Lisa Ryzih

Lisa Ryzih
Ryzih at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics
Personal information
Full nameElizaveta Ryzih
Born (1988-09-27) 27 September 1988
Omsk, Soviet Union
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Country Germany
SportAthletics
Event
Pole vault
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Pole vault: 4.75 m indoor, 4.73 m outdoor
Medal record
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2016 AmsterdamPole vault
Bronze medal – third place2010 BarcelonaPole vault
European Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place2017 BelgradePole vault
Continental Cup
Silver medal – second place2010 SplitPole vault

Elizaveta Ryzih (born 27 September 1988 in Omsk, Soviet Union) is a German pole vault athlete. Two times an Olympian, she placed 6th in the London and 10th in Rio Olympic Games. She was described by one athletics commentator as a "tall, fast and athletic" pole vaulter. She saw success in European Championships, as well as being a constant presence in the world yearly rankings of pole vaulters, placing among the top 10 vaulters in recent years. She is the younger sister of fellow pole vaulter Anastasija Reiberger (Nastja Ryjikh). She is coached by her father Vladimir Ryzih.[1]

Biography

Junior career

Ryzih won at the 2003 World Youth Championships in Athletics and then set a personal best of 4.30 m for gold at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics at the age of 15. She attempted to be the first athlete to win consecutive titles at the 2005 World Youth Championships in Marrakesh, Morocco, but she managed only 4.05 m for fifth place.[2] Ryzih was the favourite to retain her title at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics, but failed to clear the opening height in the final after three attempts.[3]

Ryzih came fourth at the 2007 European Athletics Junior Championships and also won gold at the 2009 European Under-23 Athletics Championships in the women's pole vault in Kaunas, Lithuania. On 30 July 2010, she recorded a personal best of 4.65 m at the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona, Spain. This gained her the bronze medal, the first international medal of her senior career.

Senior Career

Ryzih competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England, finishing in joint 6th with a jump of 4.45 m.[4] The following year, she finished in 8th at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow, Russia, with a jump of 4.55 m.[5] The following year, she missed out on a European level medal by countback, jumping the same height (4.60 m) as both the silver and bronze medalists at the 2014 European Championships. She reached the final, but finished last, at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, China.[5]

At the 2016 European Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Ryzih won a silver with a season's best jump of 4.70 m.[6] Later, in August, she reached another Olympic final at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[5]

In February 2017, Ryzih competed in German Indoor Championships in Leipzig where she got the first place with a jump of 4.65m, with the silver and bronze medals going to 4.40 and 4.30m, respectively.[7] She participated in 2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships meet on 4 March in Belgrade, Serbia, as a top contender and finished second place and getting silver medal with a jump of 4.75m, setting a new indoor personal best.[8]

German Championships

Ryzih won 6 titles and some medals in German Athletics Championships (DM) in Pole Vault.

For outdoor, these include: 1st place in 2017 (Erfurt) with jump of 4.70 m; 2nd place in 2016 (Kassel) with jump of 4.65 m; 1st place in 2015 (Nuremberg) with jump of 4.60 m; 1st place in 2014 (Ulm) with a jump of 4.50 m; 2nd place in 2012 with a jump of 4.65 m; 2nd place in 2010 with a jump of 4.60 m; 3rd place in 2009 with a jump of 4.40 m.

For indoor, Ryzih was 1st place in 2017 (Leipzig) with a jump of 4.65 m.[9] She also won the indoor title in 2015 in Karlsruhe with 4.55 m[10] and won the 2011 title in Leipzig with a jump of 4.65 m.[11]

In 2018 indoor national championships, Ryzih finished in second place with a jump of 4.46m.[12] She prepared at a training camp in Spain for the 2018 European Championships in Berlin to be held in the Summer. She announced later that she was skipping the 2018 outdoor season including the European Championships for recovery.

