Amber Welty

Amber Marie Cnossen (née Welty; born April 24, 1967) is an American former track and field athlete who competed in the high jump.

Dave had the opportunity to coach the 1st official Olympic gold medalist in women's pole vaulting.

Amber's first opportunity to compete against the best in the United States at the NCAA Division 1 Championships came in 1987.

Two weeks later, she finished third at the US National Championships, clearing 1.89 m. In July, at the Olympic trials in Indianapolis, she was fifth with 1.90 m. In 1990, she won her third NCAA medal, finishing second to Angie Bradburn, both clearing with a jump of 1.89 m. In 1992, after ankle surgery (using the palmaris longus tendon from the wrist to transplant to the outside right ankle to make it stable) in October 1991 at the US National Championships in New Orleans, incorporating the Olympic trials, Welty finished second with 1.89 m, to earn Olympic selection, providing she could attain the qualifying standard of 1.92 m. She achieved this a week later at a meet in Boise.

[3] Welty also represented the US at the 1992 IAAF World Cup in Havana, held a month after the Olympics.