Biography
In 1998 she broke his first Spanish record, jumping 1.89 m. In the following years has improved several times this brand until exceed 2.02 m, which is the current record of Spain, made in San Sebastian, on 4 August 2007. She is the first and so far only Spanish woman who has overcome the barrier of two meters, and was the 9th best global brand 2003. Her major international results achieved under the roof. In 2005 he won the silver medal in the European Championships held in Madrid indoor, where my only jumped 1.99 was beaten by Russian Anna Chicherova. In 2006 she won the bronze medal at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Moscow, where she jumped 1.98 and was only beaten by the Russian Olympic champion Yelena Slesarenko and Croatian Blanka Vlasic. She was a finalist at the World Championships outdoors Paris 2003, where she held the 11th position. In the world championships Helsinki 2005 failed to reach the final.
She was a finalist in the European Athletics Championships in Munich in 2002, where he held the 11th position. She participated in the 2004 Athens Olympics, but failed to reach the final. She has been champion of Spain once outdoors (in 2003), and indoor champion four times (in 2002-03-04-05) She belongs to the Club Valencia Terra i Mar and his coach is Ramon Torralbo. Her measures 1.92 m and weighs 71 kg. It's been 28 caps. In 2004 managed to jump the indoor 2.00 m, equaling his best outdoors. On March 8, 2009 won the silver medal in the high jump, her third medal at the 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships held in Turin, with a mark of 1.99 meters could only overcome the German Ariane Friedrich (2.01). In the Berlin World Championships 2009, was in fifth place with a mark of 1.99.
In 2009, she signed for Atletismo Pielagos
Ruth Beitia gets the gold medal at the European Championships in Athletics held in Helsinki in 2012 with a mark of 1.97 m.1 In the 2012 London Olympics, with a fourth place after beating the 2.00 and make three jumps null 2.03 mark. Ruth Beitia validates the gold medal at the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships held in Gothenburg, with a mark of 1.99 m. With 2.01 metres indoor and 2.02 metres outdoor she holds the current Spanish records.
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