Nancy Voorhees was an American high jumper. She won a gold medal at the 1922 Women's World Games, setting the first world record at 1.46 m. Her elder sister Louise competed alongside in the high jump at those Games. Nancy married C. Redington Barrett in 1930. Nancy Voorhees (United States) set the women's high jump world record of 1.46 m in Simsbury on May 20, 1922. It stood 12 months, until Elizabeth Stine's 1.485 m on May 26, 1923. Wiki link