Yelena Isinbayeva is a Russian female Olympic pole-vaulter, born in Volgograd in 1982.
She has turned out for CSKA Moscow. Her honours include Medal for services in conducting the population census, Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year, Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class without swords and Order of Honour. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, the 2008 Summer Olympics, the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Yelena Isinbayeva is widely regarded as one of the defining figures of athletics in her era, and remains the benchmark against which later competitors are measured.
The public record credits Yelena Isinbayeva with 4 Olympic Games and 4 recorded honours. Athletics is the oldest measured sport there is, and its records are the closest thing sport has to objective truth.
Achievements
- Medal for services in conducting the population census
- Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year
- Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class without swords
- Order of Honour
- Competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics
