Ernle Haisley

Ernle Haisley
Personal information
NationalityJamaican
Born (1936-06-20) 20 June 1936
Saint Catherine, Jamaica
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
High jump
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  British West Indies
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place1959 ChicagoHigh jump
Representing  Jamaica
British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place1958 CardiffHigh jump
Central American and Caribbean Games
Bronze medal – third place1962 KingstonHigh jump

Ernle Leighton Haisley (born 20 June 1936) is a Jamaican former high jumper who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics.[1]

Biography

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.[2]

Haisley finished second behind Patrick Etolu in the high jump event at the 1958 AAA Championships[3][4][5] and shortly afterwards Haisley represented Jamaica at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games winning gold in the high jump[2] 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.

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Jamaica
1956 Olympic Games Melbourne, Australia 15th High jump 1.96 m
1957 British West Indies Championships Kingston, Jamaica 1st High jump 2.04 m
1st Pole vault 3.35 m
1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Cardiff, United Kingdom 1st High jump 2.06 m
1959 Pan American Games1 Chicago, United States 3rd High jump 2.01 m
1960 British West Indies Championships Kingston, Jamaica 1st High jump 2.02 m
1962 Central American and Caribbean Games Kingston, Jamaica 3rd High jump 1.94 m

1Representing the British West Indies

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ernle Haisley". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  3. ↑ "Ibbotson quits... Pirie flops". Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 13 July 1958. Retrieved 2 May 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  5. ↑ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
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