Nadine Rohr (born 29 June 1977) is a

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er.

Personal life

She is a sister of fellow athlete Alain Rohr.

Career

She finished thirteenth at the

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, won the

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medal at the

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and the

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medal at the

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. She also competed at the 2002 European Championships, the

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and the 2005 World Championships without reaching the final. Domestically, Rohr became Swiss champion every year from 1999–2001, 2003–2005 as well as 2008. Indoors, she took the Swiss title in every year from 2002 through 2006. Overcoming the 4-metre mark in 2001 and improving to 4.21 in 2002, Rohr vaulted 4.30 metres in August 2003 in

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. It was not accepted as a Swiss record because the "contact surface for the crossbar was too large". Nonetheless, she finally achieved a legitimate 4.30 result in June 2004 in

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. This is what qualified her for the 2004 Olympic Games. 4.30 was also her season's best in 2005 and 2006 (indoors), which was also the first year the Swiss indoor record was brought up to 4.30. Following a more mediocre 2007 which was partially disrupted by a

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injury, Rohr cleared 4.40 metres in August 2008 in Fribourg. However, her clearance of 4.40 metres came too late to qualify for the

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. Nadine Rohr announced her retirement in late 2008, expecting a child in the summer of 2009.

Competition record

References

External link

TV segment on Nadine Rohr

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, 2005 1977 births Living people Swiss female pole vaulters Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Switzerland Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games silver medalists for Switzerland FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Switzerland Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade {{Switzerland-athletics-bio-stub