{"id":142,"date":"2023-11-30T16:41:08","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T16:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thestar.test\/2023\/11\/30\/eleanor-patterson-the-toast-of-south-gippsland\/"},"modified":"2023-11-30T16:41:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T16:41:08","slug":"eleanor-patterson-the-toast-of-south-gippsland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thestar.com.au\/blog\/eleanor-patterson-the-toast-of-south-gippsland\/","title":{"rendered":"Eleanor Patterson the toast of South Gippsland"},"content":{"rendered":"
\t\t\t\tTuesday, September 1st, 2015<\/span> | Posted by Tayla Kershaw<\/a><\/span> \t\t\t<\/div>\n

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Eleanor Patterson the toast of South Gippsland<\/h1>\n

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ELEANOR Patterson jumped 1.92m to finish eighth in the final of the Women\u2019s high jump at the IAAF World Championships in Beijing.<\/p>\n

The gold medal was won by Russian Maria Kuchina clearing 2.01m.<\/p>\n

Following the event she expressed disappointment in herself and said, \u201cI expect a lot of myself.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was trying to relax, and I did, but it wasn\u2019t enough. It\u2019s disappointing,\u201d Patterson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe last couple of jumps were frustratingly close, but that\u2019s the way this sport is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked if she had a look at her competitors after she was out of the field Patterson said, “They\u00a0are\u00a0the\u00a0same\u00a0as\u00a0me, they may be\u00a0older,\u00a0they\u00a0may be more experienced. I am\u00a0training\u00a0just as hard and jumping just as high.”<\/p>\n

She might be disappointed in herself but the people of South Gippsland could not be more proud of Leongatha\u2019s Glasgow Commonwealth Games gold medallist.<\/p>\n

Qualifying for the final 19 year old Patterson became the youngest Australian athlete to ever make a IAAF World Championships final; a major feat in itself.<\/p>\n

As always she thanked her supporters and particularly her coach David Green.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am so lucky and fortunate to have an amazing coach and he is an amazing friend as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thanking her family too she said, \u201cI am truly blessed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her Commonwealth Games gold medal came in the same year that she completed her VCE at the Mary MacKillop Catholic College in Leongatha.<\/p>\n

She said, \u201cThings just didn\u2019t come together today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Competition at the world level, 12 months out from the Olympic Games in Rio de Janerio is sure to have been an experience that will place Patterson in good stead as she begins her preparations for the Olympics.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe experience has been helpful. I know I can jump higher and do a whole lot better,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not sure what I will do in the lead up to Rio but I will work my butt off, I will work twice as hard.<\/p>\n

\u201cDavid and I will go back to the drawing board.\u201d<\/p>\n

Athletics Australia described Patterson as a hard taskmaster on herself and said the lessons learned in Beijing will bode well for the future and that her dedication has been rewarded by simply advancing to the final.<\/p>\n

It said that her experience in Beijing provides the ideal taste of what is to come as the Rio 2016 Olympic Games approach.<\/p>\n

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Our winner: the youngest jumper in the field, Eleanor Patterson was upset with herself for not jumping higher than the 1.92m that left her in eighth place. She only narrowly missed clearing 1.95m.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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