Ilona Gusenbauer

Gusenbauer competed at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics and finished in eighth and third place, respectively. She held the world record for more than a year starting in 1971, and was the Austrian champion in 1966–1973, 1975 and 1976.^[1]

Gusenbauer won the British WAAA Championships title in the high jump event at the 1973 WAAA Championships.^[2][3][4]

Records
Preceded by Iolanda Balaș	Women's High Jump World Record Holder 4 September 1971 – 24 September 1972	Succeeded by Yordanka Blagoeva