Name: Jenn Suhr
Sport: Track & Field
Discipline: Pole Vault
Height: 6’0”
Weight: 141
Current Residence: Churchville, NY
School: Roberts Wesleyan '05
Olympic Experience:
- 2012 Olympic Games, gold medal in pole vault
- 2008 Olympic Games, silver medal in pole vault
Career Highlights:
- Four-time USA Outdoor champion
- Six-time USA Indoor champion
- 2008 World Indoor silver medalist
- 2005 NAIA Indoor champion
- American Indoor (4.88m/16-0) and Outdoor (4.92m/16-1.75) record holder
Fun Facts: In 2011 she was diagnosed with Celiac disease, which accounted for her constant fatigue and cramps; however, by altering her diet she was able to return to her form and ended the season ranked #1 in the world by Track & Field News ... She was a standout basketball player for Roberts Wesleyan College in Rochester, N.Y., before taking up the pole vault in 2004 ... She also won the state pentathlon title as a senior at Fredonia High School ... Married coach Rich Suhr on January 3, 2010
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