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Stacy Dragila, United States
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| Destination: |
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Eric Risberg/AP
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2000 Sydney Olympics pole vaulting competition |
| Hometown/Traveling from: |
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Pocatello, Idaho |
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Personal: |
| Age: |
28
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| Height: |
5'7 1/2"
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Dragila no-heighted in her first outdoor start of the 1999 pole vaulting season, then went on an 11-meet winning streak, culminating in a World Record-tying height (15'1") at the World Outdoor Championships.
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| Accomplishments: |
| 1999 | World Outdoor Championships, 1st |
| 1999 | U.S. Outdoor Championships, 1st |
| 1999 | World Indoor Championships, 8th |
| 1999 | U.S. Indoor Championships |
| 1998 | Goodwill Games, no height |
| 1998 | U.S. Indoor Championships, 1st |
| 1998 | World Indoor Championships, 1st |
| 1998 | U.S. Outdoor Championships, 2nd |
| 1997 | U.S. Indoor Championships, 1st |
| 1997 | World Indoor Championships, 1st |
| 1997 | U.S. Outdoor Championships, 1st |
| 1996 | U.S. Indoor Championships, 1st |
| 1996 | U.S. Outdoor Championships, 1st |
| 1995 | U.S. Outdoor Championships, 2nd |
| They said it: |
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"When I was a junior in college, Dave (Nielson, Dragila's coach at Idaho State) had a bunch of us heptathletes pick up and stick and try to go over six feet. Then we'd bump it up a little. That was our first experience and I thought, 'Gosh, what are we doing this for?' I was recruited as a heptathlete, so I thought this was just dinking around. The Dave said, 'That was pretty good.' I'm like, 'Yeah, whatever.' It was scary for me, going upside down, and not knowing where I was."
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She finished the year as Track and Field News' No. 1 ranked pole vaulter in the world. Pole vault will be a new woemn's competition in Sydney.
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