Alyona Lutkovskaya
Russian pole vaulter
Alayna Lutkovskaya (Russian: Алена Лутковская; born 15 March 1996) is a Russian pole vaulter. She won gold medals at the 2014 World Junior Championships and at the 2013 European Junior Championships. Lutkovskaya also claimed the silver medal at the 2013 World Youth Championships.
In her senior debut at the 2014 European Championships, she finished seventh.
Career
In February 2014, Lutkovskaya broke the Russian junior indoor record when she jumped 4.50 m. The previous record was 4.47 m, set by Yelena Isinbayeva back in 2001. At the 2014 World Junior Championships, she jumped 4.50 m which equalled the World Junior Championships record set by Angelica Bengtsson in Barcelona in 2012. At the same time Lutkovskaya also equalled the Russian junior outdoor record set by Valeriya Volik in 2008.
In September 2014, European Athletics announced that their panel of experts had judged the Europeans who should be the nominees for the Golden Tracks awarded to the European male and female Rising Stars of the Year. Alayna Lutkovskaya was one of the nominees alongside the likes of Mariya Kuchina and Katarina Johnson-Thompson.
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