Anna Rogowska

Anna Rogowska (born 21 May 1981) is a retired Polish athlete who specialised in the pole vault. She became the World Champion in 2009 in Berlin.

Anna Rogowska

Anna Rogowska in 2005
Personal information
Nationality	Poland
Born	21 May 1981 Gdynia, Poland
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 ^1⁄2 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb) (2012)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Pole vault
Club	SKLA Sopot
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Poland Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 0 1 World Championships 1 2 1 World Indoor Championships 0 1 1 European Indoor Championships 1 2 1 European U23 Championships 0 0 1 World Athletics Final 0 0 1 Total 2 5 6 Olympic Games 2004 Athens Pole vault World Championships 2009 Berlin Pole vault World Indoor Championships 2006 Moscow Pole vault 2010 Doha Pole vault European Indoor Championships 2011 Paris Pole vault 2005 Madrid Pole vault 2013 Gothenburg Pole vault 2007 Birmingham Pole vault European Team Championships 2011 Stockholm Pole vault 2013 Gateshead Pole vault

Career

Born in Gdynia, she won the bronze medal at the 2004 Olympics, narrowly beating Monika Pyrek, another Polish pole vaulter born in Gdynia. Early 2005 brought success as she won the silver medal in the European Indoor Championships. On July 22, 2005 in London, she achieved a personal best with 4.80 m, which was also the Polish record. Minutes later she saw Yelena Isinbayeva become the first woman to clear 5.00 m.

Rogowska was among the contenders for a medal in the 2005 World Championships. She finished sixth, however, jumping only 4.35 m under challenging weather conditions.

On August 26, 2005 she achieved another personal best with 4.83 m (new Polish record). This was on the Memorial van Damme. She also holds the Polish indoor record of 4.85 m, set on 6 March 2011.[1]

She announced her retirement from the sport on 27 February 2015.[2]

For her sport achievements, she received:
Golden Cross of Merit in 2004.
Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (5th Class) in 2009.

Competition record

Rogowska (right) after winning the gold at the 2009 World Championships.

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Poland
2002	European Indoor Championships	Vienna, Austria	12th (q)	4.20 m
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	7th	4.30 m
2003	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	6th	4.35 m
	European U23 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	3rd	4.35 m
	World Championships	Paris, France	7th	4.45 m
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	7th	4.40 m
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	3rd	4.70 m
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	3rd	4.60 m
2005	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	2nd	4.75 m
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	6th	4.35 m
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	7th	4.35 m
2006	World Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	2nd	4.75 m
2007	European Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	3rd	4.66 m
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	8th	4.60 m
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	6th	4.55 m
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	10th	4.45 m
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	1st	4.75 m
2010	World Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	3rd	4.70 m
2011	European Indoor Championship	Paris, France	1st	4.85 m NR
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	10th	4.55 m
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	—	NM
2013	European Indoor Championship	Gothenburg, Sweden	2nd	4.67 m
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	–	NM
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	5th	4.65 m

• NM = No Mark
• At the 2012 London Olympic Games, Rogowska reached the final by clearing 4.55m, but in the final she failed to register a mark, fouling three times at her opening height of 4.45 m.

References

1. http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=i/age=n/season=2011/sex=W/all=n/legal=A/disc=PV/detail.html
2. "Anna Rogowska zakończyła karierę" (in Polish). PZLA. 2015-02-27. Retrieved 2015-02-28.

• Anna Rogowska at World Athletics

External links

• Official webpage (in Polish)