Emily Borthwick
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Great Britain| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Emily Jane Borthwick |
| Born | 2 September 1997 Worthing, West Sussex, England |
| Sport | |
| Country | Great Britain |
| Sport | Track and Field |
Event | high jump |
Emily Jane Borthwick (born 2 September 1997) is a British high jumper. She competed at the 2020 Olympic Games and 2022 World Athletics Championships.[1]
Borthwick finished third at the 2020 British Athletics Championships in the high jump.[2] In March 2021, she was selected for the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team to compete at the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships, held in Toruń, Poland.[3] At the event she secured a new personal best with a third-time clearance at 1.91 metres to qualify for the final of the women’s high jump, where she ultimately finished in eighth place overall.[4][5]
After again finishing third in the British Athletics Championships in 2021, Borthwick was added to the British squad for the delayed 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo.[6] Borthwick finished 16th in the Olympic qualifying round equalling her previous lifetime best of 1.93m in the process. She went on to set a new personal best of 1.95m at The Bronze World Tour event in Hustopece, Czech Republic in February 2022.[7] She competed at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon and placed eleventh at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[8]
She finished runner-up to Morgan Lake with a jump of 1.84 metres at the 2025 British Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham, on 23 February 2025.[9] She was selected for the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships in Madrid in June 2025.[10]
