Vanessa Vandy

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Vanessa Vandy
Athletics
EventPole vault
ClubVasa Idrottssällskap (FIN)
Coached byJohan Westö
Achievements and titles
Personal bestPole vault: 4.36 m (2009)

Vanessa Isabelle Vandy (born 14 May 1989) is a New Zealand-born

Kaunas, Lithuania.[2]

Film career

Vandy is currently working as a film director and cinematographer.[3] Her style lies in her ability to move people, to capture their attention and to evoke an emotion. Her first short film, Farewell, was selected as a finalist in One Screen 2017 Film Festival's Free The Bid - new female director category.[4]

Athletic career

Born in

Vaasa, Finland, where she began pole vaulting at age 13. She eventually became a member of, and trained full-time at Vasa Idrottssällskap, under her personal and head coach Johan Westö.[citation needed
]

In 2007, Vandy made her international debut at the European Junior Championships, where she achieved a seventh-place finish in the women's pole vault. She also set her personal best of 4.15 metres by winning the bronze medal at the Finnish Elite Series in Lahti, ahead of her teammate Minna Nikkanen, who flew over 4.05 metres.[5] Shortly after the series, she continued to beat Nikkanen at the Sweden-match in Gothenburg, and most importantly, at the Finnish Indoor Championships in Joensuu, where she claimed her first ever career title in the pole vault.[6][7]

The following year, Vandy reached her breakthrough season by vaulting her personal best of 4.31 metres at an athletics meet in

Sopot, Poland.[6] She also finished sixth at the 2008 IAAF World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz, and won her second career title at the national outdoor championships in Tampere
, which gave her a qualifying berth for the Olympics.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Vandy successfully cleared a height of 4.00 metres in the women's pole vault, an event which was later dominated by world-record holder Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia. Vandy, however, failed to advance into the final, as she placed thirty-second overall in the qualifying rounds, tying her position with Tunisia's Leila Ben Youssef.[8]

In 2009, Vandy extended her personal best of 4.36 metres by finishing second at the Elite World Championships in

Kaunas, Lithuania, with a satisfying height of 4.35 metres.[2][9]

In early 2011, Vandy announced her retirement from pole vault to focus on and pursue her career in filmmaking, having suffered knee problems for the past few years.[10]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Vanessa Vandy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  2. ^
    European Athletics
    . Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  3. ^ "About — Vanessa Vandy". www.vanessavandy.com. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Home". onescreen.org.
  5. IAAF
    . Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  6. ^
    IAAF
    . 1 July 2008. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  7. IAAF
    . Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  8. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original
    on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  9. IAAF
    . Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  10. ^ "Seiväshyppääjä Vanessa Vandy lopetti uransa ja keskittyy musiikkiin" [Pole vaulter Vanessa Vandy ended his career and focus on filmmaking] (in Finnish). HS Finland. 21 February 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2012.

External links

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