Stacy Dragila

Stacy Dragila

Personal information
Nationality	American
Born	(1971-03-25) 25 March 1971 Auburn, United States
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Pole vault
Club	Nike, Beaverton
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Pole vault: 4.83 (2004)
Medal record Olympic Games Gold 2000 Sydney Pole vault World Championships Gold 1999 Seville Pole vault Gold 2001 Edmonton Pole vault World Indoor Championships Gold 1997 Paris Pole vault Silver 2004 Budapest Pole vault

Stacy Renée Mikaelsen (born 25 March 1971 in Auburn, California) is an American former pole vaulter.

Biography

She won the first gold medal in women's pole vaulting at the 2000 Summer Olympics coached by Dave Nielsen. Her accomplishments include being a two-time world champion (1999, 2001), the 1997 world indoor champion, a multi-time world record setter, and a 2-time Jesse Owens Award winner (2000, 2001). Her best mark in the pole vault is 4.83 metres, set in Ostrava in 2004.

Stacy Dragila resides in San Diego, California and is the founder of Altius Track Club.

She made the 2009 World Championships in Athletics her final major championship and she finished with a jump of 4.25 m, not progressing to the pole vault final.^[1] Dragila was one of the foremost athletes in the early years of women's pole vaulting, winning the gold medal at the first three major pole vaulting championships. Her best vault of 4.83 m set in 2004 was significantly higher than other female vaulters of her generation.^[2]

Dragila married American discus thrower Ian Waltz and welcomed daughter Allyx (an alternative spelling of the standard 'Alex') Josephine Waltz on June 21, 2010.^[3]

Achievements

International

National=

References

External links

• Stacy's official site
• Stacy Dragila profile at IAAF
• Her profile from USA Track & Field
• Stacy Dragila Pictures

Records
Preceded by Emma George	Women's pole vault world record holder August 21, 1999 – July 13, 2003	Succeeded by Yelena Isinbayeva
Awards
Preceded by Marion Jones	Women's Track & Field Athlete of the Year 2001	Succeeded by Paula Radcliffe