Nick Hysong
Encyclopedia
Nick Hysong is an American
athlete competing in the men's pole vault
. Best known for winning the Olympic gold medal in 2000
with a personal best jump of 5.90 metres, he also won a bronze medal at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics
. Has excellent speed. He has run 10.27 for 100 meters.
In his final year at Arizona State University
in 1994, he won both the Pac 10 and the NCAA championships. He is now coaching pole vaulting team at Chaparral High School (Arizona) for the track and field team. Hysong is also running his own sports performance facility in phoenix (RISEN Performance - linked below). Last year under his private coaching Alex Bishop won the 5A1 Arizona State Championship with a vault of 5 meters, and Liz Portenova won the 5A2 State Championship with a vault of 3.70 meters.
United States
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athlete competing in the men's pole vault
Pole vault
Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...
. Best known for winning the Olympic gold medal in 2000
Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, 46 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 22 for women. There were a total number of 2134 participating athletes from 193 countries.-Men's events:...
with a personal best jump of 5.90 metres, he also won a bronze medal at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics
2001 World Championships in Athletics
The 8th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada between 3 August and 12 August and was the first time the event had visited North America...
. Has excellent speed. He has run 10.27 for 100 meters.
In his final year at Arizona State University
Arizona State University
Arizona State University is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the State of Arizona...
in 1994, he won both the Pac 10 and the NCAA championships. He is now coaching pole vaulting team at Chaparral High School (Arizona) for the track and field team. Hysong is also running his own sports performance facility in phoenix (RISEN Performance - linked below). Last year under his private coaching Alex Bishop won the 5A1 Arizona State Championship with a vault of 5 meters, and Liz Portenova won the 5A2 State Championship with a vault of 3.70 meters.
Achievements
| 1995 | World Indoor Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 5th | Men's Pole vault |
| 1999 | World Indoor Championships | Maebashi, Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... |
8th | Men's Pole vault |
| World Championships | Seville, Spain | 4th | Men's Pole vault | |
| IAAF Grand Prix Final IAAF Grand Prix Final The IAAF Grand Prix Final was an athletics competition featuring track and field events staged by the International Association of Athletics Federations... |
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4th | Men's Pole vault | |
| 2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 1st | Men's Pole vault |
| IAAF Grand Prix Final | Doha, Qatar | 2nd | Men's Pole vault | |
| 2001 | World Championships | Edmonton, Alberta | 3rd | Men's Pole vault |
| 2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 5th | Men's Pole vault |