Yelena Isinbayeva
Yelena Isinbayeva in Doha ( 2010)
Yelena Isinbayeva Gadschijewna (Russian: Елена Гаджиевна Исинбаева, English transcription Yelena Isinbaeva, . Born June 3, 1982 in Volgograd, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian pole vaulter. It was 2004 and 2008 Olympic Champion, 2006 European Champion and 2005, 2007 and 2013 World Champion. Isinbayeva improved outdoor and indoor 30 times the world record, skipping the first woman to a height of five meters ( 22 July 2005). It is considered the most successful female pole-vaulter of all time.
Isinbayeva has a competition weight of 65 kg at a height of 1.74 m.
Career
1998
Jelena Issinbajewas first major international competition was the 1998 Junior World Championships in Annecy. There she jumped 3.90 meters and finished the race in ninth place.
1999
At the World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz in 1999 she won the gold medal and improved to 4.10 m.
2000
At the Junior World Championships in 2000 in Santiago, she was again junior world champion and increased to 4.20 m. In the same year the Pole Vault Women Olympic discipline.
2001
At the Junior European Championships 2001 in Grosseto, she won with a height of 4.40 m again the gold medal. In the same year she presented at the International Stadium Festival Berlin ( ISTAF ) with 4,46 m a new junior world record, which was improved in 2005 by the German Silke Spiegelburg by two centimeters.
2002
At the European Championships in Munich in 2002 it was 4.55 m second behind her compatriot Svetlana Feofanowa.
2003
In 2003, she rose again: With the U23 Hall 2003 European Championships in Bydgoszcz, she won with 4.65 m the gold medal. On 13 July 2003, she jumped at an athletics meeting in Gateshead with 4.82 m a new world record. Because of this power Isinbayeva was the top favorite for the 2003 World Championships in Paris, but she was only third, behind Feofanowa and the German Annika Becker.
2004
In Donetsk Isinbayeva set with 4.83 meters, setting a new world record, but Feofanowa grabbed her this record just a week later back away and jumped it an inch higher. At the World Indoor Championships in Budapest in 2004 to Isinbayeva recaptured the world record, jumping 4.86 meters. She won the title before the US -American Stacy Dragila, Feofanowa was third.
On June 27, 2004 Isinbayeva returned to Gateshead and improved her own world record outdoors on 4.87 m. Feofanowa then rose again and jumped a week later in Heraklion again an inch higher.
Feofanowas record not even held three weeks because on 25 July, Isinbayeva in Birmingham conquered the world record back and jumped 4.89 m. Five days later they increased in London the world record to 4.90 m.
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, the pole vault competition for women was an expected with voltage competition. The duel Isinbayeva - Feofanowa went into the deciding round. At the end of an exciting competition in which Isinbayeva would be excreted almost prematurely Feofanowa failed at the height of 4.90 m. Isinbayeva was thus determined as the winner. But she had not had enough and jumped 4.91 meters set a new world record. After the victory, said Isinbayeva, that the magic would be five meters reaches well soon; they have this level several times skipped in training.
Just ten days later, on 3 September at the Golden League meeting in Brussels, they raised the world record to 4.92 m.
2005
In 2005, Isinbayeva set her record hunt continues. On July 5, they increased in Lausanne her own world record by one centimeter to 4.93 meters. On July 16, they improved this in the Super Grand Prix meeting of the IAAF in Madrid to 4.95 m. 5.00 m, 4.70 m / 1; 4.80 m / 1; 4.96 m / 2, World Record: On July 22, she skipped in London as the first woman a height of five meters ( jump heights and number of attempts / 1 world record). On August 12, she asked again a world record: At the World Championships in Helsinki in 2005 she jumped 5.01 meters in the finals at the second attempt and was first in her career World Champion, before Monika Pyrek ( POL, 4.60 m ) and Pavla Hamáčková ( CZE, 4.50 m ).
2006
At the World Indoor Championships in Moscow in 2006, she won the gold medal, but with relatively "low" 4.80 m. Also gold with 4.80 m she won at the European Championships 2006 in Gothenburg. In a hall meeting in Donetsk she put with 4.91 m to a new indoor world record.
