Imogen Ayris
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| Born | 12 December 2000 Auckland,New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Pole vault | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Takapuna Athletic and Harrier Club | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| National finals | Pole vault champion (2018, 2020, 2021) | ||||||||||||||
| Personalbest | 4.57 m | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Imogen Ayris(born 12 December 2000) is a New Zealandathletewho competes in thepole vault.She won the bronze medal in thepole vaultrepresenting her country at the2022 Commonwealth Games.
Biography[edit]
Ayris was born inAucklandon 12 December 2000,[1][2]the daughter of Barny and Bridget Ayris.[3]She was educated atTakapuna Grammar School,and is now studying exercise science at theUniversity of Auckland.[4]
Ayris began competing in athletics as a six-year-old at the Takapuna Athletic and Harrier Club, but also was a promising gymnast, representing New Zealand in an international event against Australia.[3]She took up the pole vault when she was 13 years old, coached by Jeremy McColl. She finished third in the pole vault at the national secondary schools championships six months later,[3]and won the national junior title at the 2015 national athletic championships.[5]In 2016, aged 15, she became the youngest female New Zealand athlete to clear four metres.[3]In 2018, Ayris won both the national under-20 and senior national pole vault titles,[5]and she subsequently won the national title again in 2020 and 2021.[6]
Ayris represented New Zealand in thepole vault at the 2018 IAAF World Under-20 Championships,finishing 19th, with a best height of 3.95 m.[7]The following year, she competed at theAthletics at the 2019 Summer Universiade,where she placed equal tenth in thepole vault,recording a height of 4.11 m.[8]At the2022 Commonwealth Games,Ayris cleared 4.45 m to win the bronze medal in thepole vault,[9]despite competing with a fractured bone in her foot.[10]
References[edit]
- ^"Imogen Ayris".Birmingham 2022.Retrieved6 August2022.
- ^Imogen Ayrisat theNew Zealand Olympic Committee
- ^abcdLandells, Steve (31 March 2021)."NZ pole vault champ defending title for late dad".Newsroom.Retrieved6 August2022.
- ^"Student athlete Imogen Ayris: high hopes for Birmingham".University of Auckland. 29 June 2022.Retrieved6 August2022.
- ^abHollings, Stephen (October 2019)."National champions 1887–2019"(PDF).Athletics New Zealand.Retrieved6 August2022.
- ^"Imogen Ayris".Athletics New Zealand.Retrieved6 August2022.
- ^"Pole vault women – qualification – summary"(PDF).IAAF.10 July 2018.Retrieved6 August2022.
- ^"Summer Universiade 2019: results"(PDF).11 July 2019. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 5 August 2019.Retrieved6 August2022.
- ^Knuckey, Brodyn (3 August 2022)."Imogen Ayris soars to pole vault bronze for New Zealand".1News.Retrieved6 August2022.
- ^"Commonwealth Games: Imogen Ayris won pole vault bronze with a fractured foot".Stuff.5 August 2022.Retrieved6 August2022.
External links[edit]
- 2000 births
- Living people
- New Zealand female pole vaulters
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- People educated at Takapuna Grammar School
- University of Auckland alumni
- Athletes from Auckland
- 21st-century New Zealand women
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- New Zealand Athletics Championships winners