Katerina Stefanidi

Quick Facts

Full Name	Katerina Stefanidi
Occupation	Pole Vaulter
Date Of Birth	Feb 4, 1990(1990-02-04)
Age	34
Birthplace	Cholargos
Country	Greece
Birth City	Attica
Horoscope	Aquarius

Katerina Stefanidi Biography

Katerina Stefanidi is one of the most popular and richest Pole Vaulter who was born on February 4, 1990 in Cholargos, Attica, Greece. Greek pole vaulter who took home an Olympic gold medal during the Olympic Games in 2016. Olympic Games. She also participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics and was placed first in the 2016 World Outdoor, 2018 European Outdoor and the 2017 European Indoor, and 2017 Diamond League.

She took on She competed against Fabiana Murer at the Diamond League final in 2014. at the Diamond League final in 2014.

Stefanidi attended the 1st High School of Pallini and won the National High School Championships. She broke the National High School record and the Championship record winning gold at the 2006 Gymnasiade. Growing up she broke all of the World age-group records for the ages of 11–14 and right after she turned 15, she broke the World Youth (under-18) record with a jump of 4.37 m. Her first international experience came at the age of 15, when she represented Greece at the 2005 World Youth Championships in Marrakesh, placing first with 4.30 m. At the 2007 World Youths, held in Ostrava, she was second with 4.25 m. In 2008, she won the bronze medal with 4.25 m at the World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland. The same year she gained an athletic scholarship at Stanford University and began competing for the Stanford Cardinal. She received her master’s degree in cognitive psychology with Dr. Gene A. Brewer at Arizona State University while training under the guidance of 2000 Olympic Champion Nick Hysong.

At Stanford, Stefanidi broke the freshman school record with a jump of 4.13 m, under the guidance of coach Kris Mack and head coach Edrick Floreal. In 2010, under the guidance of Toby Stevenson, she tied for fifth place (4.30 m) at the NCAA Indoor Championships, was the Pac-10 Conference Champion and tied for fourth (4.25 m) at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, after breaking the school record multiple times.

Parents were Zoi as well as George Stefanidi. She got married to sportsman Mitchell Krier in 2015.

Katerina Stefanidi Net Worth

Katerina Stefanidi is one of the richest Pole Vaulter from Greece. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Katerina Stefanidi 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She took home at the National High School Championships and took home medals at the Gymnasiade.

She received a master’s degree in cognitive psychology at Arizona State University.

Katerina Stefanidi (Κατερίνα Στεφανίδη; born 4 February 1990) is a Greek pole vaulter. She won the gold medal at the 2016 Olympic Games with a jump of 4.85 meters and has also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She is the current World Outdoor (2017), European Outdoor (2018), Diamond League (2018) champion, a European Indoor champion and a two-time World Indoor Championships bronze medalist. Stefanidi has won a total of ten (10) medals in all five major international athletics championships. Because of her achievements she is widely regarded as the greatest female athlete in the history of Greek sport.

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During the 2015 indoor season, she set a personal best four times (4.56 m, 4.60 m, 4.61 m and 4.77 m, which was temporarily a national record). At the 2015 European Indoor Championships, she won the silver medal with 4.75 m. In April 2015, she was named Female Athlete of the Month by European Athletics.

Facts & Trivia

Katerina Ranked on the list of most popular Pole Vaulter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Greece. Katerina Stefanidi celebrates birthday on February 4 of every year.

At the 2016 Rio Olympics she became Olympic champion with a jump of 4.85 m, becoming the seventh Greek female athlete, and fourth in athletics, (after Voula Patoulidou, Athanasia Tsoumeleka, Fani Chalkia, Sofia Bekatorou, Emilia Tsoulfa and Anna Korakaki) to win a gold medal at the Summer Olympics. In September, she ranked first and won the diamond at the 2016 Diamond League series.

Top Facts about Katerina Stefanidi

1. Katerina Stefanidi is a Greek pole vaulter.
2. She was born on February 4, 1990 in Athens, Greece.
3. Stefanidi won the gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
4. She also won gold at the 2017 World Championships in London.
5. Her personal best is 4.91 meters (16 feet and 1/4 inch).
6. Stefanidi has been ranked world number one by World Athletics twice.
7. She studied chemical engineering at Stanford University in California.
8. In addition to her athletic achievements, she is an advocate for gender equality in sports.
9. Stefanidi has received numerous awards for her contributions to athletics and society.
10. She continues to compete internationally and inspire young athletes around the world.

How old is Katerina Stefanidi?

32 years (February 4, 1990)

Where was Katerina Stefanidi born?

Cholargos, Greece