French
DeutschElisabeth Pihela
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| Nationality | Estonia | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 March 2004 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | High Jump | |||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | High jump: 1.92m (2023) | |||||||||||||||||
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Elisabeth Pihela (born 15 March 2004) is an Estonian track and field athlete who competes in the high jump. She has represented Estonia at major championships including the 2023 World Athletics Championships and the 2024 Olympic Games.[1]
Career
[edit]At the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships, she won the bronze medal in the high jump with a new personal best clearance of 1.86 metres, in Tallinn, Estonia. At the same event in 2023 in Jerusalem, Israel, she won the silver medal, jumping 1.88 metres to finish runner-up behind Angelina Topic.[2]
She finished in fourth place at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya, with a jump of 1.87 metres.[3] She finished sixth in the high jump at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Columbia, managing a clearance of 1.80 metres.[4]
In June 2023, she set a new personal best clearing 1.92m in Pärnu.[5] That month she also cleared 1.91m at the Diamond League event in Lausanne.[6] Pihela competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, in August 2023 where she had a best jump of 1.89 metres, equal to the height with which some qualified for the final, but missed out on the last spot for the final through countback.[7] The following week, she competed at the 2023 Xiamen Diamond League event, in Xiamen, China, in September 2023, and finished fourth in the high jump with a best height of 1.89 metres.[8]
She competed in the high jump at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, clearing a best jump of 1.83 metres to finish 26th in qualification and not proceeding to the final.[9]
She finished in sixth place at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn,, Netherlands, with a jump of 1.89 metres.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "E.Pihela". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "Elisabeth Pihela takes high jump silver at U-20 European Championships". err.ee. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "World Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
- ^ Tserp, Dave (11 June 2023). "Awesome! Elisabeth Pihela, who was away from athletics for half a year, jumped a mighty record (6)".
- ^ Naudi, Meelis. "Elisabeth Pihela defeated Karmen Bruusi at the Diamond League stage (20)". sport.Delfi.ee. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "Women's High Jump Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "Womens high jump results". xiamen.diamondleague. 2 September 2023.
- ^ "Women's high jump Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ "European Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 6 March 2025.
