Photo: Jimmy Harris from Melbourne, Australia—CC BY 2.0

Emma George

AUSWomen

Birth dateNov 1, 1974

BirthplaceBeechworth, Australia

Height-

Weight-

Emma George (born 1 November 1974 in Beechworth, Victoria) is a former Australian pole vaulter. She held the world record from 30 November 1995 until 26 May 2000, setting a new record on twelve occasions, before being passed by Stacy Dragila.

She was previously a trapeze artist in The Flying Fruit Fly Circus. She was coached by Mark Stewart, who also led Steve Hooker to Olympic gold.

George competed in and won the Gladiator Individual Sports Athletes Challenge in 1995. George suffered a fall while training for the 1999 Seville Championships. She then underwent a number of operations on her back before finally announcing her retirement in 2003.

Personal bests

4.60

Performance Charts

Season bests

Season	Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Trend	Competitions
2002	PV	4.30	-	Feb 24, 2002	↓	Perth (AUS)
2000	PV	4.50	-	Feb 5, 2000	↓	Perth (AUS)
1999	PV	4.60	-	Feb 20, 1999	↓	Sydney (AUS)
1998	PV	4.59	-	Mar 21, 1998	↓	Brisbane (AUS)
1997	PV	4.55	-	Feb 20, 1997	↓	Melbourne (AUS)
1996	PV	4.45	-	Jul 14, 1996	↓	Sapporo (JPN)
1995	PV	4.28	-	Dec 17, 1995	↓	Perth (AUS)

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
PV	4.25	-	Sep 23	The XXVII Olympic Games
PV	4.25	-	Sep 22	The XXVII Olympic Games
PV	4.15	-	Sep 10	Brisbane
PV	4.35	-	Sep 8	-
PV	4.35	-	Sep 8	Brisbane
PV	4.40	-	Aug 19	Sydney Australian Olympic Trials, Sydney
PV	4.16	-	Aug 7	Malmö MAI-Galan, Malmö
PV	4.35	-	Aug 1	Stockholm DN Galan, Stockholm
PV	4.35	-	Aug 1	-
PV	4.31	-	Jul 25	-
PV	4.31	-	Jul 25	Barcelona IAAF Permit Meeting, Barcelona
PV	4.30	-	Jul 20	Salamanca International, Salamanca
PV	4.10	-	Jul 8	Nice Nikaia, Nice
PV	4.40	-	Jun 28	Athens Tsiklitiria, Athina
PV	4.40	-	Jun 25	Nürnberg Live 2000, Nürnberg
PV	4.20	-	May 29	Perth
PV	4.10	-	May 15	Perth
PV	4.40	-	Mar 8	Adelaide Optus Grand Prix, Adelaide
PV	4.45	-	Mar 2	Melbourne Track Classic, Melbourne
PV	4.40	-	Feb 26	Optus Australian Championships, Sydney
PV	3.75	-	Feb 24	Optus Australian Championships, Sydney
PV	4.40	-	Feb 20	-
PV	4.40	-	Feb 18	Perth WA State Ch. Open, Perth
PV	4.15	-	Feb 13	Sydney Optus Grand Prix, Sydney
PV	4.45	-	Feb 11	Brisbane Optus Grand Prix, Brisbane
PV	4.50	-	Feb 5	Perth Bankwest GP, Perth
PV	4.45	-	Jan 30	Perth SA Interclub, Perth
PV	4.40	-	Jan 16	Perth at Perry Lakes, Perth

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
PV	4.10	-	Dec 18	Perth Perry Lakes, Perth
PV	3.80	-	Dec 11	Perth
PV	4.10	-	Dec 5	Perth
PV	4.10	-	Nov 28	Perth
PV	3.80	-	Oct 30	Perth
PV	4.15	-	Aug 21	IAAF World Championships, La Cartuja, Sevilla
PV	4.32	-	Jul 17	Nice Nikaia, Nice
PV	4.10	-	Jul 13	Casablanca
PV	4.06	-	Jul 11	Ingolstadt International, Ingolstadt
PV	4.11	-	Jul 3	St-Denis Meeting Gaz de France, St-Denis
PV	4.35	-	Mar 5	IAAF World Indoor Championships, Green Dome, Maebashi (i)
PV	4.60	-	Feb 20	Sydney IAAF Permit Meeting, Sydney
PV	4.60	-	Feb 20	-
PV	4.40	-	Feb 17	Auckland Excel Robin Tait Classic, Auckland
PV	4.15	-	Feb 12	Hamilton Porritt Classic, Hamilton
PV	4.35	-	Feb 6	Canberra
PV	4.35	-	Feb 6	-
PV	4.20	-	Jan 30	Perth (i)
PV	4.10	-	Jan 24	Perth Grand Prix, Perth

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
PV	3.80	-	Apr 11	Telstra Australian Championships, Brisbane
PV	4.10	-	Mar 7	Melbourne Telstra A-Series, Melbourne
PV	4.30	-	Feb 24	Perth

Emma George

Personal bests

Performance Charts

Season bests

2002

2000

1999

Honours