Vanessa Boslak (born 11 June 1982) is a French

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er. She was born in

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. Boslak represented her country in major international competitions such as the

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, World Indoor Championships,

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and

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. Boslak's personal outdoor best is 4.70 metres, achieved at the 2006 European Cup in

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on 28 June 2006 and in the pole vault final of the 2007 World Championships in

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on 28 August 2007. She achieved her personal indoor best of 4.70m in winning the silver medal on 11 March 2012 at the 2012 World Indoor Championships in

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International competition record

*Note: Only the position and height in the final are indicated, unless otherwise stated. (q) means the athlete did not qualify for the final, with the overall position and height in the qualification round indicated.

References

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Vanessa Boslak at Sports-Reference
1982 births Living people French female pole vaulters Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of France Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2005 Mediterranean Games People from Lesquin Sportspeople from Nord (French department) {{France-polevault-bio-stub