Ruth Beitia
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| Full name | Ruth Beitia Vila | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Spanish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 April 1979 Santander, Spain |
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| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Spain |
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | High jump | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Atletismo Piélagos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ruth Beitia (Spanish pronunciation: [rut ˈβeitja]; born 1 April 1979) is a Spanish high jumper.
Biography
In 1998 Beitia broke her first Spanish record, jumping 1.89 m. In the years following, she improved her cleared jump heights several times. Finally, on 4 August 2007, she achieved 2.02 m, which is the current Spanish record. She is the first, and thus far, only Spanish woman who has broken through the barrier of two meters, and was the 9th best global mark in 2003. Her early major international results were achieved indoors. In 2005, she won the silver medal at the 2005 European Indoor Championships, held in Madrid, where her jump of 1.99 m, was only beaten by Russian Anna Chicherova. In 2006 she won the bronze medal at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Moscow, where she jumped 1.98 m, and was only beaten by the Russian Olympic champion Yelena Slesarenko and Croatian Blanka Vlasic. She was a finalist at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, where she held 11th position. In the world championships at Helsinki 2005 she failed to reach the finals.
Ruth Beitia was a finalist in the 2002 European Athletics Championships in Munich, where she held 11th position. She participated in the 2004 Athens Olympics, but failed to reach the finals. She has been champion of Spain once outdoors (in 2003), and indoor champion four times (in 2002-03-04-05). She belongs to the Club Valencia Terra i Mar and her coach is Ramon Torralbo. She is 1.92 m tall, and weighs 71 kg. In 2004, she managed to jump the indoor 2.00 m, equaling her best outdoor jump. On 8 March 2009, she won the silver medal in the high jump, her third medal at the 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships held in Turin, with a mark of 1.99 m. She was bested by German Ariane Friedrich with a mark of 2.01 m. In the Berlin World Championships in 2009, she took 5th place, with a mark of 1.99 m.
In 2009, she signed[1] for Atletismo Pielagos.
Ruth Beitia won the gold medal at the European Championships, held in Helsinki in 2012 with a mark of 1.97 m. In the 2012 London Olympics she was fourth, after beating the 2.00 mark with a jump of 2.03 m. Ruth Beitia won the gold medal at the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships, held in Gothenburg, with a mark of 1.99 m.
Achievements
Personal Bests
| Type | Event | Best | Location | Date |
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| Outdoor | High Jump | 2.02 m | San Sebastián, Spain | 4 August 2007 |
| Indoor | High Jump | 2.01 m | Pireás, Greece | 24 February 2007 |
- All information taken from IAAF profile.
References
External links
- Ruth Beitia profile at IAAF
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Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons- Ruth Beitia Atletismo Pielagos
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| Preceded by | Women's High Jump Best Year Performance 2014 (tied with Mariya Kuchina and Anna Chicherova) |
Succeeded by Anna Chicherova |
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- IAAF ID different in Wikidata
- 1979 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Santander, Spain
- Cantabrian athletes
- Spanish female high jumpers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Spain
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- World Championships in Athletics athletes for Spain
- World Championships in Athletics medalists
