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Michelle Freeman equals World leading mark - World Youth best for Stefanidi in Athens
Sunday 20 February 2005


Athens, Greece - An equal World leading mark by Jamaica’s Michelle Freeman, the Pole Vault World Youth best by 15-year-old Katerina Stefanidi and several world class performances were the highlights of the IAAF Permit Meeting “Athina 2005â€Â

Pole Vault 1. STEFANIDI EKATERINI GRE 4.37 World Youth Record, =NR;
2. FITIDOU ANNA CYP 4.32;
3. SAUER MARY USA 4.27;
4. ELLIS DANA CAN 4.10;
5. ZHAO YINGYING CHΝ 4.10;
6. SKAFIDA AFRODITI GRE 4.00;
7. KIRIAKOPOULOU NIKOLETA GRE 4.00;
8. ASTERIOU ANTIGONI GRE 3.80;
8. BALAKHONOVA ANZELA UKR 3.80

Wow she almost jumped her age... she turned 15 not even 3 weeks before!

http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/news/ ... 21/02/2005

Katerina Stefanidi...


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Going one better than her recent series of national records in the pole vault, Katerina Stefanidi, 15, yesterday set a new world youth indoor record with a 4.37-meter jump at an international meeting in the Greek capital, ‘Athens 2005.’ On her way to eclipsing the world’s previous best, a 4.31-meter performance held by German Monica Getz since May, 9, 1998, Stefanidi also broke two national records. In post-competition remarks, the confident young athlete said she was expecting the result. A few days earlier, competing at the 12th Indoor Balkan Games, Stefanidi had set national juniors’ and youth records at 4.25 meters.

http://www.hri.org/news/greek/eraen/200 ... eraen.html

Stefanidi Flies to the World Record
21 Feb 2005 14:41:00
By Ilias Papaioannou

As of yesterday, the Greek girls and junior womens records in pole vault are history. During the international "Athens 2005" meeting in Peania, Katerina Stefanidi, the 15-year-old champion from Filothei Sports Club, achieved the best pole vault performance worldwide in junior women with a jump at 4.37m. Meanwhile, she equaled the Greek womens record, which belonged to Georgia Tsiligiri since 23 February 2002. It is worth noting with this amazing jump, the youngest athlete of the meeting reached the limit for the European Indoors Championship in Madrid.

Translated by Vicky Ghionis

Haha worst bootleg ever of this jump
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PMcWgSp8VI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNcGztnU3LE