Liz Parnov

Elizabeth Parnov
Personal information
Nationality Russian-Australian
Born (1994-05-09) 9 May 1994
Moscow, Russia
Residence Perth, Australia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Weight 57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Sport Track and field
Event(s) Pole vault
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Australia
World Junior Championships
2012 Barcelona Pole vault
Summer Youth Olympics
2010 Singapore Pole vault
World Youth Championships
2011 Lille Pole vault
Oceania Youth Championships
2010 Sydney Pole vault
2011 Sydney Pole vault
Updated on 18 April 2013.

Elizabeth "Liz" Parnov (born 9 May 1994) is an Australian athlete who competes in pole vault. She was the Australian National Champion in the event in 2010, jumping 4.40m weeks before she turned 16 years old.[1][2] She has strong athletic pedigree, being the niece of Tatiana Grigorieva, who won the silver medal for Australia in the women's pole vault at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and the granddaughter of Natalya Pechonkina, who won the bronze medal for the USSR in the women's 400m at the 1968 Summer Olympics. She is coached by her father Alex Parnov, himself a former world class pole vaulter. Her older sister Vicky also competes in Pole Vault and is the 2012 Australian national champion.

Elizabeth moved to Australia with her family in 1996, at the age of two.

At the first Youth Olympic Games she was selected to be the Australian flag bearer.[1] She came home with a silver medal. She also won a silver medal at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics, held in Lille.

Her personal best of 4.50 metres, achieved February 17, 2012 at Perth, is the Australian under-20 record, surpassing the record of her sister that she had tied in winning the Australian National Championship in 2010. While she was still age 17 at the time of the jump, which surpassed the World Youth Record, she was not eligible for the record because she turns 18 in 2012.

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Australia
2010 Oceania Youth Championships Sydney, Australia 1st Pole vault 3.95m
Youth Olympic Games Singapore 2nd Pole vault 4.25m
2011 Oceania Youth Championships Sydney, Australia 2nd Pole vault 3.85 m
World Youth Championships in Athletics Lille, France 2nd Pole vault 4.20m

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Australian Championships - Women - 2009-10". Athletics.com.au. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
  2. ↑ Chadwick, Justin (2010-04-29). "Sky's the limit for baby Parnov". Perth Now. Retrieved 2012-08-15.


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