Katie Byres

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Byres at a competition in France in 2012

Katie Byres (born 11 September 1993) is a British former track and field athlete who competed in the pole vault. She holds a personal best of 4.52 m (14 ft 9+3⁄4 in) for the event, set in Nevers, France on 18 February 2012.[1] Her highest national ranking during her career was third in 2012.[2] She also ranked 16th in the world in the 2012 indoor season.[3] She broke the British under-20 records for pole vault, indoors and outdoors.[4]

Born in Chesterfield,[5] Byres is a member of . She became interested in pole vaulting after watching the 2004 Olympic pole vault final on television. She began travelling to Sportcity in Manchester to train for the event.[6] She was coached until 2013 by Julien Raffalli-Ebezant, who also coached national record breaker Holly Bradshaw. After then, she began training with Kate Rooney – herself a former pole vaulter. In 2008 Byres won the and placed fifth at the 2009 British Athletics Championships the following year, still aged 15. She later managed runner-up performances at the 2012 British Indoor Athletics Championships, 2013 British Indoor Athletics Championships and 2014 British Athletics Championships.[2]

In international age category competitions she placed tenth at the 2009 European Youth Olympic Festival,[2] won the B-final of the pole vault at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics,[7] and came ninth at the 2013 European Athletics U23 Championships.[8]

She was also a participant at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics, 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships, and 2014 Commonwealth Games, but failed to record a valid height at any of the competitions.[9][10][11]

She retired from competitive pole vaulting after January 2015.[2] Following her pole vault career, Byres attended Nottingham Trent University, completing a degree in Events Management, and worked for Young Enterprise.[12]

International competitions[]

Representing the  United Kingdom
Year Competition Venue Position Event Result Notes
2009 European Youth Olympic Festival Tampere, Finland 10th Pole vault 3.40 m
2010 Youth Olympics Bishan, Singapore 1st (B final) Pole vault 4.00 m
2012 World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey — Pole vault NM
World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain — Pole vault NM
2013 European U23 Championships Tampere, Finland 9th Pole vault 4.15 m
2014 Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom — Pole vault NM

Seasonal bests[]

References[]

  1. ^ Katie Byres. World Athletics. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  2. ^ a b c d Katie Byres. Power of 10. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  3. ^ Senior indoor 2012 Pole Vault women. World Athletics. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  4. ^ Papps captures sprint double in Bedford, national junior record for Byres - UK World Junior Trials report - Barcelona 2012. World Athletics (2012-06-18). Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  5. ^ Katie Byres. 2014 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  6. ^ How aiming high paid off for sports star Katie Byres. Manchester Evening News (2010-10-14). Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  7. ^ Women's Pole Vault 1st Youth Olympic Games (athletics). World Athletics. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  8. ^ European Athletics U23 Championships - Tampere (FIN) - 10 - 14 July 2013 - Results - Day 4 (PDF), European Athletics, archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-07-17, retrieved 6 April 2015
  9. ^ 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships Women's pole vault Official results. World Athletics. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  10. ^ "Pole Vault Women - 14th IAAF World Junior Championships". Archived from the original on 21 March 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  11. ^ Katie Byres. Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  12. ^ Katie Byres. Linkedin. Retrieved 2021-01-18.

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