Ethel Hannah Catherwood was a Canadian track and field athlete who won a gold medal in the high jump at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. She competed as a member of Canada's first Olympic women's track and field team, later known as the "Matchless Six", which took part in the first Olympic Games to include women's athletics in 1928. Catherwood won the event with a jump of 1.59 metres, becoming the first woman in Olympic history to win a gold medal in the high jump. Ethel Catherwood (Canada) set the women's high jump world record of 1.58 m in Regina on September 6, 1926. It stood 22 months, until Lien Gisolf's 1.58 m on July 3, 1928 (equalling it). Wiki link