Nick Hysong

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Nick Hysong
Personal information
Born (1971-12-09) December 9, 1971 (age 53)
Winslow, Arizona, U.S.
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
SportAthletics
Event
Pole vault
Achievements and titles
Personal best5.90 m (2000)
Medal record
Men's athletics (track and field)
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Sydney Pole vault
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2001 Edmonton Pole vault

Nick E. Hysong (born December 9, 1971) is an American athlete competing in the men's pole vault. Best known for winning the Olympic gold medal in 2000 with a personal best jump of 5.90 metres, he also won a bronze medal at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics. Hyson is also a respectable sprinter, having run 100 m in 10.27 s.

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Biography

In his final year at Arizona State University in 1994, he won both the Pac-10 and the NCAA championships. He is now coaching pole vaulting team at Shadow Mountain High School for the track and field team. Hysong is also running his own sports performance facility in phoenix Arizona(RISEN Performance – linked below). In 2010 under his private coaching Alex Bishop won the 5A1 Arizona State Championship with a vault of 5 meters, and Liz Portenova won the 5A2 State Championship with a vault of 3.70 meters. In 2012 Hysong's RISEN Performance had two exceptional male vaulters: Grant Sisserson pole vaulted 16' and had a 3rd-place finish at The State Championships, and Cole Walsh pole vaulted 16' 5" to win the Arizona Meet of Champion's (Walsh finished 2nd at the State Champs with a vault of 16' 3").

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
1990 World Junior Championships Plovdiv, Bulgaria 6thPole vault 5.30 m
1995 World Indoor Championships Barcelona, Spain 5thPole vault 5.70 m
1999 World Indoor Championships Maebashi, Japan 8thPole vault 5.50 m
World Championships Seville, Spain 4thPole vault 5.70 m
IAAF Grand Prix Final Munich, Germany 4thPole vault5.70 m
2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 1stPole vault 5.90 m
IAAF Grand Prix Final Doha, Qatar 2ndPole vault5.60 m
2001 World Championships Edmonton, Alberta 3rdPole vault 5.85 m
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 5thPole vault 5.50 m


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