Nicole Boegman

{{short description|Australian long jumper}}

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| nationality = Australian

| sport = Athletics

| event = long jump

| club = Reversby Workers AC

| birth_date = 5 March 1967

| birth_place = Sydney, Australia

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| height =174 cm

| weight = 66 kg

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Nicole Jane Boegman-Stewart, formerly married Staines (born 5 March 1967) is an Australian retired long jumper, who competed at three Olympic Games.

Biography

Boegman won the British AAA Championships title in the long jump event four times, at the 1988 AAA Championships,{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003126/19880808/387/0029 |title=Alexander Results |work=Wolverhampton Express and Star |date=8 August 1988 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=27 March 2025}} 1989 AAA Championships{{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=27 March 2025}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=27 March 2025 }}1993 AAA Championships and 1995 AAA Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002192/19930717/026/0026 |title=Panasonic AAA Championships |work=Sports Argus |date=17 July 1993 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=31 March 2025 }}

Her personal best jump was 6.87 metres, achieved in August 1988 in Gateshead. Wind aided best 7.12 metres (+4.3) achieved in Sestriere, 1995. The Australian, and Oceanian,[http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/records/gender=W/location=O/recordsType=AR/eventCatCode=/junior=N/area=OCE/index.html Area Outdoor Records – Women – Oceania] – IAAF.org record currently belongs to Bronwyn Thompson with 7.00 metres.[http://www.athlerecords.net/Records/OCEANIE/PLEINAIR/AUS.htm Australian athletics records] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071208112206/http://www.athlerecords.net/Records/OCEANIE/PLEINAIR/AUS.htm |date=2007-12-08 }}

Boegman represented Australia at three Olympic Games, five World Outdoor Championships, three World Indoor Championships and three Commonwealth Games and is a nine-times Australian Champion. Current Australian and Oceania Indoor Record holder 6.81 metres, achieved in Barcelona 1995. Held Australian Triple Jump record (13.28 m) from 1993 to 1996.{{cn|date=February 2025}}

Since retiring from competition Boegman-Stewart has worked in sports administration and is currently the Track & Field Program Coordinator for the New South Wales Institute of Sport.{{cn|date=February 2025}}

International competitions

{{AchievementTable}}
colspan="5"|Representing {{AUS}}
1985

|World Indoor Games

|Paris, France

|5th

|6.19 m

1986

|Commonwealth Games

|Edinburgh, United Kingdom

|8th

|6.06 m

1987

|World Championships

|Rome, Italy

|8th

|6.63 m

1988

|Olympic Games

|Seoul, South Korea

|5th

|6.73 m

1989

|World Cup

|Barcelona, Spain

|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

|6.64 mRepresenting Oceania.

rowspan=2|1991

|World Indoor Championships

|Seville, Spain

|6th

|6.66 m

World Championships

|Tokyo, Japan

|14th (q)

|6.57 m

1992

|Olympic Games

|Barcelona, Spain

| –

|NM

1993

|World Championships

|Stuttgart, Germany

|7th

|6.70 m

rowspan=2|1994

|Commonwealth Games

|Victoria, Canada

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|6.82 m

World Cup

|London, United Kingdom

|7th

|6.45 m

rowspan=2|1995

|World Indoor Championships

|Barcelona, Spain

|4th

|6.81 m

World Championships

|Gothenburg, Sweden

|14th (q)

|6.51 m

1996

|Olympic Games

|Atlanta, United States

|7th

|6.73 m

rowspan=2|1998

|World Cup

|Johannesburg, South Africa

|6th

|6.64 m

Commonwealth Games

|Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

|6.58 m

1999

|World Championships

|Seville, Spain

|9th

|6.63 m

2001

|Goodwill Games

|Brisbane, Australia

|6th

|6.71 m

References

  • {{World Athletics}}
  • [http://athletics.possumbility.com/athletes/athlete185.htm Nicole Boegman] at Australian Athletics Historical Results