2019 to retirement

After healing her partial Achilles tear,[13] Ryzih returned to competition in the Karlsruhe meeting of the 2019 IAAF World Indoor Tour by recording a jump of 4.63 m.[14]

In 2020, Ryzih jumped 4.44 m at the Czech Indoor Gala in Ostrava, Czech Republic.[15] She was due to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan,[16][17] but cancelled for health reasons.[18]

Ryzih retired from competing in August 2022.[19][20][21]

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing  Germany
2003 World Youth Championships Sherbrooke, Canada 1st 4.05 m
2004 World Junior Championships Grosseto, Italy 1st 4.30 m
2006 World Junior Championships Beijing, China 4th (q) 4.00 m1
2007 European Junior Championships Hengelo, Netherlands 4th 4.20 m
2009 European U23 Championships Kaunas, Lithuania 1st 4.50 m
2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain 3rd 4.65 m
2011 European Indoor Championships Paris, France 7th 4.50 m
2012 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 7th 4.40 m
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 6th 4.45 m
2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia 8th 4.55 m
2014 European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 4th 4.60 m
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 8th (q) 4.55 m2
World Championships Beijing, China 12th 4.60 m
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 2nd 4.70 m
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 10th 4.50 m
2017 European Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 2nd 4.75 m PB
World Championships London, United Kingdom 5th 4.65 m
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom – NM
2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar 17th 4.50 m

1No mark in the final
2Did not start in the final

See also

References

  1. ↑ NDR. "Lisa Ryzih". rio.sportschau.de (in German). Archived from the original on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Event Report – Girl' Pole Vault Final". IAAF (in German). 16 July 2005. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
  3. ↑ "2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's Pole Vault". IAAF. 18 August 2006. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
  4. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lisa Ryzih". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 "IAAF: Lisa Ryzih | Profile". iaaf.org. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  6. ↑ "Competitions – European Athletics Championships – History – European Athletics". european-athletics. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  7. ↑ "IAAF: Siciarz speeds to world U20 60m hurdles record at Polish Indoor Championships – indoor round-up| News | iaaf.org". iaaf.org. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  8. ↑ "Competitions – European Athletics Indoor Championships – European Athletics". european-athletics. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  9. ↑ "Hallen-DM 2017 Leipzig". www.leichtathletik.de (in German). 17 April 2017. Archived from the original on 11 May 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  10. ↑ Lisa Ryzih: "Mein Stab und ich gewöhnen uns aneinander" | Video (in German), 30 May 2016, archived from the original on 31 July 2017, retrieved 30 July 2017
  11. ↑ Lisa Ryzih hat Meisterschaftsrekord im EM-Gepäck | Video (in German), 30 May 2016, archived from the original on 31 July 2017, retrieved 30 July 2017
  12. ↑ Katharina Bauer bezwingt Lisa Ryzih | Video (in German), 30 May 2016, archived from the original on 6 April 2018, retrieved 5 April 2018
  13. ↑ Bernhart, Silke (14 February 2019). "Lisa Ryzih: DM-Revanche ohne EM-Ambitionen". Das Leichtathletik-Portal (in German). Retrieved 10 July 2026.
  14. ↑ "Pole Vault Result | Indoor Meeting – Karlsruhe". www.iaaf.org. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  15. ↑ Lechner, Pamela (6 February 2020). "Flash-News des Tages". Das Leichtathletik-Portal (in German). Retrieved 10 July 2026.
  16. ↑ "„Ich werde nach Olympia meine Karriere nicht beenden" - Leichtathletik". Die Rheinpfalz (in German). 26 February 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2026.
  17. ↑ "Stabhochspringerin Lisa Ryzih: Mit Doktortitel nach Tokio". FAZ.NET (in German). 15 May 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2026.
  18. ↑ "Stabhochspringerin Lisa Ryzih kann nicht bei Olympia starten". swr.online (in German). Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2026.
  19. ↑ Schmitt, Peter (13 August 2022). "Dr. Lisa Ryzih beendet ihre Stabhochsprung-Karriere". Das Leichtathletik-Portal (in German). Retrieved 10 July 2026.
  20. ↑ "»Mein Körper lässt es nicht mehr zu«: Stabhochspringerin Lisa Ryzih beendet Karriere". Der Spiegel (in German). 13 August 2022. ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 10 July 2026.
  21. ↑ "Leichtathletik: Stabhochspringerin Lisa Ryzih beendet ihre Karriere". SPORT1 (in German). 13 August 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2026.
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