Elizaveta Parnov
Personal information
NationalityRussian-Australian
Born (1994-05-09) 9 May 1994
Moscow, Russia
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight63 kg (139 lb)[1]
Sport
SportTrack and field
EventPole vault
Coached byAlex Parnov
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Australia
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place2012 BarcelonaPole vault
Summer Youth Olympics
Silver medal – second place2010 SingaporePole vault
World Youth Championships
Silver medal – second place2011 LillePole vault
Oceania Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place2010 Sydney Pole vault
Silver medal – second place2011 Sydney Pole vault
Updated on 18 April 2013.

Elizaveta "Liz" Parnov (née Parnova born 9 May 1994 in Moscow) is a Russian-Australian athlete who competed in the pole vault at the Olympics, World Championships and Commonwealth Games. She is also the winner of Australian Survivor: Heroes V Villains.

Early life

Parnov came from a family of athletes and particularly pole vaulters. She is the niece of Tatiana Grigorieva, who won the silver medal for Australia in the women's pole vault at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and the granddaughter of Natalya Pechonkina, who won the bronze medal for the USSR in the women's 400m at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Parnov moved to Australia with her family in 1996, at the age of two. She was a competitive pole vaulter from the age of nine, where she vaulted 2.65m. She set two world age bests at 11 years (3.15m in 2005) and 12 years (3.64m in 2006). She cleared four metres just days after her 14th birthday in 2008.[2]

Pole vault career

In 2010, she competed at the first Youth Olympic Games and won silver, jumping 4.40m weeks before she turned 16 years old.[3][4] She was selected to be the Australian flag bearer.[3] Parnov then competed at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games.[5]

Parnov won a silver medal at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics, held in Lille.

Her personal best of 4.50 metres, achieved on 17 February 2012 at Perth, is the Australian under-20 record, surpassing the record of her sister that she had tied in winning the Australian National Championship in 2010. While she was still age 17 at the time of the jump, which surpassed the World Youth Record, she was not eligible for the record because she turned 18 in 2012.

At the 2020 Olympic Games, her best height was 4.4m which meant that she was placed 12th in her qualifier. Parnov was eliminated from the pole vault qualifiers in controversial circumstances as officials failed to stop proceedings as rain tumbled down. She was forced to try her third attempt at 4.40m as the rain steadily increased. and in slippery, wet conditions was forced to abandon her next jump.[6]

After pole vaulting

In December 2022, Parnov announced via her Instagram that she was "excited to embark on the next chapter of my life - how lucky am I to have lived one as a pole vaulter and now I get to begin the rest of my life".[7] Parnov is the marketing manager for the streetwear brand StreetX and studies global media and communications at Murdoch University.[8]

In November 2022, Parnov was confirmed as a contestant on the 10th season of the reality TV show Australian Survivor, titled Heroes V Villains, which premiered in January 2023 on Network 10.[9] Parnov ended up winning the season and the $500,000 prize.[10]

Personal life

She was coached by her father Alex Parnov, himself a former world class pole vaulter. Her older sister Vicky also competes in pole vault and is the 2012 Australian national champion.

As of 2023, Parnov is in a relationship with Daniel Bradshaw, founder of StreetX.[11]

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Australia
2010 Oceania Youth Championships Sydney, Australia 1st Pole vault 3.95m
Youth Olympic Games Singapore 2nd Pole vault 4.25m
2011 Oceania Youth Championships Sydney, Australia 2nd Pole vault 3.85 m
World Youth Championships in Athletics Lille, France 2nd Pole vault 4.20 m
2012 Olympic Games London, United Kingdom — Pole vault NM
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 15th (q) Pole vault 4.35 m
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 5th Pole vault 4.40 m
2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar 28th (q) Pole vault 4.35 m
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 24th (q) Pole vault 4.25 m

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Liz Parnov". results.gc2018.com. 2018 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Elizaveta Parnova". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Australian Championships - Women - 2009-10". Athletics.com.au. Archived from the original on 13 August 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  4. ↑ Chadwick, Justin (29 April 2010). "Sky's the limit for baby Parnov". Perth Now. Archived from the original on 1 May 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  5. ↑ "Elizaveta Parnova". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "West Aussies eliminated in pole vault controversy". The West Australian. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  7. ↑ "Liz Parnov". Instagram.
  8. ↑ Harmsworth, Andrei (20 March 2023). "Olympian and fashion king jump to top of Perth social scene". PerthNow. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  9. ↑ Grace, Elizabeth (16 November 2022). "Australian Survivor Season 10: Here's everything you need to know". New Idea. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  10. ↑ "Liz Parnov crowned the winner on Australian Survivor Heroes v Villains". Mediaweek. 27 March 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  11. ↑ Higham, Lauren (23 March 2023). "StreetX hits the spot for Perth's new power couple". PerthNow. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
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