Ruth Beitia

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Ruth Beitia 2013 in Moscow

Full name Ruth Beitia Vila
nation SpainSpain Spain
birthday 1st April 1979 (age 41)
place of birth Santander,  Spain
size 191 cm
Weight 71 kg
Career
discipline high jump
Best performance 2.02 m Sport records icon NR.svg
society Torralbo's team
Trainer Ramon Torralbo
status resigned
Medal table
Olympic games 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
World championships 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
Indoor world championships 0 × gold 2 × silver 1 × bronze
European championships 3 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
European Indoor Championships 1 × gold 4 × silver 1 × bronze
Mediterranean Games 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
U23 European Championships 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings Olympic games
gold Rio de Janeiro 2016 1.97 m
IAAF logo World championships
bronze Moscow 2013 1.97 m
IAAF logo Indoor world championships
silver Doha 2010 1.98 m
silver Portland 2016 1.96 m
bronze Moscow 2006 1.98 m
bronze Sopot 2014 2.00 m
EAA logo European championships
gold Helsinki 2012 1.97 m
gold Zurich 2014 2.01 m
gold Amsterdam 2016 1.98 m
EAA logo European Indoor Championships
gold Gothenburg 2013 1.99 m
silver Madrid 2005 1.99 m
silver Turin 2009 1.99 m
silver Belgrade 2017 1.94 m
bronze Birmingham 2007 1.96 m
Mediterranean Games logo Mediterranean Games
gold Almería 2005 1.95 m
EAA logo U23 European Championships
gold Amsterdam 2001 1.87 m
last change: October 18, 2017
Ruth Beitia 2017

Ruth Beitia Vila (born April 1, 1979 in Santander ) is a former Spanish athlete who was one of the world's best high jumpers. She was European Champion in 2012, 2014 and 2016, and European Indoor Champion in 2013. At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, she won the gold medal at the age of 37, making her the oldest high jump Olympic champion in history.

Career

Ruth Beitia won silver at the 2010 World Indoor Championships in Doha.

Ruth Beitia started high jump at the age of ten , until 1996 she increased every year by at least five centimeters from 1.29 m in 1989 to 1.85 m in 1996. In 1998 she set her first Spanish record with 1.89 m , which she improved with eight record jumps to 2.02 m by 2007. In 1996 she took part in the Junior World Championships, but dropped out in the qualification. After finishing ninth at the 1997 European Junior Championships, she finished eighth at the 1998 Junior World Championships. In 2001 she reached her first place in the finals at the World Indoor Championships. In the 2001 outdoor season, she won the U23 European Championships with 1.87 m.

Since Ruth Beitia won the silver medal behind Russian Anna Tschitscherowa at the European Indoor Championships in Madrid in 2005 , she only missed a grand finale twice until 2012: at the Open Air World Championships in 2005 and 2011. However, she won the Mediterranean Games in Almería in 2005 with 1.95 m . Since 2006, Beitia has always been among the six best female jumpers at the indoor season's highlight and won six medals, while fourth place at the 2009 World Championships was her best place outdoors until she won the European Championship in Helsinki in 2012. At the Olympic Games in London shortly afterwards, she was fourth. In March 2013 she won the gold medal in the high jump at the European Indoor Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden . In 2014 in Zurich and 2016 in Amsterdam she defended her title as European champion. At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, she crowned her long career by winning a gold medal. She won with a height of 1.97 m in front of the Bulgarian Mirela Demirewa and the Croatian Blanka Vlašić . At the 2017 European Indoor Athletics Championships in Belgrade , Beitia won her fourth silver medal at the European Indoor Championships and only had to admit defeat to Airinė Palšytė from Lithuania . In the open-air season, it was difficult for her to achieve the qualification standard of 1.94 m for the 2017 World Championships . There she managed to qualify for the final, but she was eliminated after the second height and was twelfth.

On October 18, 2017, Beitia announced the end of her sporting career.

Beitia was Spanish outdoor champion in 2003 and from 2006 to 2011, indoors she won ten championship titles by 2012.

At a height of 1.91 m, her competition weight is 71 kg. Her sister Inmaculada Beitia was a triple jumper with a best distance of 13.43 m.

Honors

On the final day of the 2017 World Championships in London , she was awarded the Fair Play Award by the World Athletics Federation (IAAF) .

Placements

Olympic games

  • 2004 : Qualification 16th with 1.89 m
  • 2008 : Final 4th with 1.96 m
  • 2012 : Final 4th with 2.00 m
  • 2016 : Final 1st with 1.97 m

World championships

  • 2003 : Final 11th with 1.90 m
  • 2005 : Qualification 19th with 1.88 m
  • 2007 : Final 6th with 1.97 m
  • 2009 : Final 4th with 1.99 m
  • 2011 : Qualification 16th with 1.92 m
  • 2013 : Final 3rd with 1.97 m
  • 2015 : Final 5th with 1.99 m
  • 2017 : Final 12th with 1.88 m

European championships

  • 2002 : Final 11th with 1.85 m
  • 2006 : Final 9th ​​with 1.92 m
  • 2010 : Final 6th with 1.95 m
  • 2012 : Final 1st with 1.97 m
  • 2014 : Final 1st with 2.01 m
  • 2016 : Final 1st with 1.98 m

Indoor world championships

  • 2001 : Final 7th with 1.93 m
  • 2003 : Final 5th with 1.96 m
  • 2004 : Qualification 9th with 1.93 m
  • 2006 : Final 3rd with 1.98 m
  • 2008 : Final 4th with 1.99 m
  • 2010 : Final 2nd with 1.98 m
  • 2012 : Final 6th with 1.95 m
  • 2014 : Final 3rd with 2.00 m
  • 2016 : Final 2nd with 1.96 m

European Indoor Championships

  • 2005 : Final 2nd with 1.99 m
  • 2007 : Final 3rd with 1.97 m
  • 2009 : Final 2nd with 1.99 m
  • 2011 : Final 2nd with 1.96 m
  • 2013 : Final 1st with 1.99 m
  • 2015 : Final 5th with 1.94 m
  • 2017 : Final 2nd with 1.94 m

literature

Web links

Commons : Ruth Beitia  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. Ruth Beitia writes history , on: Leichtathletik.de, August 21, 2016
  2. Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 18, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.european-athletics.org
  3. Silke Bernhart: High jump Olympic champion Ruth Beitia ends her career , farewell, on: Leichtathletik.de, October 18, 2017, accessed October 19, 2017
  4. https://www.iaaf.org/news/iaaf-news/ruth-beitia-fair-play-award