Elizaveta Ryzih (born 27 September 1988 in

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) is a German

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athlete. Two times an Olympian, she was 6th in London and 10th in Rio Olympic games. She was described by one athletics commentator as a "tall, fast and athletic" pole vaulter, and she has seen good success in European Championships as well as being a constant presence in the world yearly rankings of pole vaulters, placing among the top 10 vaulters in recent years. She is the younger sister of fellow pole vaulter

Anastasija Reiberger Anastasija Reiberger, née Ryzhikh (born 19 September 1977 in Omsk) is a Russian-born German pole vaulter. She is the older sister of fellow pole vaulter Lisa Ryzih. Her greatest success was the gold medal in the 1999 World Indoor Championship ...

(Nastja Ryjikh). She is coached by her father Vladimir Ryzih.

Biography

She won at the

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and then set a personal best of 4.30 m for gold at the

2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics The 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics were held in Grosseto, Italy on 12–18 July. Results Men Women Medal table Participation According to an unofficial count through an unofficial result list, 1261 athletes from 168 count ...

at the age of 15. She attempted to be the first athlete to win consecutive titles at the 2005 World Youth Championships, but she managed only 4.05 m for fifth place. Ryzih was the favourite to retain her title at the

2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics The 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics is the 2006 version of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held from 15 August to 20 August at the Chaoyang Sports Centre in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China. ...

but failed to clear the opening height in the final after three attempts. Ryzih was fourth at the

2007 European Athletics Junior Championships The 19th European Athletics Junior Championships were held between 19 and 22 July 2007 at the FBK-Stadium in Hengelo, in the eastern Netherlands. Medal summary Men Women Medal table See also *2007 in athletics (track and field) ...

and also won gold at the 2009 European Under-23 Athletics Championships in the women's pole vault in

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. On 30 July 2010, she recorded a personal best of 4.65 m at the

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. This gained her the bronze medal, the first international medal of her senior career. She competed at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, finishing in joint 6th with a jump of 4.45 m. The following year, she finished in 8th at the

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, with a jump of 4.55 m. The following year, she missed out on a European level medal by countback, jumping the same height (4.60 m) as both the silver and bronze medalists at the 2014 European Championships. She reached the final, but finished last, at the 2015 World Championships. At the 2016 European Championships, she won a silver with a season's best jump of 4.70 m. Later, in August, she reached another Olympic final at

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. In Feb. 2017 Lisa Ryzih competed in German Indoor Championships in Leipzig where she got the first place with a jump of 4.65m, with the silver and bronze medals going to 4.40 and 4.30m, respectively. She participated in 2017 Belgrade European's Indoor Athletics meet in 4 March as a top contender and finished second place and getting silver medal with a jump of 4.75m, setting a new indoor personal best. The IAAF profile of Lisa Ryzih including her personal best records can be foun
here

German Championships

Lisa Ryzih has won 6 titles and some medals in German Athletics Championships (DM) in Pole Vault. For outdoor, these include: 1st place in 2017 (Erfurt) with jump of 4.70 m; 2nd place in 2016 (Kassel) with jump of 4.65 m; 1st place in 2015 (Nuremberg) with jump of 4.60 m; 1st place in 2014 (Ulm) with a jump of 4.50 m; 2nd place in 2012 with a jump of 4.65 m; 2nd place in 2010 with a jump of 4.60 m; 3rd place in 2009 with a jump of 4.40 m. For indoor, she was 1st place in 2017 (Leipzig) with a jump of 4.65 m. She also won the indoor title in 2015 in Karlsruhe with 4.55 m and won the 2011 title in Leipzig with a jump of 4.65 m. In 2018 indoor national championships, Lisa finished in second place with a jump of 4.46m. She is now preparing herself in a training camp in Spain for the European Championships in Berlin (2018) to be held in the Summer. She announced later that she is skipping the 2018 outdoor season including the European Championships for recovery.

2019

After healing her partial Achilles tear, Lisa returned to competition in the Karlsruhe meeting of the

2019 IAAF World Indoor Tour The 2019 IAAF World Indoor Tour was the fourth edition of the IAAF World Indoor Tour, the highest series of international track and field indoor meetings. It was designed to create an IAAF Diamond League-style circuit for indoor track and field e ...

by recording a jump of 4.63 m.

Competition record

¹No mark in the final
²Did not start in the final

References

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