Verneda Thomas

American high jumper and volleyball player

Verneda Estella Thomas (June 21, 1936 - March 30, 2016) is a former volleyball player. She played for the United States national team at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[1] Before she was an Olympic volleyball player, she was also an elite high jumper, winning a bronze medal at the 1955 Pan American Games in that event.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Verneda Thomas Biography and Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved August 19, 2012.
  2. ^ "GU MOURNS THE LOSS OF HALL OF FAME MEMBER VERNEDA THOMAS". Graceland University Jackets. 5 April 2016.
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US National Championship winners in women's high jump
1923–1979
Amateur Athletic Union
  • 1923: Catherine Wright
  • 1924: Not held
  • 1925: Elizabeth Stine
  • 1926–27: Catherine McGuire
  • 1928: Mildred Wiley
  • 1929–31: Jean Shiley
  • 1932: Jean Shiley & Babe Didrikson
  • 1933: Alice Arden
  • 1934: Not held
  • 1935: Barbara Howe
  • 1936: Annette Rogers
  • 1937–38: Gretel Bergmann
  • 1939–48: Alice Coachman
  • 1949: Gertrude Orr
  • 1950: Dorothy Chisholm
  • 1951–52: Marion Boos
  • 1953: Mildred McDaniel
  • 1954: Jeanette Cantrell
  • 1955–56: Mildred McDaniel
  • 1957: Verneda Thomas & Hazel Ulmer
  • 1958: Rose Robinson & Barbara Brown
  • 1959–61: Lis Josefson
  • 1962: Kinuko Tsutsumi (JPN)
  • 1963–67: Eleanor Montgomery
  • 1968: Theresa Thresher
  • 1969: Eleanor Montgomery
  • 1970: Sally Plihal
  • 1971: Linda Iddings
  • 1972: Audrey Reid
  • 1973: DeAnne Wilson
  • 1974–77: Joni Huntley
  • 1978: Louise Ritter
  • 1979: Debbie Brill (CAN)
1980–1992
The Athletics Congress
1993–present
USA Track & Field
Notes
  • OT: Since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials in Olympic years, otherwise held as a discrete event.
  • 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


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