Nathan Leeper

Nathan Leeper (born June 13, 1977, in Greensburg, Kansas) is a retired American high jumper.

Representing the Kansas State Wildcats track and field team, Leeper won the 1998 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the high jump.{{Cite web |title=Former Wildcat Leeper Soars to High Jump Finals |url=https://www.kstatesports.com/news/2004/7/15/5583da1be4b06b726e663aca_131478157219243751 |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=Kansas State University Athletics |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Leeper Takes National Title |url=https://www.kstatesports.com/news/2002/6/23/5583d531e4b06b726e66303a_131478246620075205 |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=Kansas State University Athletics |language=en}}

He finished eleventh at the 2000 Olympic Games,{{cite book |title=The Book of Olympic Lists |url=https://archive.org/details/bookofolympiclis0000wall |url-access=registration |first=David |last=Wallechinsky |year= 2012 |isbn= 978-1845137731 |page= [https://archive.org/details/bookofolympiclis0000wall/page/14 14]}} fourth at the 2001 World Indoor Championships and seventh at the 2002 World Cup. He is the former high jump coach at Patrick Henry High School in San Diego, CA.

His personal best jump is 2.35 metres, achieved in May 2000 in Sacramento.

Competition record

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colspan="5"\|Representing the {{USA}}
1998 \|Goodwill Games \|Uniondale, United States \|6th \|2.20 m
2000 \|Olympic Games \|Sydney, Australia \|11th \|2.25 m
rowspan=3\|2001 \|World Indoor Championships \|Lisbon, Portugal \|4th \|2.29 m
Goodwill Games \|Brisbane, Australia \|6th \|2.24 m
World Championships \|Edmonton, Canada \|12th (q) \|2.25 m
2002 \|World Cup \|Madrid, Spain \|7th \|2.10 m

colspan="5"|Representing the {{USA}}

1998

|Goodwill Games

|Uniondale, United States

|6th

2000

|11th

rowspan=3|2001