Chaunté Lowe

Chaunté Lowe

Chaunté Lowe in Doha 2010
Personal information
Birth name	Chaunté Howard
Nationality	United States
Born	(1984-01-12) January 12, 1984 (age 33) California
Residence	Jacksonville, Florida
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight	131 lb (59 kg)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	High jump, long jump
College team	Georgia Tech
Club	Nike
Coached by	Mario Lowe
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	High jump: 2.05 m (Des Moines, 2010) High jump (indoor): 2.02 m (Albuquerque, 2012)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing the  United States Summer Olympics 2008 Beijing High jump World Championships 2005 Helsinki High jump World Indoor Championships 2012 Istanbul High jump 2010 Doha High jump Pan American Junior Championships 2003 Bridgetown High jump

Chaunté Lowe (née Howard) (born January 12, 1984) is an American athlete, who competes in the high jump and participated in the 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. In the 2008 Olympics she initially placed sixth, but was later awarded the bronze medal in the high jump after several competitors were disqualified. She is the American record holder in the women's high jump, both outdoors, with a height of 2.05 m, and indoors, with a height of 2.02 m.

Lowe graduated from John W. North High School in Riverside, California, where she won the National Scholastic Indoor Championships twice. She won the 2001 CIF California State Meet in the high jump and finished second in 2002 in the high jump, long jump and triple jump, leading her team to the state team championships. Among her first successes was a high jump bronze medal at the 2003 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships.

Lowe jumped 1.85 m in the qualifying round of the women's high jump at the 2004 Summer Olympics and did not reach the final.

In the qualifying round, Lowe tied with Iryna Mykhalchenko for second in her group with a height of 1.93 m. In the final, Lowe placed second behind Kajsa Bergqvist, who jumped 2.02 m, with a height of 2.00 m.