Coleen Sommer

{{Short description|American high jumper (born 1960)}}

{{BLP sources|date=May 2011}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| birth_name = Coleen Rienstra

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|June 6, 1960}}

| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| headercolor = lightsteelblue

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Women's athletics }}

{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Pan American Games }}

{{MedalGold | 1983 Caracas | High jump}}

{{MedalGold | 1987 Indianapolis | High jump}}

}}

Coleen Sommer (born June 6, 1960, in Los Angeles) is a retired high jumper from the United States, who was born as Coleen Rienstra. She represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/so/coleen-sommer-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418103431/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/so/coleen-sommer-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18}} She set her personal best at 2.00 metres indoors on 1982-02-14 in Ottawa.{{Cite web|url=http://www.alltime-athletics.com/whighok.htm|title = Women's high jump}}

Achievements

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rowspan=2|1983

|Pan American Games

|Caracas, Venezuela

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|1.91 m

World Championships

|Helsinki, Finland

|4th

|1.95 m

1985

|World Cup

|Canberra, Australia

|7th

|1.80 m

rowspan=2|1987

|Pan American Games

|Indianapolis, United States

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|1.96 m

World Championships

|Rome, Italy

|11th

|1.93 m

1988

|Olympic Games

|Seoul, South Korea

| 18th (q)

|1.87 m

References

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