Yelena Gadzhievna Isinbayeva is a Russian former pole vaulter, born in 1982, who is widely considered the greatest female pole vaulter of all time after transitioning from gymnastics to the event. She won Olympic gold in 2004 and 2008 and bronze in 2012, won three outdoor world championships, in 2005, 2007 and 2013, and set 28 world records over her career, including the still standing outdoor world record of 5.06 metres set in Zurich in 2009, the first time a woman cleared five metres. She was named IAAF Female Athlete of the Year three times, in 2004, 2005 and 2008, and retired in 2016 after being barred from the Rio Olympics under Russia's state-sponsored doping ban.
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Career HighlightYelena Isinbayeva is widely considered the greatest female pole vaulter of all time and set the still-standing outdoor world record. 1 Classification
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Yelena Gadzhievna Isinbayeva (born 3 June 1982) is a Russian former pole vaulter.
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Yelena Gadzhievna Isinbayeva is a Russian former pole vaulter.
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She is twice an Olympic gold medalist, three-times a World Champion, the current world record holder in the event, and is widely considered the greatest female pole-vaulter of all time.
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Yelena Gadzhievna Isinbayeva (Russian: Елена Гаджиевна ИÑинбаева, IPA: [jɪˈlʲɛnÉ™ gÉˈdÊɨjɪvnÉ™ ɪsʲɪnˈbajɪvÉ™]; also spelled as Elena Isinbaeva; born 3 June 1982) is a Russian former pole vaulter.
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