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Athlete Name: Yelena Isinbayeva
Olympic Event: Women’s Pole Vault (World Record: 5.03m Yelena Isinbayeva)
Olympic team: Russia
Height/Weight: 5'9" / 146 lbs
Personal Best: 5.04 (Monaco)
2008 Beijing Olympics Expectation: Gold
About Yelena Isinbayeva: Isinbayeva has been dominant in this event since her gold medal in the 2004 Athens Olympics and is widely regarded as the best female pole vaulter in history. Since her victory, Isinbayeva has been setting and breaking her own world records with no serious threats to her title. Her record is formidable having set 23 world records and winning eight gold medals in a row since her triumph in Athens. She has also been twice voted the International Association of Athletics Federation’s Female Athlete of the Year. Outside of competitive pole vaulting, Isinbayeva is studying to become a Physical Educator and owns a unique collection of model dolphins.
(picture by Eckhard Pecher on commons.wikimedia.org)
Peak Performance Olympic Awards
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The 2008 Beijing Olympics closed out in predictably beautiful style. It’ll be a long time before we forget some of the fantastic performances produced in Beijing.
Yelena Isinbayeva - Women's Pole Vault
Written by matt.renton on Thu, 2008-07-31 10:57 in Field Events Yelena Isinbayeva
Yelena Isinbayeva is the overwhelming favourite to achieve gold in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and her recent world-record-breaking jump of 5.04m has done nothing to
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