Joanne Wise is a former athlete who competed in the long jump

Long jump

The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...

. She represented the English Schoolgirls, for the Midlands, and was 3 times AAA's Junior champion. She was also twice AAA

AAA

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s Champion in 1999 and 2000, she also won 3 Indoor AAAs titles. In 1997 she added a U.K. Championship win. She finished fourth at the 1997 World Indoor Championships

1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships

The 6th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France from March 7 to March 9, 1997. It was the first athletic championships to introduce women's pole vault...

 and fifth at the 1999 World Championships

1999 World Championships in Athletics

The 7th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Estadio Olímpico, Seville, Spain, between the August 20 and August 29....

, but her only Gold medal came in 1998 when she won the Commonwealth Games

1998 Commonwealth Games

The 1998 XVI Commonwealth Games were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 11 September to 21 September 1998 making it the first Asian country to act as host and the last Commonwealth Games for the 20th century. A record 70 nations supplied 3638 athletes...

. Her personal best was 6.76 metres, achieved in 1999.

She also won a Bronze medal at the World Junior Championships in Sudbury Canada in 1988 with ajump of 6.69m, and is the British Indoor Record Holder, at 6.70m.

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