Yelena Isinbayeva
Yelena Isinbayeva is a Russian pole vaulter and two-time Olympic champion who set multiple world records in the women’s pole vault.
2004 Summer Olympics: The Summer Olympic Games held in Athens, where Isinbayeva won the women’s pole vault. She won her first Olympic gold medal in Athens.
Pole vault: A track-and-field event in which athletes use a flexible pole to clear a crossbar. This is the event in which Isinbayeva competed.
Yevgeny Trofimov: A Russian athletics coach who trained Isinbayeva during much of her rise to prominence. He coached her through her first world records and Olympic title.
Women’s pole vault world record: The officially recognized highest clearance in the women’s pole vault. Isinbayeva repeatedly raised this record during her career.
2008 Summer Olympics: The Summer Olympic Games held in Beijing, where Isinbayeva defended her pole vault title. Her victory made her a two-time Olympic champion.
Pole vault technique: The sequence of approach, pole plant, takeoff, swing, turn, and clearance used in pole vaulting. Her results depended on coordinating each phase of the vault.
Vitaly Petrov: A Ukrainian athletics coach known for training elite pole vaulters, including Isinbayeva. He coached her during the peak years of her record-breaking career.
Women’s pole vault: The pole vault event contested by women in track and field. Her achievements helped define the event’s early global history.
2005 World Championships in Athletics: The world athletics championships held in Helsinki, where Isinbayeva won the women’s pole vault. She cleared five metres at a world championship for the first time.
Vaulting pole: A long, flexible pole used by athletes to propel themselves over a high crossbar. The pole stores and returns energy during her vaults.