Elisabeth Pihela

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Elisabeth Pihela
Personal information
Nationality Estonia
Born (2004-03-15) 15 March 2004 (age 20)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event High Jump
Achievements and titles
Personal bestHigh jump: 1.92m (2023)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
European U20 Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Jerusalem High jump
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Tallinn High jump

Elisabeth Pihela (born 15 March 2004) is an Estonian track and field athlete who competes in the high jump. [1]

Career

At the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships, she won bronze with a new personal best clearance of 1.86m. At the same event in 2023, she won silver, jumping 1.88m to finish behind Angelina Topic. [2]

In June 2023, she set a new personal best clearing 1.92m in Pärnu. [3] That month she also cleared 1.91m at the Diamond League event in Lausanne. [4]

Pihela competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023. [5] The following week, she competed at the 2023 Diamond League event in Xiamen, China in September 2023, and finished fourth in the high jump. [6]

She competed in the high jump at the 2024 Paris Olympics. [7]

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References

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