Eleni-Klaoudia Polak | |
Birth Date: | 9 September 1996 |
Birth Place: | Athens, Greece |
Height: | 1.74 m |
Weight: | 61 kg |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | Pole vault |
Pb: | 4.70m 4.71m (i) |
Club: | AO Megaron[1] |
Coach: | Manolis Karagiannis |
Eleni-Klaoudia Polak (Ελένη-Κλαούντια Πόλακ; born 9 September 1996) is a Greek athlete specialising in the pole vault. She represented her country at one outdoor and two indoor European Championships.
Polak was born in Greece to a Polish father and a Sri Lankan mother.[2]
Her personal bests in the event are 4.70 metres outdoors (Athens 2020) and 4.71 metres indoors (Piraeus 2021).
On 6 August 2024, Polak received a provisional suspension following an adverse analytical finding during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.[3]
Representing | |||||
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2017 | European U23 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 11th | 4.20 m | |
2018 | Balkan Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 4.30 m |
Mediterranean U23 Championships | Jesolo, Italy | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 4.35 m | |
European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 9th (q) | 4.45 m1 | ||
2019 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 12th | 4.50 m | |
2021 | European Indoor Championships | Toruń, Poland | 5th | 4.65 m | |
Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 19th (q) | 4.40 m | ||
2022 | World Championships | Eugene, United States | 22nd (q) | 4.35 m | |
European Championships | Munich, Germany | 17th (q) | 4.40 m | ||
2023 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 28th (q) | 4.35 m | |
2024 | European Championships | Rome, Italy | 16th (q) | 4.40 m | |
Olympic Games | Paris, France | dq | 4.20 m |