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Top Six most Beautiful Women Pole Vaulters in the World
Women Fitness has carefully chosen the Top six most beautiful women Pole
Vaulters in the world. These are women par excellence in their chosen sports pole
vault. But they are like flying angels in the blue sky when they are performing
pole vault.
 Jennifer Suhr-
(USA ): Jennifer
"Jenn" Suhr was born on February 5, 1982. She is an American pole vaulter. She
is the current Olympic champion, has been the number-one ranked American pole
vaulter since 2006, and has won a total of 11 US National Championships. She
holds the American women's pole vault record both indoors and outdoors. In 2008
she won the U.S.
Olympic trials, setting an American record of 4.92 m (16 ft 2 in) and won a
silver medal in the Beijing Olympics. She won the gold medal at the London
Olympics 2012 on the 6th of August, 2012.Track & Field News named her American
Female Athlete of the Year for 2008.
Suhr was born to Mark and Sue Stuczynski, grocery store owners in Fredonia, New
York. She got involved in sports at a young age, playing softball at age 6. At
9, she competed in an adult golf league with her grandfather. At Fredonia High
School, she played softball, basketball, soccer, and track and field, and won
the New York State pentathlon title in 2000 as a senior.
Suhr attended Roberts Wesleyan College in Rochester, New York, where she
competed in basketball and track and field. She averaged 24.3 points and 6.7
rebounds a game for Roberts Wesleyan in 2003�04, taking her team to the NCCAA
national championship game. She graduated as the school�s all-time leading
scorer in basketball with 1,819 points.
On January 3, 2010, Jenn married her coach, Rick Suhr, in Rochester.
On February 27, 2011, Suhr won her tenth national title overall with a win at
the 2011 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships with another national record
clearance of 4.86 m (15 ft 11 in) for the indoor event.Her run of five
consecutive national outdoor titles was ended by Kylie Hutson at the USA Outdoor
Track and Field Championships, with Suhr finishing in second place with a 4.60 m
(15 ft 1 in) vault.
Suhr cleared 4.91 m (16 ft 1 in) - the highest vault of the year - in Rochester,
New York on July 26. She subsequently finished in fourth place at the world
championships in Daegu, South Korea with a leap of 4.70 m (15 ft 5 in).
Suhr also took Diamond League victories in London and Zurich during the season,
defeating 2011 world champion Fabiana Murer and three other former world
champions in the latter competition.
Track & Field News ranked Suhr the number one women's pole vaulter in the world
for 2011.
She opened 2012 with an American record clearance of 4.88 m at the Boston Indoor
Grand Prix, re-establishing herself as the second highest female vaulter of all-time.A
meet record of 4.65 m followed in the outdoor season at the Drake Relays in
April.
On June 24, Suhr won the Olympic Trials (and the United States Championships) to
qualify for her second Olympic games.
On August 6, 2012, Jenn Suhr won the gold medal in the women's pole vault at the
Olympic Games, defeating Cuba's Yarisley Silva on countback after both
competitors had cleared 4.75 m.
In 2006 Suhr signed a 4-year sponsorship with Adidas. In August 2007, Suhr was
signed as a brand spokesperson for Nutrilite, a brand of vitamin, mineral and
dietary
Awards and honors
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Track & Field News named Suhr the American Female Athlete of the Year
for 2008. No male vaulter has ever won the American honor and the only other
female winner was Stacy Dragila in 2001
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Dated 08 December 2012
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