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Sandi Morris

Sandi Morris

American pole vaulter

Sandi Morris (born July 8, 1992) is an American pole vault record holder.[2] She won the silver medal in the pole vault event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She also won silver at the pole vault event at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics and another silver at the 2019 World Championships in Athletics. In 2018 she won gold at the World Indoor Championships. Morris has a personal best vault of 4.95 m (16 ft 3 in) indoor, set on March 12, 2016, in Portland, Oregon. She matched this height at the 2018 World Indoor Champships when setting a new championship record.[3][4][5] July 23, 2016, Morris cleared 4.93 m (16 ft 2 in) at American Track League in Houston at Rice University breaking Jennifer Suhr's American outdoor record in the pole vault. Morris cleared 5.00 m (16 ft 5 in) at 2016 IAAF Diamond League Memorial Van Damme in Brussels on September 9, 2016, to set the U.S. women's outdoor pole vault record.[6][7][8]

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Professional

Sandi Morris at the 2018 USATF Championships in Des Moines, Iowa.
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Morris won 2017 Drake Relays Pole vault title in 4.72 m (15 ft 6 in).[22][23]

NCAA

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High school

Morris won 2009 and 2010 South Carolina High School League 3A state pole vault titles. Morris is a graduate of Greenville High School where she was a record-setting pole vaulter and all-state volleyball player.[28] Morris was inducted into the Greenville County, SC Schools Hall of Fame in 2021.[29]

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