Definitions for high jump
high jump

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. high jumpnoun

   a competition that involves jumping as high as possible over a horizontal bar

2. high jumpnoun

   the act of jumping as high as possible over a horizontal bar

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1. high jumpnoun

   An athletics event where a competitor must jump over a bar placed gradually higher and higher.

2. Etymology: From high + jump.

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1. High jump

   The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat for landing. Since ancient times, competitors have introduced increasingly effective techniques to arrive at the current form, and the current universally preferred method is the Fosbury Flop, in which athletes run towards the bar and leap head first with their back to the bar. The discipline is, alongside the pole vault, one of two vertical clearance events in the Olympic athletics program. It is contested at the World Championships in Athletics and the World Athletics Indoor Championships, and is a common occurrence at track and field meets. The high jump was among the first events deemed acceptable for women, having been held at the 1928 Olympic Games. Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) is the current men's record holder with a jump of 2.45 m (8 ft 1⁄4 in) set in 1993 – the longest-standing record in the history of the men's high jump. Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria) has held the women's world record of 2.09 m (6 ft 10+1⁄4 in) since 1987, also the longest-held record in the event.

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1. high jump

   High jump is an athletic (track and field) event in which competitors aim to jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices. It is a sport that requires a great deal of agility, speed, precision, and strength. The jumper usually makes a run-up to gather momentum before leaping and clears the bar by executing a specialized jump technique, typically the Fosbury Flop. The winner is the athlete who successfully jumps over the highest possible height.

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1. High jump

   The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices. In its modern most practiced format, auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years. Over the centuries since, competitors have introduced increasingly more effective techniques to arrive at the current form. Javier Sotomayor is the current men's record holder with a jump of 2.45 m set in 1993, the longest standing record in the history of the men's high jump. Stefka Kostadinova has held the women's world record at 2.09 m since 1987, also the longest-held record in the event.

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1. • Field Event
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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of high jump in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of high jump in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of high jump in a Sentence

1. Kirani James:

   There's a lot of great athletes out there and events like mine, like the men's high jump and both men and women's hurdles that are really competitive, i think somewhere, something has gone wrong in the marketing of the sport but if the right people are in the right positions, I still think the sky's the limit for track and field.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=high jump
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/High_Jump
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Jump
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