Kelsie Hendry

Kelsie Hendry
Personal information
Nationality  Canada
Born 29 June 1982
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Pole vault
Club Riversdale Athletics (CAN)
Coached by Rick Petrucha
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) Pole vault: 4.55 m (2008)

Kelsie Hendry (born June 29, 1982 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian pole vaulter.[1] Hendry set a historic milestone as the first-ever female athlete from Saskatoon to represent Canada at the Olympics. She also shared her three-way triumph with teammate Carly Dockendorf, and England's Kate Dennison for the bronze medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India.[2]

Hendry achieved her first top-ten finish at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, where she was able to clear the height at 4.15 metres in women's pole vault. In 2008, she set both her personal best and a national record height of 4.55 metres at the Saskatchewan Provincial Championships in Prince Albert, and at the U.S.A. Track and Field High Performance Sprint and Power meet in Provo, Utah, which both guaranteed her a qualifying place for the Olympics.[3][4] She also won back-to-back national titles at the Canadian Track and Field Championships in Windsor, Ontario to secure her place for the national Olympic team.[5]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Hendry competed for the women's pole vault, where she had cleared her best possible height of 4.30 metres in the qualifying rounds, finishing only in eighteenth place.[6]

At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Hendry captured her first top-level success by winning the bronze medal in the women's pole vault, after she cleared the height of 4.25 metres in the final round.[2]

Hendry later emerged as a heavy favorite to qualify for her second Olympic games in London. She had already cleared an Olympic A-standard height of 4.50 metres, but finished with no result at the Canadian Track and Field Championships in Calgary, Alberta, after failing to reach a height of 4.20 metres in three attempts.[7]

Hendry received a bachelor's degree in education at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. She also trains for the Riverside Athletics Club, under her personal and head coach Rick Petrucha.

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Canada
2001 Pan American Junior Championships Santa Fe, Argentina 2nd 3.85 m
2002 NACAC U-25 Championships San Antonio, Texas, United States — NH
2003 Universiade Daegu, South Korea 10th 4.00 m
2004 NACAC U-23 Championships Sherbrooke, Canada — NH
2005 Jeux de la Francophonie Niamey, Niger 1st 4.15 m
2006 Commonwealth Games Melbourne, Australia 8th 4.15 m
2007 Universiade Bangkok, Thailand 4th 4.30 m
2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 18th (q) 4.30 m
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 16th (q) 4.40 m
2010 World Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 6th 4.50 m
Commonwealth Games Delhi, India 3rd 4.25 m
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea 24th (q) 4.25 m

References

  1. ↑ "Kelsie Hendry". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Pole vault tie boosts Canada's medal count on day 9". CBC Canada. 12 October 2010. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  3. ↑ Gains, Paul (5 June 2008). "Canadian pole vaulter continues quest for qualification". CBC Canada. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  4. ↑ "Canadian pole vaulter Beijing bound". CBC Canada. 20 July 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  5. ↑ "Saskatoon pole vaulter Kelsie Hendry qualifies for Beijing Olympics". Saskatoon Star Phoenix (Canada.com). 7 July 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  6. ↑ "Women's Pole Vault Qualification". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  7. ↑ Trembath, Sean (3 July 2012). "Kelsie Hendry's dream of return trip to Olympics ends". Saskatoon Star Phoenix (Canada.com). Retrieved 12 December 2012.

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