Noelene Swinton

New Zealand high jumper

Valentine Arthur Horne
(m. 1959)
Children6Relative(s)Matt Horne (son)
Phil Horne (son)
Ben Horne (grandson)SportCountryNew ZealandSportTrack and fieldEventHigh jumpAchievements and titlesNational finalsHigh jump champion (1950, 1953)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  New Zealand
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1950 Auckland High jump

Noelene Rae Horne (née Swinton; born 1933) is a former New Zealand high jumper.

At the 1950 British Empire Games she won the bronze medal in the women's high jump. At the following 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games she placed 5th in the high jump.[1]

In 1959, she married Valentine Arthur Horne,[2] who served as manager of the New Zealand badminton team at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.[3] The couple went on to have six children, including cricketer Matt Horne, and Phil Horne, who represented New Zealand in both badminton and cricket.[2]

References

  1. ^ Noelene Swinton at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
  2. ^ a b "Swinton Family Society". Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Games section managers". The Press. Vol. 105, no. 31067. 24 May 1966. p. 19. Retrieved 11 August 2022.

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1950 New Zealand British Empire Games team
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1954 New Zealand British Empire and Commonwealth Games team
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New Zealand national champions in women's high jump
  • 1939–1941: Betty Forbes
  • 1942–1944: not held
  • 1945: Kath Elshaw
  • 1946–1947: Margaret McNeil
  • 1948: Valmai Baird
  • 1949: Dorothy Birks
  • 1950: Noelene Swinton
  • 1951: Heather Wright
  • 1952: Mary Falck
  • 1953: Noelene Swinton
  • 1954: Heather Wright
  • 1955–1959: Mary Donaghy
  • 1960: Lesley Anderson
  • 1961: Mary Donaghy
  • 1962: Lesley Anderson
  • 1963: Lorraine Curtis
  • 1964–1965: Pam Burnett
  • 1966: Lorraine Curtis
  • 1967–1969: Pam Kenny
  • 1970: Lorraine Morris
  • 1971: Pam Kenny
  • 1972: Jacquelyn Emery
  • 1973: Pam Kenny
  • 1974: Donna Mills
  • 1975: Sheryl Rudd
  • 1976–1979: Karen Whimp
  • 1980: Claire Kavermann
  • 1981: Angela Pule
  • 1982: Claire Ryan
  • 1983–1986: Trudy Painter
  • 1987: Sue Barber (AUS)
  • 1988: Tania Murray
  • 1989: Trudy Woodhead
  • 1990-1992: Tania Murray
  • 1993–1994: Tracy Phillips
  • 1995: Kim Brown
  • 1996: Tracy Phillips
  • 1997: Tania Dixon
  • 1998–1999: Kim Brown
  • 2000: Angela McKee
  • 2001: Karen Brown
  • 2002: Nadia Smith
  • 2003–2006: Angela McKee
  • 2007: Sarah Cowley
  • 2008: Catherine Drummond (AUS)
  • 2009: Elizabeth Lamb
  • 2010–2011: Sarah Cowley
  • 2012–2013: Elizabeth Lamb
  • 2014: Sarah Cowley
  • 2015: Keeley O'Hagan
  • 2016: Elizabeth Lamb
  • 2017: Alex Hyland
  • 2018: Keeley O'Hagan
  • 2019–2021: Josephine Reeves
  • 2022: Keeley O'Hagan
  • 2023: Alice Taylor
  • 2024: Imogen Skelton


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