| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 17, 1997 |
| Sport | |
| Country | El Salvador |
| Sport | Pole Vault |
Andrea Michelle Velasco Barrera (born Jul 17, 1997) is a Salvadoran pole vaulter. She holds a personal best of 3.70m set at the 2019 NACAC U18 and U23 Championships in Athletics. She is a multiple gold medal winner in the pole vault at the Central American Championships in Athletics. [1]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Central American And Caribbean Junior Championships | San Salvador, El Salvador | 1st | Pole Vault | 3.00 m CR |
| 2012 | Central American U16 Championships | San Jose, Costa Rica | 1st | Pole Vault | 3.31 m |
| 2013 | Central American and Caribbean Athletics Championships | Morelia, Mexico | 5th | Pole Vault | 3.25 m |
| 2014 | US Area Youth Olympic Selection Trials | Miramar, FL, United States | 1st | Pole Vault | 3.50 m |
| 2014 | Central American Junior Championships | Managua, Nicaragua | 1st | Pole Vault | 3.20 m CR |
| 2014 | Central American Championships | Tegucigalpa, Honduras | 1st | Pole Vault | 3.31 m CR |
| 2014 | Central American U18 Championships | Morelia, Mexico | 2nd | Pole Vault | 3.20 m |
| 2014 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Veracruz, Mexico | 7th | Pole Vault | 3.30 m |
| 2015 | Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships | San Salvador, El Salvador | 1st | Pole Vault | 3.50 m |
| 2015 | Central American Championships | Managua, Nicaragua | 1st | Pole Vault | 3.35 m CR |
| 2015 | NACAC Championships | San José, Costa Rica | 5th | Pole Vault | 3.50 m |
| 2017 | Central American Championships | Tegucigalpa, Honduras | 1st | Pole Vault | 3.40 m |
| 2017 | Central American Games | Managua, Nicaragua | NP | Pole Vault | NH |
| 2018 | Central American Championships | Guatemala City, Guatemala | 1st | Pole Vault | 3.42 m |
| 2018 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Barranquilla, Colombia | 8th | Pole Vault | 3.45 m |
| 2019 | Central American Championships | Managua, Nicaragua | 1st | Pole Vault | 3.60 m |
| 2019 | NACAC U23 Championships | Queretaro, Mexico | 4th | Pole Vault | 3.70 m PB |
Yelena Gadzhievna Isinbayeva is a Russian former pole vaulter. She is a two-time Olympic gold medalist, a three-time World Champion, the current world record holder in the event, and is widely considered the greatest female pole-vaulter of all time. Isinbayeva was banned from the 2016 Rio Olympics after the appearance of an independent report about an extensive state-sponsored doping program in Russia, thus dashing her hopes of a grand retirement winning the Olympic gold medal. She retired from athletics in August 2016 after being elected to serve an 8-year term on the IOC's Athletes' Commission.
Svetlana Yevgenyevna Feofanova is a Russian pole vaulter.
Stacy Renée Dragila is an American former pole vaulter.
Silke Spiegelburg is a German pole vaulter. She is the younger sister of Richard Spiegelburg. She represented Germany at the Summer Olympics in 2004, 2008 and 2012, as well as having competed at the World Championships in Athletics. She is a European silver medallist in the event both indoors and outdoors.
Jennifer Lynn Suhr is an American pole vaulter. She has been an Olympic and World champion, has been ranked #1 in the World, has been the #1 American pole vaulter since 2006, and has won a total of 17 US National Championships. She holds the world indoor pole vault record at 5.03 m. She holds the American women's pole vault record indoors. In 2008, she won the U.S. Olympic trials, setting an American record of 4.92 m and won a silver medal in the Beijing Olympics. She won the gold medal at the London Olympics on August 6, 2012. Track & Field News named her American Female Athlete of the Year for 2008.
Yarisley Silva Rodríguez is a Cuban pole vaulter. She won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics – the first Latin American athlete to win an Olympic medal in that event.
Elizaveta Ryzih is a German pole vault athlete. Two times an Olympian, she was 6th in London and 10th in Rio Olympic games. She was described by one athletics commentator as a "tall, fast and athletic" pole vaulter, and she has seen good success in European Championships as well as being a constant presence in the world yearly rankings of pole vaulters, placing among the top 10 vaulters in recent years.
Andrea Giannini is a retired Italian pole vaulter.
Jiřina Ptáčníková is a Czech pole vaulter. She won the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki and the 2014 World Indoor Championships.
Tina Šutej is a Slovenian pole vaulter.
Jillian Schwartz is an American-born female former pole vaulter who competed internationally for Israel. She represented the United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics and competed at five consecutive World Championships in Athletics from 2003 to 2011. Her best placing in international competition was fourth at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships.
Holly Bethan Bradshaw is a British track and field athlete who specialises in the pole vault. She is the current British record holder in the event indoors and outdoors, with clearances of 4.87 metres and 4.81 metres. She won a bronze medal at the 2012 World Indoor Championships, a gold medal at the 2013 European Indoor Championships, a bronze medal at the 2018 European Championships, and a silver medal at the 2019 European Indoor Championships. She also won at the 2018 Athletics World Cup. Coached by Scott Simpson, she has been consistently ranked among the world's best and has been ranked in the world top ten on the Track and Field News merit rankings four times.
Erica Bartolina is an American pole vaulter. She set a personal best of 4.55 m by placing third at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon, which guaranteed her a qualifying place for the Olympics.
Andrea Pegoraro is a former Italian pole vaulter.
The men's pole vault event at the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Kaunas, Lithuania, at S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno stadionas on 17 and 19 July.
Armand "Mondo" Duplantis is an American-born Swedish pole vaulter and the current world record holder with a height of 6.18 metres. Duplantis won gold as a 15-year-old in the boys' pole vault at the 2015 World Youth Championships and holds a number of age group world bests. He won the gold medal at the 2018 European Championships with a height of 6.05 metres, and the silver medal at the 2019 World Championships.
Sandi Morris is an American pole vault record holder. She won the silver medal in the pole vault event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She also won silver at the pole vault event at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics. In 2018 she won gold at the World Indoor Championships. Morris has a personal best vault of 4.95 m indoor, set on March 12, 2016 in Portland, Oregon. She matched this height at the 2018 World Indoor Champships when setting a new championship record. July 23, 2016, Morris cleared 4.93 m at American Track League in Houston at Rice University breaking Jennifer Suhr's American outdoor record in the pole vault. Morris cleared 5.00 m at 2016 IAAF Diamond League Memorial Van Damme in Brussels on September 9, 2016 to set the U.S. women's outdoor pole vault record.
Eliza McCartney is a New Zealand track and field athlete who competes in the pole vault and won the bronze medal in this event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She is the current New Zealand and Oceania record holder at 4.94 m, and is the outdoor world junior record holder at 4.64 m. She also won the silver medal at the Summer Universiade in 2015. In 2018, she placed second at the Commonwealth Games.
Ninon Guillon-Romarin is a French pole vaulter. She competed in the women's pole vault at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics. She represented France in 2017 European Team Championships, where she was 3rd with a jump of 4.45m in Lille. At the 2017 European Athletics U23 Championships she finished in 5th place with a jump of 4.35m.
Andrea Müller is a German female former track and field athlete who competed in the pole vault. She was active during the early stages of the formal acceptance of women's pole vault into international programmes by the International Association of Athletics Federations. She briefly held the world record for the event, with a clearance of 4.18 m in August 1995. The former holder, Daniela Bártová, improved upon that the same month.
  | This biographical article relating to Salvadoran athletics is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
