Christine Adams (born 28 February 1974,
Georgsmarienhütte
Georgsmarienhütte () is a town in the Osnabrück (district), district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the Teutoburg Forest, approx. 7 km south of Osnabrück.
History
In 1856 the company "Georgs-Marien-Bergwerks- ...
) is a German
pole vault
Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a #bar, bar. Pole jumping was already practiced by the ...
er. She won a silver medal at the
1996 European Indoor Championships and a bronze medal at the
2000 European Indoor Championships.
Her personal best is 4.42 metres, achieved in June 2001 in
Weissach
Weissach is a municipality in the district of Böblingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
The Weissach axle is named after the town, where the research centre of Porsche is located. The Porsche 918 Spyder supercar
A supercar, also kno ...
. This ranks her ninth among German pole vaulters, behind
Annika Becker
Annika Becker (born 12 November 1981) is a retired German pole vaulter.
Becker was born in Rotenburg an der Fulda. Her personal best is 4.77 metres, achieved in July 2002 in Wattenscheid
Wattenscheid () is a of the city of Bochum. Until 19 ...
,
Yvonne Buschbaum,
Carolin Hingst
Carolin Tamara Hingst (born 18 September 1980 in Donauwörth) is a German pole vaulter.
She finished 10th at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, fourth at the 2005 European Indoor Athletics Championships in Madrid and 10th at the 2005 Wo ...
,
Anastasija Reiberger
Anastasija Steinbeck, née Ryzhikh (born 19 September 1977 in Omsk) is a Russian-born German pole vaulter. She is the older sister of fellow pole vaulter Lisa Ryzih. Her greatest success was the gold medal in the 1999 World Indoor Championship ...
,
Silke Spiegelburg,
Julia Hütter,
Nicole Humbert and
Martina Strutz. However, with 4.66 metres Adams has a better personal best indoor.
Competition record
See also
*
Germany all-time top lists - Pole vault
References
External links
Christine Adams in action*
1974 births
Living people
German female pole vaulters
Competitors at the 1999 Summer Universiade
People from Osnabrück (district)
Athletes from Lower Saxony
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