A star junior champion in high jump, long jump, sprints and hurdles, she was selected to represent Australia in the 1972 Summer Olympics in long jump and pentathlon at age 18. Just prior to the Games in Munich, she jumped an Australian and Under 20 long jump record of 6.60 metres, but could not qualify for the finals of the Olympic event.
In 1977, she won the inaugural World Cup event[1] and was ranked in the top ten in the world.
jacenko, lynette, jacenko, née, tillett, born, august, 1953, retired, australian, long, jumper, medal, record, women, athletics, representing, australia, iaaf, world, 1977, düsseldorf, long, jump, commonwealth, games, 1978, edmonton, relay, star, junior, champ. Lynette Lyn Jacenko nee Tillett born 15 August 1953 is a retired Australian long jumper Lyn Jacenko Medal record Women s athletics Representing Australia IAAF World Cup 1977 Dusseldorf Long Jump Commonwealth Games 1978 Edmonton 4 x 100 m relay A star junior champion in high jump long jump sprints and hurdles she was selected to represent Australia in the 1972 Summer Olympics in long jump and pentathlon at age 18 Just prior to the Games in Munich she jumped an Australian and Under 20 long jump record of 6 60 metres but could not qualify for the finals of the Olympic event In 1977 she won the inaugural World Cup event 1 and was ranked in the top ten in the world She represented Australia at the 1974 Auckland and 1978 Edmonton Commonwealth Games 2 See also editAustralian athletics champions Women References edit Emerging stars set to test the best in Athens Results Archived 2007 10 18 at the Wayback Machine nbsp This biographical article relating to Australian athletics is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lyn Jacenko amp oldid 1194525817, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
