Nick Hysong

Nick Hysong (born December 12, 1971 in Winslow, Arizona) is an American athlete competing in the 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. Has excellent speed. He has run 10.27 for 100 meters.

In his final year at Arizona State University in 1994, he won both the Pac 10 and the NCAA championships.

[edit] Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Event
1995	IAAF World Indoor Championships	Barcelona, Spain	5th	Pole vault
1999	IAAF World Indoor Championships	Maebashi, Japan	8th	Pole vault
1999	IAAF World Championships	Seville, Spain	4th	Pole vault
1999	IAAF Grand Prix Final	Munchen, Germany	4th	Pole vault
2000	IAAF Grand Prix Final	Doha, Qatar	2nd	Pole vault
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	1st	Pole vault
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Alberta	3rd	Pole vault
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	5th	Pole vault

Olympic champions in men's pole vault
1896: Welles Hoyt \| 1900: Irving Baxter \| 1904: Charles Dvorak \| 1906: Fernand Gonder \| 1908: Edward Cook Alfred Gilbert \| 1912: Harry Babcock \| 1920: Frank Foss \| 1924: Lee Barnes \| 1928: Sabin Carr \| 1932: William Miller \| 1936: Earle Meadows \| 1948: Guinn Smith \| 1952: Bob Richards \| 1956: Bob Richards \| 1960: Don Bragg \| 1964: Fred Hansen \| 1968: Bob Seagren \| 1972: Wolfgang Nordwig \| 1976: Tadeusz Ślusarski \| 1980: Władysław Kozakiewicz \| 1984: Pierre Quinon \| 1988: Sergei Bubka \| 1992: Maksim Tarasov \| 1996: Jean Galfione \| 2000: Nick Hysong \| 2004: Tim Mack