Debbie Marti

Who is Debbie Marti?

Deborah Jane Marti is a former high jumper from England, who was born in Switzerland. She represented Great Britain at two Olympic Games, Barcelona 1992 and Atlanta 1996. At the 1992 Games, she finished ninth in the final. Marti remains the last British woman to reach an Olympic high jump final. She set her outdoor personal best of 1.94 metres, on 9 June 1996 at a meet in Tallinn. On 23 February 1997 in Birmingham, she cleared 1.95 metres to set a British indoor record. The record was broken on 8 February 2014, having stood for almost seventeen years.