Julia Machin soars to another GB High Jump record


August 17, 2019

Congratulations to Brighton AC coach and athlete, Julia Machin, who broke her own British W45 high jump record on Saturday with a leap of 1.67m.

Competing for the club at the last Southern Athletics League fixture of the season, Machin soared effortlessly over the record height and just missed out on 1.70m.

The Cardinal Newman PE teacher is a former GB international high jumper. She has a best of 1.92m from 1990 and is ranked 11th on the  UK all time list.

Watch Julia’s record breaking jump here.