Kristina Gadschiew (born 3 July 1984) is a German pole vaulter who has competed at the World Championship-level. She has also reached the podium at the Summer Universiade on two occasions – 2007 and 2009. She has a personal best vault of 4.66 m indoor. Gadschiew represents the sports club LAZ Zweibrücken.
Biography Born in Vassilyevka, Saratov Oblast, Soviet Union, she moved to Germany as a child (as the other pole vaulter Lisa Ryzih). She started competing in pole vault competitions as a teenager and was third in the German cup in athletics in 1999. She failed to build upon this early success and her athletics career stalled. A switch to train with Andrei Tivontchik gave impetus for greater performances and she re-emerged in 2005.Athletenportrait Kristina Gadschiew. Laz Zweibruecken. Retrieved on 2010-06-30. She cleared over four metres for the first time and improved her best to 4.35 m in 2006.Biography Gadschiew Kristina. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-06-30. She began studying chemistry and sports at the Kaiserslautern University of Technology. The 2007 Summer Universiade provided her with her first international competition and she took the silver medal with a personal best clearance of 4.40 m, finishing as runner-up by count-back behind Aleksandra Kiryashova. She became the German university champion in 2008 and was fourth at the German senior championships later that year.
A personal best vault of 4.50 m at the 2009 German Indoor Championships in Leipzig earned her a place on the German team for the 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships. She finished in fifth place behind her teammates, Silke Spiegelburg and Anna Battke, who both set personal bests.Golubchikova steps out of the shadows. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-06-30. A second-place finish at the German Outdoor Championships entitled her to her first World Championships appearance. She retained her university title and recorded 4.50 m for the bronze medal at the 2009 Summer Universiade.van Kuijen, Hans (2009-07-11). World Champion Heidler hammers 75.83m, as Games' records highlight World University Games - Day 4. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-06-30. A few weeks later she made her first appearance on the major European circuit, and set a new best of 4.58 m for third at the London Grand Prix, beaten only by Yelena Isinbayeva and Anna Rogowska.Aviva London Grand Prix Jul 24, 2009. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-06-30.
She scraped through the qualifiers of the 2009 World Championships, but did not perform as well in the pole vault final, taking three attempts to clear 4.40 m and finishing in tenth place.2009 World Championships Pole vault results . IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-06-30. She set a new indoor best of 4.60 m in February the following year and competed at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, reaching the final and finishing seventh overall. In late June she set an outdoor best of 4.60 m to win in Reims on the Alma Athlé Tour.Vazel, Pierre-Vazel (2010-07-01). 2000m Steeple World best falls again, this time to Mekhissi-Benabbad in Reims; Robles hurdles 13.09. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-01.
Personal bests EventBest (m)VenueDatePole vault (outdoor) 4.60 Reims, France 30 June 2010Pole vault (indoor) 4.66 Potsdam, Germany 18 February 2011 All information taken from IAAF profile.
Competition record 2007UniversiadeBangkok, Thailand2nd4.40 m2009European Indoor ChampionshipsTurin, Italy5th4.35 mUniversiadeBelgrade, Serbia3rd4.50 mWorld ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany10th4.40 m2010World Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar7th4.40 m2011European Indoor Championships Paris, France3rd4.65 mWorld ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea10th4.55 m2012World Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey12th4.30 m2013European Indoor ChampionshipGothenburg, Sweden7th4.37 mWorld ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia10th4.45 m
See also Germany all-time top lists - Pole vault
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