Ernle Haisley

Ernle Haisley

Personal information
Birth name	Ernest Leighton Haisley
Born	(1937-06-20) 20 June 1937 (age 86)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  British West Indies (BWI) Pan American Games 1959 Chicago High jump Representing  Jamaica British Empire and Commonwealth Games 1958 Cardiff High jump Central American and Caribbean Games 1962 Kingston High jump

Ernest Leighton "Ernle" Haisley (born 20 June 1937) is a Jamaican former high jumper who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics.^[1]

In 1956, Haisley took part in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. He reached a height of 1.96 metres in the  final, placing him 15th.
Haisley represented Jamaica at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games winning gold in the high jump with a height of 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m). This remained the Commonwealth Games high jump record until 1962.
In the following year, he represented British West Indies at the 1959 Pan American Games, winning bronze with a height of 2.00 metres. His final success in major competition was at the Athletics at the 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games in Kingston, Jamaica, where he won bronze with a height of 1.94 metres.

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