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Zsuzsa Olgyay- Szabo
-Hungary- PB 4.51m 
 
 


Sopac Homebush, 2007

(born May 6, 1973)
Zsuzsanna Olgyay-Szabo moved to Sydney late in 2006 and hopes to
make it home. 

Now to the year 1999 in review...
Leading Marks for Devers and Pedroso in Ghent

Ed Gordon in Ghent.
 
19 February 1999 - The year's leading female pole vaulter, Zsuzsa Szabo, defeated a strong field with a 4.30 jump.

Season's bests but no records in Lievin

Ed Gordon in Lievin for the IAAF

21 February 1999. Zsuzsa Szabo solidified her pre-eminence among the world's female pole vaulters, not only with her 4.45 win but also with an extremely close third attempt at a would-be world record of 4.56.

Women’s pole vault set to be a thriller

26 February 1999 –Monte Carlo –
-"Her immediate reaction after her record was surprise – and satisfaction that she had beaten the pre-event favourite Zsuzsa Szabo of Hungary, who had previously topped the world indoor list with 4.51. And then there is the amazing George"...-

Performance Development:
Year

Indoor

  Outdoor

1995

3.75m

1996 4.05m
1997 4.05m
1998 4.34m   4.32m
1999 (ER)4.51m  4.40m
2000 4.22m 4.20m
2001 4.20m
2002 4.36m
2003 4.33m
2004 4.20m
2005 4.23m  4.00m
2006 4.00m


Zsuzsa Szabo at training, Sydney 2000 Olympics


Sopac Homebush, 2007

To put it in the right context: 
...when Zsuzsanna did 4.51m in 1999, today's pole vaulters were doing: 

Nicole RIEGER-HUMBERT, Ger 4.56m
Stacy DRAGILA, Us 4.45m
Emma GEORGE, Aus 4.35m
Yvonne BUSCHBAUM, Ger 4.25m
Monika PYREK, Pol 4.21m
Tatiana GRIGORIEVA, Aus 4.20m
Yelena ISINBAYEVA, Rus 4.15m
Svetlana FEOFANOVA, Rus 4.10m
Women’s pole vault at Maebashi '99
With 24 confirmed entries, the women’s pole vault... and by the time the bar had been raised to 4.20m, 18 athletes had successfully cleared... pre-event favourites Nicole Rieger -Humbert, Zsuzsa Szabo, Melissa Mueller and Stacy Dragila.
Zsuzanna's best results (4.30)
4/02/1999 Budapest indoor 1. 4.51
21/02/1999 Liévin indoor 1. 4.45
25/02/1999 Stockholm indoor 2. 4.41
29/01/1999 Chemnitz indoor 2. 4.40
21/08/1999 Sevilla 4. 4.40
27/06/1999 Budapest 1. 4.36
12/07/2002 Budapest 1. 4.36
14/01/1999 Budapest indoor 1. 4.35
5/03/1999 Maebashi indoor 3= 4.35
30/06/2002 Veszprém 2. 4.35
20/02/1998 Budapest indoor 1. 4.34
14/02/1999 Birmingham indoor 2= 4.34
29/06/2003 Poznan 5. 4.33
8/08/2003 London 5. 4.33
8/09/1998 Warszawa 1. 4.32
15/02/1998 Budapest indoor 1. 4.30
6/03/1998 Berlin indoor 3. 4.30
8/08/1998 Veszprém 1. 4.30
22/01/1999 Zweibrücken indoor 3. 4.30
19/02/1999 Gent indoor 1. 4.30
17/05/2003 Saulheim 3. 4.30
13/06/2003 Dreux 1. 4.30
12/07/2003 Budapest 1. 4.30

Zsuzsanna Olgyay-Szabo's complete results