Michael Mason (high jumper)

Michael Mason

Mason in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Michael Robert Christopher Mason
Nationality	Canada
Born	(1986-09-30) 30 September 1986 (age 38) New Westminster, British Columbia
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	High jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	High jump: 2.33, Edmonton, Eberstadt, 2015[1]
Medal record Pan American Games 2015 Toronto High jump 2019 Lima High jump Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow High jump North American, Central American and Caribbean Championships 2018 Toronto High jump World Junior Championships 2004 Grosseto High Jump

Michael Robert Christopher Mason (born 30 September 1986) is a Canadian high jumper. The 2004 World Junior champion, he has represented Canada at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships, 2010 Commonwealth Games, 2012 Summer Olympics, 2014 Commonwealth Games, 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships and the 2015 Pan American Games. His personal best for the event is 2.33 metres.

He won the IAAF World Junior Championships gold medal in 2004. From Nanoose Bay, British Columbia, Mason is only the second Canadian to win a World Junior Championship gold medal, following Mark Boswell who won in 1996. Mason holds a number of provincial records previously held by retired Canadian high jumper and 1976 Olympic Silver Medallist Greg Joy, including the BC high school, junior and senior records.

Following his world junior win, he set the current NAIA record as a member of the UBC Thunderbirds and was the bronze medalist at the 2006 NACAC U-23 Championships. He jumped a personal best of 2.27 m to win the Canadian title in 2007 Canadian Senior Championships. He is a member of the Valley Royals Track and Field Club and is coached by Ziggy Szelagowicz.

In 2008 Mason improved his personal best during the indoor season, to 2.30 in January in Seattle. At the 2008 World Indoor Championships he finished eighth. He made his Olympic debut a few months later at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and placed eighth in his qualifying group with a jump of 2.25 m, although he missed the final.^[2] Competing as a student-athlete, he took the silver medal in the high jump at the 2009 Summer Universiade.^[3] The year after he represented Canada at the 2010 Commonwealth Games with a seventh-place finish in the final.^[4]

He cleared 2.31 m for the first time at the Baie-Mahault Grand Prix in Guadeloupe, winning the event with a meet record mark.^[5] In 2015 Mason improved his indoor personal best to 2.31m at the Millrose Games and his outdoor best to 2.33m at the Edmonton Track Classic.^{[citation needed]}

In the leadup to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Mason came second at the Canadian track and field trials, behind Django Lovett. He was thus named to the Canadian Olympic team.^[6] Competing at the Olympic high jump event, he ranked fourteenth in the qualification round and did not advance to the final.^[7]

In 2012 Mason was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.^[8]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Canada
2004	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	1st	2.21 m
2006	NACAC U-23 Championships	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	3rd	2.19 m
2007	Universiade	Bangkok, Thailand	18th (q)	2.10 m
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	8th	2.27 m
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	19th (q)	2.25 m
2009	Universiade	Belgrade, Serbia	2nd	2.23 m
2010	Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	7th	2.20 m
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	7th	2.29 m
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	25th (q)	2.17 m
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	8th	2.25 m
	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	3rd	2.25 m
2015	Pan American Games	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	2nd	2.31 m
	World Championships	Beijing, China	18th (q)	2.26 m
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	18th (q)	2.26 m
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	18th (q)	2.26 m
2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	6th	2.24 m
	NACAC Championships	Toronto, Canada	2nd	2.28 m
2019	Pan American Games	Lima, Peru	2nd	2.28 m
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	7th	2.30 m
2020	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	14th (q)	2.25 m

• Michael Mason at World Athletics
• Michael Mason at Athletics Canada
• Michael Mason at Team Canada
• Michael Mason at Olympics.com
• Michael Mason at Olympedia
• Michael Mason at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
• Michael Mason at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)