Испанская прыгунья в высоту: Жолы және жетістіктері

Spanish high jumper

Ruth Beitia Vila (rut ˈβejtja; born 1 April 1979) is a retired high jumper who was the 2016 Olympic champion in the women's high jump. She was also a politician in the Partido Popular and a member of the Parliament of Cantabria.

Beitia first broke the Spanish record in 1998, jumping 1.89 m. She raised the record progressively up to 2.02 m, the current Spanish record, which she achieved on 4 August 2007. She is the first, and thus far, only Spanish woman to have jumped higher than two metres. Beitia's first senior international appearance was at the 2002 European Athletics Championships in Munich, where she finished 11th. At the 2003 World Championships in Paris, she also finished 11th. At the 2004 Athens Olympics she failed to reach the finals. In 2005, she won the silver medal at the 2005 European Indoor Championships in Madrid but at the world championships at Helsinki 2005 she failed to reach the finals. In 2006, she won the bronze medal at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Moscow. In 2009, she won the silver medal at the 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Turin. At the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin, she placed fifth (fourth after competitor disqualification). In 2012, she won the gold medal at the European Championships in Helsinki and at the 2012 London Olympics she was fourth, after which she retired from competition. After a few months, disappointed by her failure to win an Olympic medal, Beitia came back from retirement. She won the gold medal at the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Gothenburg. Then she would become European champion twice more, in 2014 at Zürich and in 2016 at Amsterdam. Finally, she won gold at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, with a height of 1.97m. This was the lowest winning height at the Olympics since the 1980 Summer Olympic Games, when Italian Sara Simeoni also cleared 1.97m. Beitia ended in 12th place in the 2017 World Championships in Athletics and received the IAAF Fair Play Award for her behaviour during the competition. She announced her retirement from competition in October 2017, following a rheumatoid arthritis process. In 2021, two years after the original bronze medalist Svetlana Shkolina of the 2012 Olympics from Russia had been disqualified for failing in doping test, Beitia was reallocated as the bronze medalist of that event.

Representing 1995European Youth Olympic DaysBath, United Kingdom5th1.80 m1996World Junior ChampionshipsSydney, Australia16th (q)1.79 m1997Mediterranean GamesBari, Italy9th1.70 mEuropean Junior ChampionshipsLjubljana, Slovenia9th1.82 m1998World Junior ChampionshipsAnnecy, France8th1.80 m1999European U23 ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden11th1.82 m2000Ibero American ChampionshipsRio de Janeiro, Brazil4th1.81 m2001World Indoor ChampionshipsLisbon, Portugal7th1.93 mEuropean U23 ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands1st1.87 mMediterranean GamesRadès, Tunisia4th1.83 m2002European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany11th1.85 m2003World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom5th1.96 mWorld ChampionshipsParis, France11th1.90 m2004World Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary9th (q)1.93 mIbero American ChampionshipsHuelva, Spain4th1.88 mOlympic GamesAthens, Greece16th (q)1.89 m2005European Indoor ChampionshipsMadrid, Spain 2nd1.99 mWorld Athletics FinalMonte Carlo, Monaco7th1.89 mMediterranean GamesAlmería, Spain 1st1.95 m2006World Indoor ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia 3rd1.98 mEuropean ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden 9th1.92 mWorld Athletics FinalStuttgart, Germany6th1.90 m2007European Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom 3rd1.96 mWorld ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan 6th1.97 m2008World Indoor ChampionshipsValencia, Spain4th1.99 mOlympic GamesBeijing, China4th1.96 m2009European Indoor ChampionshipsTorino, Italy 2nd1.99 mWorld ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany4th1.99 m2010World Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar 2nd1.98 mIbero American ChampionshipsSan Fernando, Spain 1st1.89 mEuropean ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain6th1.95 m2011European Indoor ChampionshipsParis, France 2nd1.96 mWorld ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea16th (q)1.92 m2012World Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey6th1.95 mEuropean ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland 1st1.97 mOlympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom3rd2.00 m2013European Indoor ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden 1st1.99 mWorld ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia 2nd1.97 m2014World Indoor ChampionshipsSopot, Poland3rd2.00 m European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland1st2.01 m2015European Indoor ChampionshipsPrague, Czech Republic5th1.94 mWorld ChampionshipsBeijing, China5th1.99 m Diamond League 1st details2016World Indoor ChampionshipsPortland, United States2nd1.96 mEuropean ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands1st1.98 mOlympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil1st1.97 m Diamond League 1st details2017European Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia 2nd1.94 mWorld ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom12th1.88 m