Katie Moon | |
Birth Date: | 13 June 1991 |
Birth Place: | Lakewood, Ohio, U.S. |
Birth Name: | Kathryn Elizabeth Nageotte |
Height: | 5 ft 8 in |
Weight: | 135 lb |
Website: | at AthleteBiz |
Country: | United States |
Sport: | Track and field |
Event: | Pole vault |
Collegeteam: | Ashland University '13 University of Dayton |
Team: | Nike |
Turnedpro: | 2013 |
Coach: | Brad Walker |
Worlds: | 2018 |
Highestranking: | 1st (2023)[1] |
Pb: | 4.94m (16.21feet) (i) 4.95m (16.24feet) (o) |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Kathryn Elizabeth Moon (Nageotte;[2] [3] [4] born June 13, 1991) is an American pole vaulter.[5] [6] She won gold medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, 2022 and 2023 World Athletics Championships (shared with the Australian Nina Kennedy), and silver medals at the 2022 World Indoor Championships[7] and the 2024 Summer Olympics. Moon was also the 2019 Pan American Games silver medalist.
Katie Nageotte was a diver at Olmsted Falls High School and a level 4 Gymnast through the age of 9 years.[8] She graduated from the school with a state record of 3.97m (13.02feet) in the pole vault.[9] She was the 2008 Division 1 state runner-up and the 2009 Division 1 state champion.
After starting her college career at the University of Dayton, her results took off at Ashland University where she won two NCAA Division II titles.[10] [11]
Nageotte signed a sponsorship deal with Nike in 2018.[12] In 2021, she achieved international acclaim by winning the gold medal in the women's pole vault at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
In 2022, Katie Nageotte married Hugo Moon and subsequently changed her last name to Moon.[13] [14]
2024 | Paris, France | 2nd | Pole Vault | 4.85m (15.91feet) | ||
2023 | Budapest, Hungary | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Pole Vault | 4.9m (16.1feet) | |
2022 | Eugene, OR, United States | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Pole Vault | ||
Belgrade, Serbia | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Pole Vault | 4.75m (15.58feet) | ||
2021 | Tokyo, Japan | 1st | Pole Vault | 4.9m (16.1feet) | ||
2018 | Toronto, Canada | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Pole Vault | 4.75m (15.58feet) CR | |
London, United Kingdom | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Pole Vault | 4.68m (15.35feet)[15] | ||
Birmingham, United Kingdom | 5th | Pole Vault | 4.7m (15.4feet) | |||
2015 | San José, Costa Rica | 3rd | Pole Vault | 4.3m (14.1feet) |
Nike | ||||||
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2023 | USATF Indoor Championships | Albuquerque, New Mexico | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Pole Vault | 4.8m (15.7feet) |
2022 | USATF Championships | Eugene, Oregon | 3rd | Pole Vault | 4.65m (15.26feet) | |
USATF Indoor Championships | Spokane, Washington | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Pole Vault | 4.75m (15.58feet) | |
2021 | USA Olympic Trials | Eugene, Oregon | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Pole Vault | 4.95m (16.24feet) |
2019 | USATF Championships | Des Moines, Iowa | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Pole Vault | 4.8m (15.7feet) |
USATF Indoor Championships | Staten Island, New York | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Pole Vault | 4.81m (15.78feet)[16] | |
2018 | USATF Championships | Des Moines, Iowa | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Pole Vault | 4.7m (15.4feet)[17] |
Adidas / New York Athletic Club | ||||||
USATF Indoor Championships | Albuquerque, New Mexico | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Pole Vault | 4.91m (16.11feet)[18] | |
Adidas | ||||||
2017 | USATF Championships | Sacramento, California | 7th | Pole Vault | 4.55m (14.93feet)[19] | |
USATF Indoor Championships | Albuquerque, New Mexico | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Pole Vault | 4.65m (15.26feet)[20] | |
2016 | USA Olympic Trials | Eugene, Oregon | 5th | Pole Vault | 4.6m (15.1feet)[21] | |
Unattached | ||||||
USATF Indoor Championships | Portland, Oregon | 6th | Pole Vault | 4.5m (14.8feet)[22] | ||
Team Pacer | ||||||
2015 | USATF Championships | Eugene, Oregon | 4th | Pole Vault | 4.55m (14.93feet)[23] | |
Unattached | ||||||
USATF Indoor Championships | Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center | 3rd | Pole Vault | 4.5m (14.8feet)[24] | ||
Team Pacer | ||||||
2014 | USATF Championships | Hornet Stadium (Sacramento) | 9th | Pole Vault | 4.3m (14.1feet)[25] | |
USATF Indoor Championships | Albuquerque, New Mexico | 9th | Pole Vault | 4.41m (14.47feet)[26] | ||
Unattached | ||||||
2013 | USATF Championships | Drake Stadium (Drake University) | 6th | Pole Vault | 4.4m (14.4feet)[27] | |
Katie Nageotte is a two-time NCAA Division II pole vault champion and three-time All-American.
Representing the Ashland Eagles | ||||||||
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Year | NCAA Outdoor | |||||||
2013 | bgcolor=gold | Pole Vault 4.33m (14.21feet) 1st | bgcolor=gold | Pole Vault 4.25m (13.94feet) 1st | bgcolor=gold | Pole Vault 4.44m (14.57feet) 1st | bgcolor=gold | Pole Vault 4.4m (14.4feet) 1st |
2012 | Pole Vault 3.61m (11.84feet) 7th 4x100 meters 47.93 5th | Pole Vault 3.75m (12.3feet) 5th | ||||||
Representing the Dayton Flyers | ||||||||
Year | NCAA Outdoor | |||||||
2011 | bgcolor=silver | Pole Vault 3.6m (11.8feet) 2nd 60 meters 7.28 6th | 100 m 12.09 5th 4 × 100 m 47.10 4th | |||||
2010 | bgcolor=gold | Pole Vault 3.85m (12.63feet) 1st | bgcolor=gold | Pole Vault 3.7m (12.1feet) 1st 4x100 47.17 3rd | Pole Vault 3.9m (12.8feet) 17th |