# Michelle Dunkley

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{{Short description|English female athlete}}
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| name             = Michelle Dunkley
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| nationality      = British (English)
| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|1978|1|26|df=yes}}
| birth_place      = Kettering, England
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| sport            = Athletics
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| club             = [Essex Ladies AC](/source/Essex_Ladies_AC)
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'''Michelle Lisa Dunkley''' (born 26 January 1978) is an English female former athlete who competed in the [high jump](/source/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](/source/1996_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics) in Sydney, Australia. She represented [England](/source/England_at_the_1998_Commonwealth_Games) 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](/source/1998_Commonwealth_Games) in [Kuala Lumpur](/source/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](/source/Morgan_Lake) in 2015.

Dunkley also finished on the podium for five consecutive years at the [AAA Championships](/source/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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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

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