Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou

Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou

NIkoleta Kyriakopoulou
Personal information
Born	(1986-03-21) 21 March 1986 Athens, Greece
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country	Greece
Sport	Athletics
Event	Pole vault
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	4.81 m (i) 4.83 m
Medal record World Championships 2015 Beijing Pole vault European Championships 2018 Berlin Pole vault 2012 Helsinki Pole vault European Indoor Championships 2019 Glasgow Pole vault European Team Championships 2015 Heraklion Pole Vault Mediterranean Games Pescara 2009 Pole Vault Tarragona 2018 Pole Vault

Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou (Greek: Νικολέτα Κυριακοπούλου, born 21 March 1986) is a Greek pole vaulter. She won the bronze medal at the World Championships in Beijing in 2015 jumping 4.80m. During the 2015 season, she set five Greek records (indoor and outdoor) raising the bar to 4,83 meters. The same year, she became the first Greek athlete to win the IAAF Diamond League.

Her first success in a major event was in 2012 when she won the bronze medal at the European Championships in Helsinki. One year earlier, in 2011, she finished 8th at the IAAF World Championships in Daegu. She also won the 2009 Mediterranean Games with a Games record of 4.50 meters.

Nikoleta did not compete in 2016 Rio Olympics due to injury.

In 2017 she became a mother of a baby girl and announced her return to competition for 2018. She won the silver medal at the 2018 European Championships.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing Greece
2004	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	6th	4.00 m
2005	European Junior Championships	Kaunas, Lithuania	7th	4.00 m
2007	Universiade	Bangkok, Thailand	13th (q)	3.90 m
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	27th (q)	4.15 m
2009	Mediterranean Games	Pescara, Italy	1st	4.50 m GR
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	19th (q)	4.40 m
2010	World Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	2nd (q)	4.45 m
	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	13th (q)	4.25 m
2011	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	9th	4.35 m
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	8th	4.65 m
2012	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	3rd	4.60 m
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	19th (q)	4.25 m
2013	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	10th (q)	4.36 m
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	13th (q)	4.45 m
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	12th	4.30 m
	European Championships	Zurich, Switzerland	7th	4.35 m
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	5th	4.50 m
	World Championships	Beijing, China	3rd	4.80 m
	2015 IAAF Diamond League		1st	details
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, United States	6th	4.60 m
	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	4th	4.55 m
2018	Mediterranean Games	Tarragona, Spain	3rd	4.31 m
	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	2nd	4.80 m
2019	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, UK	3rd	4.65 m
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	13th	4.50 m

Personal bests

Event	Record	Date	Venue
Pole vault outdoor	4.83 m	4 July 2015	Paris, France
Pole vault indoor	4.81 m	17 February 2016	Stockholm, Sweden

References

• Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou at World Athletics