(1982-02-05) February 5, 1982 (age 42) Fredonia, New York, U.S.
Height
6 ft 0 in (183 cm)[1]
Weight
145 lb (66 kg)[1]
Spouse
Rick Suhr
(m. 2010)
Sport
Country
United States
Sport
Track and field
Event
Pole vault
Retired
2022
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals
2008 Beijing, 2012 London
World finals
2008 Valencia,2016 Portland
National finals
2005–2016 USA
Highest world ranking
1st (2011)
Personal best(s)
outdoor: 4.92 m (16 ft 2 in) (2009) indoor: 5.03 m (16 ft 6 in) (2016, WR)
Medal record
Olympic Games
2012 London
Pole vault
2008 Beijing
Pole vault
World Championships
2013 Moscow
Pole vault
World Indoor Championships
2016 Portland
Pole vault
2008 Valencia
Pole vault
Pan American Games
2015 Toronto
Pole vault
Updated on June 24, 2022
Jennifer Lynn Suhr (née Stuczynski; born February 5, 1982) is an American former pole vaulter.[2] She has been an Olympic and World champion, has been ranked #1 in the World, has been the #1 American pole vaulter since 2006, and has won a total of 17 US National Championships (7 Indoor, 10 Outdoor). She holds the world indoor pole vault record at 5.03 m (16 ft 6 in). She holds the American women's pole vault record indoors. In 2008, she won the U.S. Olympic trials, setting an American record of 4.92 m (16 ft 2 in) and won a silver medal in the Beijing Olympics. She won the gold medal at the London Olympics on August 6, 2012.[3]Track & Field News named her American Female Athlete of the Year for 2008.
^ ab"Jennifer Suhr". teamusa.org. USOC. Archived from the original on October 25, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
^"Interview: Jenn Suhr" (PDF). Track & Field News. January 2019.
^Phillips, Luke (August 6, 2012) "Suhr eclipses Isinbayeva to win pole vault gold". AFP.
Jenn married her coach, Rick Suhr, in Rochester. Jenn began pole vaulting with coach Rick Suhr. In the 2005 USA Indoor Championships in Boston, Jenn Stuczynski...
American woman ever to clear 16 feet and has done so 8 different times. JennSuhr has jumped the 12 highest heights ever by an American women. She also...
propagandist Brendan Suhr, US basketball director Gus Suhr (1906–2004), US baseball player JennSuhr, (born 1982), US pole vaulter Rick Suhr, a pole-vaulting...
Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 3 March 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2024. "JennSuhr Sets Indoor Pole Vault World Record". FloTrack. 30 January 2016. Archived...
pole vault in France". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 20 November 2022. "JennSuhr Sets Indoor Pole Vault World Record". flotrack.org. 30 January 2016. Retrieved...
Results". flashresults.com. February 26, 2012. Retrieved February 26, 2012. "JennSuhr Sets Indoor Pole Vault World Record". flotrack.org. January 30, 2016....
2018). "The Rest of The Meet: Noah Lyles Runs 19.69, Ryan Crouser and JennSuhr Break Meet Records, and A New Steeple Star Arrives?". LetsRun.com. Archived...
Schemansky (1924–2016), gold, silver and bronze Olympic m in weightlifting JennSuhr (née Stuczynski), pole vaulter, won silver at 2008 Summer Olympics Stanisława...
best of 4.75 m in the women's pole vault final to place second behind JennSuhr and win the silver medal – an Olympic first in the pole vault by a Latin...
2013 Oldest medalist Björn Otto (GER) 35 years, 300 days 12 Aug 2013 JennSuhr (USA) 31 years, 189 days 13 Aug 2013 Oldest participant Jeff Hartwig (USA)...
Beitia Spain 1.96 m Kamila Lićwinko Poland 1.96 m Pole vault details JennSuhr United States 4.90 m CR Sandi Morris United States 4.85 m Katerina Stefanidi...
75 m 8 Alysha Newman Canada 4.65 m 7 Yarisley Silva Cuba 4.65 m 6 4 JennSuhr United States 4.65 m 5 5 Michaela Meijer Sweden 4.55 m 4 6 Holly Bradshaw...
at American Track League in Houston at Rice University breaking Jennifer Suhr's American outdoor record in the pole vault. Morris cleared 5.00 m (16 ft...
Archived from the original on August 21, 2014. Retrieved May 21, 2019. "JennSuhr '04 Sets World Indoor Pole Vault Record". Roberts Wesleyan University...
Indiana. Two American national records were set at the competition: JennSuhr cleared 4.86 m (15 ft 11+1⁄4 in) in the pole vault and Jillian Camarena-Williams...
Greco-Roman 74 kg beating Arsen Julfalakyan of Armenia in the final. Athletics JennSuhr of the United States won the gold medal in the women's pole vault with...
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