Nathan Leeper

American high jumper

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

He finished eleventh at the 2000 Olympic Games,^[1] fourth at the 2001 World Indoor Championships and seventh at the 2002 World Cup. 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

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing the United States
1998	Goodwill Games	Uniondale, United States	6th	2.20 m
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	11th	2.25 m
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

References

^ Wallechinsky, David (2012). The Book of Olympic Lists. p. 14. ISBN 978-1845137731.

External links

Nathan Leeper at World Athletics

US National Championship winners in men's high jump

1876–1878
New York Athletic Club

1876-8: Edwards Ficken

1879–1888
NAAAA

1879: William Wunder
1880: Alfred Carroll
1881: C.W. Durand
1882: Alfred Carroll
1883: Malcolm Ford
1884: J.T. Rinehart
1885–87: William Page
1888^{Note 1}: Tim O'Connor

1888–1979
Amateur Athletic Union

1888^{Note 1}: Daniel Webster
1889: R.K. Pritchard
1890–91: Alvah Nickerson
1892–95: Mike Sweeney
1896: Charles Powell
1897–1900: Irving Baxter
1901: Sam Jones
1902: Irving Baxter
1903-4: Sam Jones
1905: Herbert Kerrigan
1906: Neil Patterson
1907: Con Leahy
1908: Harry Porter
1909: Egon Erickson
1910: Walter Thomason
1911: Harry Grumpelt/Harry Porter
1912: John Johnstone
1913: Alma Richards
1914: Jo Loomis
1915: George Horine
1916: Wes Oler
1917: Clint Larsen
1918: Carl Rice
1919–20^OT: John Murphy
1921–22: Dewey Alberts
1923: LeRoy Brown
1924: Robert Juday
1925–26: Harold Osborn
1927: Robert King
1928^OT: Robert King/Charles McGinnis
1929: Henry Lassalette
1930–31: Anton Burg
1932^OT: Cornelius Johnson/George Spitz/Robert van Osdel
1933: Cornelius Johnson
1934: Cornelius Johnson/Walter Marty
1935: Cornelius Johnson
1936: Cornelius Johnson/Dave Albritton
1937: Dave Albritton
1938: Mel Walker/Dave Albritton
1939–40: Les Steers
1941: Bill Stewart
1942: Adam Berry
1943: Pete Watkins
1944: Fred Sheffield/Willard Smith
1945: Dave Albritton/Lester Howe/Richard Schnacke/Joshua Williamson
1946–47: Dave Albritton
1948: Tom Schofield
1949: Dick Phillips
1950: Dave Albritton/Jack Heitzman/Jack Razzeto/Virgil Severns
1951: Lewis Hall
1952–53: Walt Davis
1954: Ernie Shelton
1955: Charles Dumas/Ernie Shelton
1956–59: Charles Dumas
1960: John Thomas
1961: Bob Avant
1962: John Thomas
1963: Gene Johnson
1964: Ed Caruthers
1965–67: Otis Burrell
1968: Ed Hanks
1969: Otis Burrell
1970–71: Reynaldo Brown
1972: Barry Schur
1973–74: Dwight Stones
1975: Tom Woods
1976–78: Dwight Stones
1979: Franklin Jacobs

1980–1992
The Athletics Congress

1980: Franklin Jacobs
1981: Tyke Peacock
1982: Milt Ottey
1983: Dwight Stones
1984: Jim Howard
1985: Brian Stanton
1986: Doug Nordquist
1987: Jerome Carter
1988: Doug Nordquist
1989: Brian Brown
1990–92^OT: Hollis Conway

1993-onwards
USA Track & Field

1993–94: Hollis Conway
1995–2000^2OT: Charles Austin
2001–02: Nathan Leeper
2003–04^OT: Jamie Nieto
2005: Matt Hemingway
2006: Tora Harris
2007: Jim Dilling
2008^OT: Jesse Williams
2009: Tora Harris
2010–11: Jesse Williams
2012^OT: Jamie Nieto
2013–16: Erik Kynard
2017:Bryan McBride
2018–19: Jeron Robinson
2021^{2020 OT}: JuVaughn Harrison

Notes

Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships

OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932 and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.

2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

v t e 2000 USA Olympic track and field team
Qualification	2000 United States Olympic trials (track and field)
Men's track and road athletes	Abdihakem Abdirahman Kenny Brokenburr (r) John Capel James Carter Curt Clausen Tony Cosey Mark Crear Mark Croghan Alan Culpepper Rod DeHaven Pascal Dobert Jon Drummond Philip Dunn Mark Everett Adam Goucher Maurice Greene Alvin Harrison Calvin Harrison (r) Bradley Hauser Floyd Heard Andrew Hermann Gabe Jennings Allen Johnson Curtis Johnson Michael Johnson Meb Keflezighi Rich Kenah Brian Lewis (r) Coby Miller Tim Montgomery (r) Antonio Pettigrew Jason Pyrah Nick Rogers Tim Seaman Michael Stember Angelo Taylor Eric Thomas Terrence Trammell Bernard Williams (r) Bryan Woodward Jerome Young (r)
Men's field athletes	Charles Austin Andy Bloom LaMark Carter Walter Davis Lance Deal Kenny Evans John Godina Breaux Greer Chad Harting Robert Howard Chris Huffins Nick Hysong Kip Janvrin Lawrence Johnson Nathan Leeper Melvin Lister Jud Logan Kevin McMahon Adam Nelson Tom Pappas Dwight Phillips Adam Setliff Savanté Stringfellow Anthony Washington
Women's track and road athletes	Andrea Anderson (r) Kim Batten Tonja Buford-Bailey Chen Yueling Christine Clark Hazel Clark Joetta Clark Diggs LaTasha Colander Michelle Collins Sharon Couch Shayne Culpepper Gail Devers Deena Kastor Elva Dryer Torri Edwards Chryste Gaines Sandra Glover Suzy Favor Hamilton Monique Hennagan Libbie Hickman Marion Jones Anne Marie Letko Debbi Lawrence Jearl Miles Clark Melissa Morrison-Howard Nanceen Perry Jennifer Rhines Passion Richardson (r) Michelle Rohl Amy Rudolph Marla Runyan
Women's field athletes	Amy Acuff Erin Aldrich Lynda Blutreich Dawn Burrell Shelia Burrell Jesseca Cross Karol Rovelto Stacy Dragila Dawn Ellerbe Nicole Gamble Marion Jones Kris Kuehl Melissa Mueller DeDee Nathan Amy Palmer Suzy Powell-Roos Connie Price-Smith Seilala Sua Kellie Suttle Teri Steer Shana Williams
Coaches	John Chaplin (men's head coach) Dick Booth (men's assistant coach) Dixon Farmer (men's assistant coach) Rob Johnson (men's assistant coach) John Moon (men's assistant coach) Jerry Quiller (men's assistant coach) Jay Silvester (men's assistant coach) Bubba Thornton (men's assistant coach) Karen Dennis (women's head coach) Sandy Fowler (women's assistant coach) Ernest Gregoire (women's assistant coach) Judy Harrison (women's assistant coach) Rita Somerlot (women's assistant coach) LaVerne Sweat (women's assistant coach) Mark Young (women's assistant coach)