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Stacy Renée Mikaelson known as Stacy Renée Dragila (born 25 March 1971) is a former American pole vaulter. She is an Olympic gold medalist and a multiple-time world champion.
Stacy Dragila amassed a collection of firsts in an inspiring and storied career during the rise of women’s pole vault. The Auburn, California, native and Idaho State alumna garnered track and field successes in the U.S. and abroad.
An accomplished high school athlete who excelled at volleyball, sprinting, hurdles and long jump, Stacy Dragila (née Mikaelsen) eventually gravitated toward the heptathlon, and her promising results in the multi-event discipline saw her offered a scholarship by Idaho State University.
Mar 9, 2021 · Stacy Dragila wins the 1997 world indoor pole vault title (© Gladys Chai von der Laage) When she started junior college in 1992, though, she ran track and showed promise in the heptathlon, and was intrigued by the pole vault. But it was such a new event for women that encouragement was hard to find.
STACY DRAGILA is an athletic pioneer who literally crashed the glass ceiling of Olympic Athletics when she soared over 15’ in the air on a fiberglass pole and won the inaugural women’s pole vault at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Stacy Dragila was the first great American female pole vaulter and won the gold medal in the first women’s Olympic pole vault, at Sydney in 2000. She was also World Champion in 1999 and 2001, and World Indoor Champion in 1997, and was the first World and World Indoor Champion in the event.
Sep 24, 2000 · Stacy Dragila from the USA backed up her victory in the inaugural outdoor presentation of the women’s pole vault in Seville last year with an historic Olympic gold here this evening.
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DRAGILA. Country United States. Born 25 MAR 1971. 1 X. Olympic champion. 2 X. World champion. Show more honours.
Olympic Pioneer / Coach / Mentor. Motivational & Educational Speaker. Home of Stacy Dragila - Olympian, Role-Model, Mentor & Professional Speaker.
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