// Workers AI · dad joke modeIs Vicky Parnov a high jumper? She's a vault above the rest.
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Vicky Parnov (born 24 October 1990 in Moscow, Soviet Union) is an Australian athlete who competes in pole vault.[1] She has strong athletic pedigree, being the niece of Tatiana Grigorieva, who won the silver medal for Australia in the women's pole vault at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and the granddaughter of Natalya Pechonkina, who won the bronze medal for the USSR in the women's 400m at the 1968 Summer Olympics. She is coached by her father Alex Parnov, himself a former world class pole vaulter. Her younger sister Liz also competes in Pole Vault and was the Australian national champion in 2010 before she turned 16.[full citation needed]
Vicky moved to Australia with her family in 1996, at the age of six, and was inspired to take up pole vaulting at the age of nine, after watching her aunt win a silver medal in the event at the Sydney Olympics.[2][full citation needed] Her first international experience came at the age of 14, when she represented Australia at the 2005 World Youth Championships in Marrakesh, placing fourth. At the following edition of the championships, the 2007 World Youths, held in Ostrava, she won gold in the pole vault with a jump of 4.35m.[3][full citation needed] She has also competed in two editions of the World Junior Championships, claiming the bronze medal in 2006, and represented Australia at open level during the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, and the 2007 World Championships in Osaka. When she competed in the women's pole vault at the 2007 World Championships, she became the youngest athlete to ever represent Australia at World Championship level, aged 16 years and 305 days.[4][full citation needed]
In 2007, she was selected Asics Junior Athlete of the Year.[5][full citation needed]
Her personal best of 4.40 metres, achieved in June 2007 at Saulheim, was the Australian under-20 record until it was tied by her sister in April 2010 then surpassed in February 2012.[6][full citation needed]
Achievements
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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Representing  Australia | ||||
| 2005 | World Youth Championships | Marrakesh, Morocco | 4th | 4.10m |
| 2006 | Commonwealth Games | Melbourne, Australia | 6th | 4.25m |
| World Junior Championships | Beijing, China | 3rd | 4.20 m | |
| 2007 | World Youth Championships | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 1st | 4.35m |
| World Championships | Osaka, Japan | Qualifying | 4.05m | |
| 2008 | World Junior Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 5th | 4.20 m |
See also
[edit]External links
[edit]- IAAF profile for Vicky Parnov
- Athletics Australia profile Archived 6 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine
Notes
[edit]- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 March 2008. Retrieved 16 March 2008.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ Parnov and Twell remain cautious despite enormous potential
- ↑ Parnov delivers family’s first gold
- ↑ Parnov set to create history in Osaka
- ↑ "Rawlinson achieves top honour".
- ↑ "Error 200 | World Athletics".
