Yelena Isinbayeva
Yelena Gadzhíyevna Isinbáyeva (Russian: Елена Гаджиевна Исинбаева; Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Soviet Union, June 3, 1982) is a ex-Russian athlete, specialized in pole vaulting, Olympic, world and European champion of this test. She has broken the women's pole vault world record a total of 28 times, 15 outdoors and 13 indoors. She holds the outdoor (5.06m), Olympic (5.05m) and World Championships (5.01m) pole vault world records.
Professional career
After reaching the top in his specialty and breaking the world record on several occasions, jumping more than 5 meters in 2005 and dominating the test without giving his rivals a chance, his progress stagnated. Isinbáyeva continued to win sufficiently, but she suffered a crisis of results. In that time she changed coaches to put herself under the orders of the man who led Sergei Bubka to success, Vasily Petrov. Isinbáyeva broke the world record again three times in 2008, leaving the world record at 5.05 meters at the Beijing Olympics.
More than a year later, on August 28, 2009, Isinbáyeva would once again surpass her record at the Zurich rally, setting the bar 5.06 meters above the ground. Her coach claimed that she could jump 5.15 or 5.20 meters. Isinbayeva was eliminated at the World Cup in Berlin when she started the competition at 4.75, the height at which she broke the bar. She then opted to pass at 4.80 and made two nulls, for which she fell and caused the first big upset of the competition.
The last record he achieved was on February 23, 2012 in Stockholm when he set a new indoor record with a jump of 5.01 meters.
At the 2012 London Olympics, she had to settle for the bronze medal with a mark of 4.70 meters, behind American Jennifer Suhr and Cuban Yarisley Silva.
On March 3, 2013, she handed over the indoor track record achieved in Stockholm to Jennifer Suhr, who surpasses her with a jump of 5.02 meters at the United States championships, held in Albuquerque.
On August 13, 2013, at the World Athletics Championships held in Moscow, Isinbáyeva withdrew from the competition after having won gold, achieving her best jump of the season with 4.89 meters.
Awards
The IAAF chose her as the best athlete of the year in 2004, 2005 and 2008.
In 2007 and 2009, she received the prestigious Laureus Award for the best female athlete of the year.
On September 2, 2009, he was awarded the Prince of Asturias Award for Sports.
Results
| Year | Competition | Place | Post | Brand brand |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Indoor World Championship | Lisbon | 7a | 4,25m |
| 2002 | European Championship | Munich | 2nd | 4,55m |
| 2003 | Indoor World Championship | Birmingham | 2nd | 4,60m |
| 2003 | World Championship | Paris | 3a | 4,65m |
| 2004 | Indoor World Championship | Budapest | 1. a | 4,86m |
| 2004 | Olympic Games | Athens | 1. a | 4,91m |
| 2005 | Indoor European Championship | Madrid | 1. a | 4,90m |
| 2005 | World Championship | Helsinki | 1. a | 5,01m |
| 2006 | Indoor World Championship | Moscow | 1. a | 4,80m |
| 2006 | European Championship | Gothenburg | 1. a | 4,80m |
| 2006 | World Cup | Athens | 1. a | 4,60m |
| 2007 | World Championship | Osaka | 1. a | 4,80m |
| 2008 | Indoor World Championship | Valencia | 1. a | 4.75m |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing | 1. a | 5,05m |
| 2009 | World Championship | Berlin | DNF | XXX |
| 2012 | Indoor World Championship | Istanbul | 1. a | 4,80m |
| 2012 | Olympic Games | London | 3a | 4,70m |
| 2013 | World Championship | Moscow | 1. a | 4,89m |
World Records
Outdoors
- 4,82m (Gateshead, 14 July 2003)
- 4,87m (Gateshead, 27 June 2004)
- 4,89m (Birmingham, 25 July 2004)
- 4,90m (London, 30 July 2004)
- 4,91m (Athens, 24 August 2004)
- 4.92m (Brussels, 3 September 2004)
- 4,93m (Lausanne, 5 July 2005)
- 4,95m (Madrid, 16 July 2005)
- 4,96m (London, 22 July 2005)
- 5,00m (London, 22 July 2005)
- 5,01m (Helsinki, 12 August 2005)
- 5,03m (Rome, 11 July 2008)
- 5,04m (Monaco, 29 July 2008)
- 5,05m (Pekín, 18 August 2008)
- 5,06m (Zurich, 28 August 2009)
Indoors
- 4.83m (Donetsk, 15 February 2004)
- 4.85m (Athens, 20 February 2004)
- 4.86m (Budapest, 6 March 2004)
- 4,87m (Donetsk, 12 February 2005)
- 4.88m (Birmingham, 18 February 2005)
- 4,89m (Liévin, 26 February 2005)
- 4,90m (Madrid, 6 March 2005)
- 4.91m (Donetsk, 12 February 2006)
- 4,93m (Donetsk, 10 February 2007)
- 4,95m (Donetsk, 16 February 2008)
- 4.97m (Donetsk, 15 February 2009)
- 5,00m (Donetsk, 15 February 2009)
- 5,01m (Stockholm, February 23, 2012)