high jump 
noun (the high jump)
An athletic event in which competitors jump high over a bar which is raised until only one competitor can jump it without dislodging it.Coomber has competed at amateur level in both the high jump and long jump but never the pole vault....
- He was very athletic and good at the high jump and long jump.
- He won gold medals in the long jump and the high jump and rounded off a marvellous display by taking bronze in the 60m sprint.
Phrases
be for the high jump
Derivatives
high jumper
- Cuba's legendary high jumper Javier Sotomayor finally won gold with a record jump of 2.43 metres after six hours of competition.
- Sweden also had a Games to remember, heptathlete Carolina Kluft, triple jumper Christian Olsson and high jumper Stefan Holm all winning gold in the space of 24 hours.
- Most high jumpers gain speed with a long, running start, plant one foot and then dive over the bar back first.
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