=7 August 1988 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003126/19880808/387/0029 |title=Alexander Results |work=Wolverhampton Express and Star |date=8 August 1988 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 March 2025}}</ref>
Jennings represented England in the high jump event, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/auckland-1990/athletes|title=1990 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/19/all|title=England team in 1990|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=14 October 2019|archive-date=4 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404120931/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/19/all|url-status=dead}}</ref> and at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, she represented Great Britain for the second time. The following year set her personal best (1.94 metres) at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Toronto in 1993, where she finished ninth.<ref>{{cite web |author=Kubatko, Justin|title=Jo Jennings Biography and Olympic Results |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/je/jo-jennings-1.html |work=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |accessdate=2010-01-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105012920/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/je/jo-jennings-1.html |archivedate= 5 November 2012 }}</ref>
Jennings became the British high jump champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1998 AAA Championships,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=27 March 2025 }}</ref> 1999 AAA Championships<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=27 March 2025}}</ref> and 2000 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/20000814/247/0022 |title=Weekend results |work=The Scotsman |date=14 August 2000 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=4 April 2025}}</ref>
Jennings later represented England and won a silver medal, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/kuala-lumpur-1998/athletes|title=1998 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3044/19/all|title=England team in 1998|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=14 October 2019|archive-date=30 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330125318/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3044/19/all|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/41209|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref>
== Personal life == {{As of|2013|9}} Jennings is a development manager at British Athletics.
==International competitions== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{GBR2}} and {{ENG}} |- |1987 |European Junior Championships |Birmingham, England |6th |High jump |1.80 m |- |rowspan=2|1988 |World Junior Championships |Sudbury, Canada |4th |High jump |1.88 m |- |Olympic Games |Seoul, South Korea |16th (q) |High jump |1.90 m |- |1990 |Commonwealth Games |Auckland, New Zealand |15th |High jump |1.70 m |- |rowspan=2|1992 |European Indoor Championships |Genoa, Italy |=5th |High jump |1.88 m |- |Olympic Games |Barcelona, Spain |30th (q) |High jump |1.86 m |- |rowspan=2|1993 |World Indoor Championships |Toronto, Canada |9th |High jump |1.94 m |- |World Championships |Stuttgart, Germany |30th (q) |High jump |1.80 m |- |1998 |Commonwealth Games |Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |High jump |1.91 m |} <small>'''Note:''' Results with a Q, indicate overall position in qualifying round.</small>
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== External links == * {{Twitter|JoJennings194}} * {{World Athletics}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jennings, Joanne}} Category:1969 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Bury St Edmunds Category:British women high jumpers Category:English women high jumpers Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain Category:Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Category:20th-century English sportswomen Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics