Alison Inverarity

{{Short description|Australian high jumper (born 1970)}}

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Alison Jane Inverarity (born 12 August 1970) is an Australian former athlete, competing in the high jump. She was affiliated with the Western Australian Institute of Sport in Perth.

She was the Australian record holder with her jump of {{T&Fcalc|1.98}} in 1994 (tying Vanessa Browne-Ward's 1989 mark). This record stood until February 2020.{{Cite web|date=2020-02-28|title=High jumper Eleanor Patterson breaks 31-year-old Australian record|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-28/eleanor-patterson-breaks-australian-high-jump-record/12012138|access-date=2020-09-19|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|language=en-AU}}

Inverarity competed at three Olympic Games, two Commonwealth Games and two World Championships. She won a gold medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games.{{Cite web|title=Alison Inverarity|url=https://www.olympics.com.au/olympians/alison-inverarity/|access-date=2020-09-19|website=Australian Olympic Committee|language=en-AU}}