Susan Moncrieff

{{Short description|English high jumper (born 1978)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use British English|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Susan Moncrieff <br>née Jones | image = | image_size =  | caption = | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|6|8|df=yes}} | birth_place = Wigan, England | death_date = | death_place = | sport = Athletics | event = high jump | height = | weight = | club = Trafford AC | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | athletics }} {{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalSilver| 2002 Manchester | high jump}} }}

'''Susan Eva Moncrieff''', née '''Jones''' (born 8 June 1978) is an English female retired high jumper.

== Biography == She finished sixth at the 1997 Summer Universiade,{{citation needed|date=October 2019}} and sixth at the 1998 European Indoor Championships.

Also in 1998 she represented England in the high jump event, 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=20 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>

In 1999 she finished ninth at the 1999 European U23 Championships, tenth at the 1999 Summer Universiade,{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}.

She then won the 2001 European Cup and competed at the 2001 World Championships,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.todor66.com/athletics/world/2001/Women_High_Jump.html|title=Women High Jump Athletics VIII World Championship 2001 Edmonton (CAN)|publisher=Todor Krastev|accessdate=22 October 2019}}</ref> In 2002 she finished fifth at the 2002 European Indoor Championships but her finest achievement came was winning a silver medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/41222|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref> The same year she finished seventh at the 2002 European Championships.

After appearing in the 2003 World Indoor Championships and the 2005 European Indoor Championships she went to her third Commonwealth Games (under her married name) finishing sixth at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.<ref name=bio>{{World Athletics}}</ref>

At the National Championships she became AAA champion in 2001,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/20010716/472/0030 |title=Athletics |work=The Scotsman |date=16 July 2001 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=4 April 2025}}</ref> 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005,<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=4 April 2025}}</ref> as well as AAA indoor champion in 1998, 2001, 2002,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/20020715/375/0027 |title=Weekend results - Athletics |work=The Scotsman |date=15 July 2002 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=5 April 2025}}</ref> 2003,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/20030728/590/0027 |title=Athletics |work=Aberdeen Press and Journal |date=28 July 2003 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=6 April 2025}}</ref> 2004, 2005 and 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm|title=AAA Championships (Women)|work=GBR Athletics|publisher=Athletics Weekly|accessdate=22 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaai.htm|title=AAA Indoor Championships (Women)|work=GBR Athletics|publisher=Athletics Weekly|accessdate=22 October 2019}}</ref>

Her personal best jump was 1.95 metres, achieved at the 2001 European Cup in Bremen.<ref name=bio/> This was the joint British record until 2014.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Moncrieff, Susan}} Category:1978 births Category:Living people Category:English women high jumpers Category:British women high jumpers Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain Category:Competitors at the 1999 Summer Universiade Category:Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Category:21st-century English sportswomen Category:20th-century English sportswomen Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics