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Born in the northern Caucasus city of Volgograd.
In her first big competition, the 1998 World Junior Championships in Annecy, France, Yelena jumped 4.00 m. but this left her 10 cm. away from the medal placings.
In 1999, Yelena improved on this at the World Youth Games when she cleared 4.10 m. to take her first gold medal.
The following year at the World Junior's she again took first place clearing 4.20 m. ahead of German Annika Becker . The same year the women's pole vault made its debut as an Olympic event in Sydney, Australia where Stacy Dragila of United States took gold.
20012001 is a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall ap saw another gold medal, this time at the European Junior Championships with a winning height of 4.40 m.She continued to improve in this relatively new event and 20022002 is a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). 2002 was the first palindromic year since 1991 and the last until 2112. 2002 was also designated: International Year of Ecotourism and Mountains National Science Year in the United Kingdom saw her clear 4.55 m. at the European Championships finishing 5 cm's. short of compatriot Svetlana FeofanovaSvetlana Feofanova (born 16 July 1980) is a Russian pole vaulter. She won the silver medal in women's pole vaulting at the 2004 Summer Olympics behind compatriot Yelena Isinbayeva. Feofanova, Svetlana.'s gold medal winning jump.
20032003 is a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar), and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Summary Perhaps the defining global event of the year 2003 was the Invasion of Iraq launched by the U was another year of progression and saw Yelena win the European Under 23 Championships gold with 4.65 m. She went onto break the world recordA world record is the best performance in a certain discipline, usually a sports event. In the United States the form world's record was formerly more common. In a number of sports, such as athletics or swimming world records are set in a number of events clearing 4.82 m. on July 13July 13th is the 194th day (195th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 171 days remaining. Events 1500-1799 1558 Battle of Gravelines: In France, Spanish forces led by Count Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul at a meeting in GatesheadGateshead is a town in Tyne and Wear in north-east England on the south side of the River Tyne opposite Newcastle upon Tyne. It is the main settlement in the metropolitan borough of Gateshead. The town is the location of the Metro Centre, which on complet, EnglandEngland is the largest, the most populous, and the most densely populated of the four " Home Nations" which make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK). Occupying the south-eastern portion of the island of Great Britain, England which had made her the favourite to take gold at the World Indoor Championships the following month, but lack of technique saw her only win bronze with Feofanova taking gold and Becker, this time, pipping her for the silver. 2004 saw the women's pole vault really start to mature as an event and during a meeting at Donetsk, Ukraine, Yelena set a new indoor worlds best, with a height of 4.83 m. only to see Feofanova increase this by a single centimetre the following week. The following month at the World's Indoor in March Yelena broke this with a gold medal winning jump of 4.86 m. beating reigning indoor & outdoor champion Feofanova into bronze with reigning Olympic champion Dragila taking silver. June 27 saw her return to Gateshead and once again the world record mark was improved to 4.87 m. Feofanova bounced back the following week to again break the record by a centimetre in Heraklion Greece.On July 25 in Birmingham, England, Yelena reclaimed the record jumping 4.89 m. and five days later in Crystal Palace, London, added a further centimetre to the record.
The pole vault was one of the most eagerly awaited events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and although the competition did not reach the heights that were anticipated the rivalry between Yelena and Feofanova brought the event alive. With all of the other events finished the whole crowd were focused on the pole vault.
When Feofanova failed at 4.90 m the gold medal was Yelena's and she then rubbed salt into her compatriots wound by attempting and clearing a new world record height of 4.91 m.