Where is Svyetlana Fefanova, the second greatest vaulter in history, in all of this?
Uri --------------------- Quoting Roger Ruth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Yesterday, I wrote: > > "The 2005 season marked the completion of the first full decade of > women's pole vault marks above 4.30 meters. 0n 28 January 1996, Emma > George of Australia smashed this metric landmark with 4.41m at Perth. > A month earlier, she had become the first 14-foot female vaulter, with > 4.28m (14'1/2"), also at Perth." > > "I thought it would be interesting to check Mirko Jalava's world lists > <tilastopaja.net> to see how many vaulters, in total, have reached that > 4.30 mark in the decade and what countries they represented." > > "Next, I thought it would be interesting to see what vaulter has had > the most years with seasonal bests of 4.30 or above." > > Here's what I found. The data do not include indoor, "market square," > or beach competitions: > > Vaulters with most seasonal bests 4.30m and over. (Where tied, listed > by order of their first year at this height.) > Stacy Dragila USA 9 1997 > Anzhela Balakhonova UKR 8 1997 > Yelena Belyakova RUS 8 1998 > Nastja Ryshich GER 7 1998 > Tatiana Grigorieva RUS/AUS 7 1999 > Pavla Hamácková CZE 7 1999 > Kellie Suttle USA 7 1999 > > Emma George AUS 6 1996 > Alejandra Garcia ARG 6 1999 > Thórey Ellísdóttir ISL 6 2000 > Yelena Isinbayeva RUS 6 2000 > Tracy O'Hara USA 6 2000 > Monika Pyrek POL 6 2000 > Mary Sauer USA 6 2000 > Gao Shuying CHN 6 2000 > Tania Stefanova BUL 6 2000 > Other vaulters with seasonal bests of 4.30 or over: > > Alana Boyd AUS > Alana Boyd AUS > Rosanna Ditton AUS > Kim Howe AUS > Bridgid Isworth AUS > Kim Howe AUS > Wendy Young AUS > > Doris Auer AUT > Joana Costa BRA > Fabiana Murer BRA > Vera Chavdarova BUL > Dana Ellis CAN > Kelsie Hendry CAN > Stephanie McCann CAN > Carolina Maurer-Torres CHI > Yang Jing CHN > Wu Sha CHN > Cai Weiyan CHN > Zhao Yingying CHN > Anna Fitidou CYP > > Katerina Badurová CZE > Daniela Bártová CZE > > Marie Bagger Bohn DEN > > Naroa Agirre ESP > Dana Cervantes ESP > Mari Mar Sánchez ESP > > Caroline Ammel FRA > Vanessa Boslak FRA > Amandine Homo FRA > Agnes Livebardon FRA > Marie Poissonnier FRA > Julie Vigourt FRA > Janine Whitlock GBR > Christine Adams GER > Annika Becker GER > Yvonne Buschbaum GER > Carolin Hingst GER > Nicole Humbert GER > Julia Hütter GER > Floé Kühnert GER > Andrea Müller GER > Lisa Ryshich GER > Sabine Schulte GER > Anna Schultze GER > Silke Spiegelburg GER > Martina Strutz GER > Anna Wielgus GER > Afrodíti Skafída GRE > Ekateríni Stefanídi GRE > Yeoryía Tsiliggíri GRE > Katalin Donáth HUN > Krisztina Molnár HUN > Zsuzsanna Szabó HUN > Vala Flosadóttir ISL > Arianna Farfalletti-Casali ITA > Francesca Dolcini ITA > Takayo Kondo JPN > Mami Nakano JPN > Ikuko Nishikori JPN > Monique de Wilt NED > Sandra Van de Geer NED > Jenni Dryburgh NZL > Melina Hamilton NZL > Róza Kasprzak POL > Anna Rogowska POL > Elmarie Gerryts RSA > > Natalya Belinskaya RUS > Svetlana Feofanova RUS > Anastasiya Ivanova RUS > Anastasiya Kiryanova RUS > Aleksandra Kiryashova RUS > Tatyana Polnova RUS > Teja Melink SLO > Nadine Rohr SUI > Kirsten Belin SWE > Hanna-Mia Persson SWE > Yuliya Kurkudym UKR > Nataliya Kushch UKR > Yevgeniya Savina UKR > Shayla Balentine USA > Erica Bartolina USA > Aimee Crabtree USA > Andrea Dutoit USA > Breanna Eveland USA > Shannon Gallagher USA > Becky Holliday USA > Lacy Janson USA > Connie Jerz USA > Chelsea Johnson USA > Lesa Kubishta USA > Amy Linnen USA > Ebbie Metzinger USA > Mel Mueller USA > Melissa Price USA > Jillian Schwartz USA > Kira Sims USA > Kate Soma USA > Jill Starkey USA > Monica Stearns USA > April Steiner USA > Lindsay Taylor USA > Alicia Warlick USA > Andrea Wildrick USA > Keisa Monterola VEN > > To save you the trouble of counting, I make it a total of 120 vaulters > at or above 4.30m to the end of 2005. Only five countries have six or > more on the list: United States (28), Germany (15), Russia (9), > Australia (8) and France (6). Grigorieva gets counted twice, for Russia > in 1999 and the other six times for Australia. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.