Jeremy Fischer’s high jump career is one for the record books.
No other high jumper in Ventura County has approached his high school achievements.
A three-time county, Marmonte League and CIF-Southern Section champion for Camarillo, Fischer had a senior season to remember.
His 1994 high school season with a second-place finish at the National Scholastic Indoor championships. Then came a county record 7’-4” country record mark – fourth place on the all-time national high school list at the time – at the Santa Barbara Easter Relays.
However, Fischer was only beginning. He set the meet record at the Mt. San Antonio College Relays, won the state championships and soared to the title at the National Scholastic outdoor championship.
If those titles weren’t enough, his post-prep career was even better. At the University of Wisconsin, Fischer was a four-time All-American. At the 1998 NCAA Division 1 high jump finals, Fischer placed second with a school record 7-4 1/2.
Fischer was second at the 2000 USA Track and Field Indoor Championships with a mark of 7-5 1/4. He placed seventh at the U.S. Olympic Trials and second at the North American, Central American and Caribbean championships in Monterrey, Mexico.
Fischer ranked among yearly top 10 U.S. high jumpers three times. One of his more notable performances was a 7-6 personal best at the Mount SAC Relays. What made that notable that it was 21 inches over his height of 5 feet, 9 inches. It ranks among the top 10 performances ever for that category.
As a coach, Fischer has trained athletes to 18 Olympic and World Championship medals. The San Diego resident is a director of the Olympic Training Center’s Track and Field program and is the lead instructor for Coaches Education for USA Track and Field.