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Yelena (Gadzhievna) Isinbayeva Елена Гаджиевна Исинбаева Russian pole vaulter Born June 3, 1982 (26 years old) Birthplace : Volgograd (Russia) The best female pole vaulter in history Loves reading philosophy and dolphins
Education nursery school pre-school the technical engineering High-School a special school called VUOR studied Physical Education Has a Bachelor's and Master's Degree after graduating from the Volgograd University’s Department of Kinesiology
Early Career Years artistic gymnast honoured with the Title of Master of Sport for Artistic Gymnastics (1997) started pole vault as she grew too tall (1.74 m) for gymnastics (nov.’97)
Stunning moments of her further career Jumped 4 metres only after training 6 months (at the age of 16) First senior championship medal (silver) in m First World Record - July 13th 2003 in England reaching the height of 4.82 m Her “secret” – murmurs unknown phrases while preparing for the take off
Fantastic! 7 - time world champion Double Olympic Champion : 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece (4.91 m) 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China (5.05m) Has broken the world record 24 times “She will compete until she has broken more than 35 world records”
Current world records 4.95 m indoors (February 16, 2008) 5.05 m outdoors (August 18, 2008) Wrapped herself into a blanket in the Olympics while waiting for her jump IAAF Golden League Jackpot Winner (2007) She won all 6 competitions “Step by step”- sets records always by 1 cm earning great money
Coaches Lisovoi Alexander Ivanovich and Marina Mixailovna (gymnastics) Evgenii Vasilievich Trofimov ( ) Vitalii Afanasievich Petrov ( ) who was S.Bubka’s (the historic pole vaulter) coach Unique book created by Bubka and Isinbajeva for (pole vault) training
Recognition Regarded as the only female pole vaulter with the “right” technique (i.e men’s) World Sportswoman of the Year in 2007 Female Athlete of the Year by the IAAF in 2004, 2005 and 2008 Women's European Athlete of the Year in 2005 and 2008
The first female pole vaulter to clear 5.00 meters since July 22, 2005 Has excellent body control and runs well One of the sexiest sportswomen Latin-Americans are making a film of her
Sources ahttp:// a 8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en- US:official&client=firefox-ahttp:// 8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en- US:official&client=firefox-a /index.htmlhttp:// /index.html Book “ Beijing 2008” by EOK, published 2008, Tallinn