2007
On 10 February 2007, she presented at the Hall meeting also again in Donetsk with 4.93 meters, setting a new world record and improved their own record from the previous year. In April, she received the Laureus World Sports Award as the World Athlete of the Year. At the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, she was on 28 August 2007 for the second time after Helsinki 2005 World Champion in the pole vault. A new world record ( 5.02 m) they failed in three attempts. On September 16, she failed at the meeting in Berlin in three attempts at the height of 5.02 m. Subsequently, in September, she won the jackpot over $ 500,000 at the athletics meeting.
2008
On February 16, 2008 Isinbayeva has set a new indoor world record of 4.95 meters at the indoor meeting in Donetsk. On March 8, 2008, she was at the World Indoor Championships in Valencia in 2008 - with the Vanquished victories height of 4.75 m - for the fourth time World Indoor champion. At the Golden Gala in Rome she succeeded after almost three years an outdoor world record when she jumped 5.03 meters on July 11. On July 29, she presented at the meeting in Monaco with 5.04 m another new world record. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she was already after two successful tests over 4.70 m and 4.85 m Olympic champion, after which they improved the first Olympic record to 4.95 m and then the world record to 5.05 m, where the two record highs crossed only in each third attempt. Thus they reached - after 2004 in Athens - even in her second Olympic victory set a new world record. On 24 November, she was - named for the third time athlete of the year - along with the athletes of the year Usain Bolt.
2009
On February 15, 2009 Isinbayeva improved at the indoor meeting in Donetsk twice the indoor world record. She skipped 4.97 m, before they improved to 5.00 m. On May 27, she was awarded for the second time after 2007 Laureus World Sports Award as the World Athlete of the Year. On August 17, she was disqualified at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin without a valid height in the final. On August 28, she asked the IAAF Golden League meeting world-class Zurich on a new world record and jumped over 5.06 m. On September 2, 2009, she was awarded the Prince of Asturias prize in the sports category. On 4 September 2009, she won the Meeting Memorial Van Damme in Brussels also the last of the six meetings of the IAAF Golden League jackpot, and thus the amount of 333,333.33 U.S. dollars.
2010
At the World Indoor Championships 2010 in Doha Isinbayeva overcame their initial height of 4.60 m, but failed at 4.75 m and therefore only reached fourth place. After this but repeated failure, she decided on a year-long sabbatical.
2011
In February 2011, Isinbayeva made her comeback at the indoor meeting in Moscow, where she defeated 4,81 m and thus won.
In March 2011, she separated from her coach Vitaly Petrov and returned to her previous mentor Yevgeny Trofimov back that she trained since the age of 15 up to and including 2005.
During the summer 2011 season she participated in a few competitions events, but won on 29 July, the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Stockholm with a season best of 4.76 m. At the 2011 World Championships in Daegu she reached - with a height of 4.60 m vanquished - but only sixth place.
2012
On February 23, 2012 Isinbayeva set at the athletics meeting in Stockholm in the second trial the new world indoor record of 5.01 m. At the Olympic Summer Games 2012 in London, she won - with a height of 4.70 m Vanquished - the bronze medal.
2013
At the World Athletics Championships 2013 in Moscow, she was - with a subdued the first attempt, height of 4.89 m - on home turf for the third time world champion. A new world record ( 5.07 m) they failed in three attempts.
Personal
Her father, Gadzhi Gadschijewitsch Issinbajew, plumbers and is part of the small - to the ethnic group of Tabasarans that lives mostly in Dagestan - about 200,000 people strong. Her mother, Natalia Petrovna Isinbayeva is a Russian seller and performed incidentally working in a boiler room. Isinbayeva has a sister. According to the company Isinbayeva grew up in modest circumstances. So had to make many financial sacrifices for her and her sister her parents. Before she started the pole vault, she had sought a career as a gymnast.
Isinbayeva lived for a time in Monte Carlo, Monaco. In March 2011 she returned to her hometown of Volgograd, to - by its own account - to spend more time with her family and friends.
Awards
- " IAAF World Athlete of the Year" 2004, 2005, 2008
- "Track & Field Athlete of the Year" of the magazine Track & Field 2004, 2005
- European Athlete of the Year (PAP ) 2005
- European Athlete of the Year ( UEPS ) 2005, 2008
- "European Athlete of the Year Trophy" (EAA ) 2005, 2008
- World Sportswoman of the Year ( AIPS ) 2005, 2006
- Medal of Honor 2006
- Laureus World Sports Awards - World Sportswoman of the Year 2007, 2009
- Order of Merit for the Fatherland in 2009