Michelle Dunkley

{{Short description|English female athlete}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use British English|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Michelle Dunkley | image = | image_size =  | caption = | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|1|26|df=yes}} | birth_place = Kettering, England | death_date = | death_place = | sport = Athletics | event = high jump | height = | weight = | club = Essex Ladies AC | pb = }}

'''Michelle Lisa Dunkley''' (born 26 January 1978) is an English female former athlete who competed in the high jump. She has a personal best performance of 1.94 metres.

== Biography == Dunkley who began her career at Kettering Town Harriers, achieved eighth place at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Sydney, Australia. She represented England in the high jump metres event just missed a bronze medal by finishing 4th,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/michelle-dunkley-110272|title=Athlete Profile|website=World Athletics}}</ref> 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=18 January 2020|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/41221|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref>

She has won two British indoor titles in 1996 and 1999 and was the sole British junior indoor record holder for 18 years until her mark of 1.89 metres was matched by Morgan Lake in 2015.

Dunkley also finished on the podium for five consecutive years at the AAA Championships from 1997<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19970826/020/0020 |title=Athletics |work=Birmingham Daily Post |date=26 August 1997 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 April 2025 }}</ref> to 2001.<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=1 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=1 April 2025 }}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dunkley, Michelle}} Category:1978 births Category:Living people Category:British women high jumpers Category:English women high jumpers Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for England Category:Sportspeople from Kettering Category:20th-century English sportswomen