Elīna Ringa
First official female Latvian pole vaulter
Elīna Ringa is the first official female pole-vaulter in Latvia and also the first Latvian female national record holder in this event. She won the Latvian National Championship competition outdoors and indoors more than ten times.
Elina Ringa was born in Riga, the capital of Latvia, on 29 September, in 1980.
The first official record in Latvian athletics for female pole-vault was set by Elina at the Riga Championship in 1996, she vaulted at 2.60 m.
The national record was broken by Elina more than 15 times. Her last national record outdoor was 3.72 m, set in 2000 in Valmiera and indoor - 3,75 m, set in 2001 in Riga. Her all time personal best is 3,80 m, which she achieved in 2006.
She ended her professional athletic career in 2009 after serious ACL injury to her take-off leg, which required surgery.
Since summer 2021 Elina participates in masters athletics competitions. In 2022 she won bronze at World Masters Athletics championship in Tampere, Finland for W40 pole vault with result 2,70 m and in 2023 got 3rd place in European Masters Athletics championship in Pescara for W40 pole vault.
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