Tatiana Grigorieva Biography

Tatiana Grigorieva (Russian: Татьяна Григорьева; born October 8, 1975) is an Australian athlete and model. A former Russian junior 400 metres hurdles champion, she switched to pole vault and migrated to Australia with her husband, Viktor Chistiakov, also a pole vaulter.

Born in Leningrad, USSR now St Petersburg, Russia, Grigorieva won the Gold medal for the women's pole vault in the 2002 Commonwealth Games at Manchester, England. Her win made it a trifecta for Australia in the event, with Kym Howe winning silver and Brigid Isworth bronze.
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Prior to 2002, Grigorieva won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, at a height of 4.55 metres. It was the first Olympics which featured the women's pole vault event.

Grigorieva has also appeared in Australian commercials and featured in sport magazine spreads. Some in nude and semi-nude athletic poses.

Profile:

Date of Birth: 8 October 1975
Occupation: Athlete/Model/student
Height: 180cm
Weight: 64k
State: SA
Coach: Sergey Miroshnichenko
Previous Coaches: John Gormley, Vassili Grichtchenkov, Vitali Petrov, Alex Parnov
Scholarship: South Australian Sports Institute
Place of Birth / Residence: St Petersburg RUS/Gold Coast
Marital Status: Single
Gender: Female

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