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| Irie
Hill Updated
5-Aug-2002 |
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| Name |
Irie
Heidi Alexa Hill
(Current) |
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| Sex |
Female |
| Born |
16/01/1969
(Schwabmuenchen, Germany) |
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| Height |
1.76m |
| Weight |
60kg |
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| Event |
Pole
Vault |
| Club |
Windsor
Slough Eton & Hounslow |
| Coach |
Warren
Hill |
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| Irie
first exceeded 4 metres in her first ever appearance for
Great Britain, at the GB vs France match, in Ashford, Kent
in 1999. At the time she was one of only two British
athletes to ever have cleared this height.
In 2000 Irie had a fantastic year improving her
personal best 8 times, and jumping over 4m in 11
competitions, resulting in her being the runner-up in the
Olympic Trials with a personal best of 4.20m. She then
chased the extra 10cm required for a place on the Olympic
team, unfortunately she severely strained her ligaments in
her right ankle during warm up for the final opportunity
to take the place in the team, and so her season came to a
premature end.
In 2001 Irie returned as strong as ever but motivation
had dropped with missing the place at Sydney, so her
results suffered to where she only just held on to second
place in the UK rankings above Lucy Webber. Irie had her
worse result indoors (5th) and was also third at the AAA's
for the first time.
Born in Germany, Irie moved to England in 1996 to be
coached by her husband. Irie spends most of her winters
"down under" in Melbourne, Australia. Irie is
currently 2nd on the UK All Time lists for the pole vault.
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Personal
Bests:
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Pole
Vault |
4.20m |
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6
Aug 2000 |
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1 |
Stoke |
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100 |
11.8 |
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4
Apr 2002 |
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3 |
Brisbane,
AUS |
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LJ |
5.50m |
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11
Aug 1983 |
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1 |
Kaufering,
GER (Age 14) |
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TJ |
11.29m |
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11
Oct 2002 |
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1 |
Melbourne,
AUS |
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HJ |
1.76 |
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11
Aug 1983 |
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1 |
Kaufering,
GER (Age 14) |
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Indoor: |
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PV |
4.10 |
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8
Aug 2000 |
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1 |
Cardiff |
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| Current
Form |
2002
has seen an awesome return to form for Irie, who has
cleared 4m or above no less than 14 times this season.
Irie passed on competing indoors in order to complete her
preparation for the outdoor season, and her faith was
justified when she came 2nd in the Commonwealth Games
trials and repeated the feat at the AAA's/European trials,
both with season best jumps at 4.15m.
Despite not being picked for the European championships, Irie went to
the Commonwealth Games in great spirits and showed her
fighting skills as she became the first British Woman ever
to win a medal in the pole vault at a major championships.
Irie
completed her season with 3 gold medals at the 2002 World
Masters Games in Pole Vault, Triple Jump and Long Jump.
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Internationals: 5
(1999-2002)
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Nationals:
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