| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Birth name | Jessie Mary Donaghy | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 December 1939 Thames, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.59 m (5 ft 2+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 52 kg (115 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Spouse |
John Clive Hayward (m. 1963) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Frank Sharpley | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| National finals | High jump champion (1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961) Long jump champion (1959) | ||||||||||||||
| Personal best | High jump – 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
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Jessie Mary Hayward (née Donaghy, born 7 December 1939) is a former New Zealand high jumper and long jumper. She represented her country at the 1956 Summer Olympics and 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, winning a silver medal in the high jump at the latter event.