| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 February 2000 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Pole vault |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | Pole Vault: 4.62m (Xiamen, 2023) |
Niu Chunge (born 14 February 2000) is a Chinese pole vaulter. She has won Chinese national titles indoors and outdoors. [1]
She won the World U18 Championships in Nairobi in 2017 with a personal best clearance of 4.20 metres. [2] She competed at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in Tampere, placing sixth overall with a clearance of 4.25 metres. [3] [4]
She won the Chinese indoor title in Tianjin in February 2023. [5] She won the Chinese outdoor national title in Shenyang in June 2023. [6] She won silver at the 2023 Asian Championships in Bangkok with a clearance of 4.51 metres. [7] She competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, clearing 4.50 metres but not making the final. [8] [9] She won bronze at the delayed 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou in October 2023. [10]
She won silver at the Asian Indoor Championships in Tehran in February 2024 with a clearance of 4.41 metres. [11] She was selected for the 2024 Paris Olympics. [12]
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 revelations of an extensive state-sponsored doping programme 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.
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