Tia Hellebaut

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Tia Hellebaut
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Personal information
Date of birth February 16, 1978 (1978-02-16) (age 30)
Place of birth Flag of Belgium Antwerp
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight 62 kilograms (137 lb)
Sport
Country  Belgium
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals 1st (Beijing, 2008)
Highest world ranking 2nd (Athens, 2006)
Personal best(s) High jump (outdoor): 2.05 m
High jump (indoor): 2.05 m[1]
Medal record
Competitor for  Belgium
Olympic Games
Gold 2008 Beijing High Jump
World Indoor Championships
Gold 2008 Valencia Pentathlon
European Championships
Gold 2006 Gothenburg High Jump
European Indoor Championships
Gold 2007 Birmingham High Jump

Tia Hellebaut (born February 16, 1978 in Antwerp, Belgium) is a Belgian Olympic champion and athlete who used to be active in the heptathlon but afterwards specialized in the high jump event. She holds the Belgian records for heptathlon, indoor pentathlon, and high jump, both indoors and outdoors. [2]

Hellebaut is being trained by her partner, Wim Vandeven, at her club, Atletica 84. She was a professional athlete with Atletiek Vlaanderen in the period from 2001 to October 2005. From November 1, 2006 she again became a professional athlete, this time at Bloso. Currently she lives in Tessenderlo.

At the 2006 European Championships and 2007 Indoor European Championships Hellebaut won the gold medal in high jump. The 2006 victory became especially notable, when just a couple of minutes later her close friend and compatriot Kim Gevaert completed a historical sprint double. The images of both athletes celebrating their victory together, wrapped in a national flag, became part of Belgian sports history.

In 2007 Hellebaut set the fourth best pentathlon score of all time, but chose not to contest the European Indoor Championships because of illness, choosing instead to compete only in the high jump, which she later won. Most of the remainder of her 2007 high jump season was hampered by an ankle injury.

A shoulder injury, which makes it difficult for her to throw the javelin has meant that it is unlikely Hellebaut will ever again contest a heptathlon.

For the 2008 indoor season, Hellebaut returned her focus to multi-events and became world champion of pentathlon at the World Indoor Championships in Valencia, where she set a secord for the best high jump result in a women's multi-event competition, clearing 1.99 m.[3]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, Hellebaut won the gold medal in the high jump, ahead of the favorite, Blanka Vlašić of Croatia, with a new outdoor personal best of 2.05 m. Her achievement represented the first-ever athletics gold medal in the Olympics for a Belgian woman, and only the second of any color, one day after Belgium won their first (Silver) medal in the 4×100m relay.

On 5 December 2008, Hellebaut announced her pregnancy and her retirement from professional athletics. She will work for a sports marketing company.

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[edit] International achievements

Year Tournament Venue Event Result Extra
1995 European Youth Olympic Days Bath, Great-Britain high jump 9th 1.75 metres
1997 European Championships for Juniors Ljubljana, Slovenia heptathlon 11th 5157 points
1999 European Championships (Ages 20-22) Göteborg, Sweden heptathlon 6th 5548 points
2000 European Championships Indoor Ghent, Belgium pentathlon 14th (injured after day one)
2001 World Championships Edmonton, Canada heptathlon 14th 5680 points
2003 World Championships Paris, France heptathlon retired after day one (ill)
2004 World Championships Indoor Budapest, Hungary pentathlon 5th 4526 points
2004 Summer Olympics Athens, Greece high jump 12th in final round 1.85 metres
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland high jump 6th in final round 1.93 metres
2006 World Championships Indoor Helsinki, Finland high jump 6th in final round 1.93 metres
2006 European Championships Göteborg, Sweden high jump winner 2.03 metres
2006 IAAF Golden League Brussels Brussels, Belgium high jump winner 1.98 metres
2006 IAAF Golden League Berlin Berlin, Germany high jump winner 2.00 metres
2007 Golden High Jump Gala Brussels, Belgium high jump winner 2.00 metres
2007 European Indoor Championships Birmingham, England high jump winner 2.05 metres
2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan high jump 14th in final round 1.90 metres
2008 World Indoor Championships Valencia, Spain pentathlon winner 4867 points
2008 Summer Olympics Beijing, China high jump winner 2.05 metres

[edit] Personal records

Event Result Year Extra
100 metres hurdles 13"91 seconds 2006
60 metres hurdles 8"50 seconds 2006
Triple jump 13.05 metres 2001
Shot put 13.85 metres 2008
Javelin throw 44.37 metres 2001
200 metres 24"65 seconds 2006
800 metres 2'14"75 seconds 2006
Long jump indoor 6.42 metres 2007
Long jump outdoor 6.44 metres 2007
High jump indoor 2.05 metres 2007, March 3 Birmingham, Indoor European Championships, Championship Record
High jump outdoor 2.05 metres 2008, August 23 Beijing, Summer Olympics
Heptathlon 6201 points 2006, June 3 Götzis, Austria
Pentathlon 4877 points 2007

[edit] Belgian records

Event Result Year Location
Pentathlon indoor 4268 points February 17, 1999 Ghent, Belgium
Pentathlon indoor 4436 points February 25, 2001 Ghent, Belgium
Pentathlon indoor 4560 points February 1, 2004 Zuidbroek, the Netherlands
Pentathlon indoor 4589 points February 21, 2004 Aubière, France
High Jump outdoor 1.95 metres June 20, 2004 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
High Jump outdoor 1.95 metres August 27, 2004 Athens, Greece
Long Jump indoor 6.36 metres February 19, 2006 Ghent, Belgium
High Jump indoor 1.96 metres February 26, 2006 Ghent, Belgium
High Jump indoor 1.97 metres February 28, 2006 Tallinn, Estonia
Heptathlon outdoor 6201 points May 28, 2006 Götzis, Austria
High Jump outdoor 1.98 metres June 2, 2006 Oslo, Norway
High Jump outdoor 2.00 metres July 8, 2006 Paris, France
High Jump outdoor 2.00 metres July 15, 2006 Rome, Italy
High Jump outdoor 2.01 metres August 11, 2006 Gothenburg, Sweden
High Jump outdoor 2.03 metres August 11, 2006 Gothenburg, Sweden
High Jump indoor 2.00 metres January 27, 2007 Brussels, Belgium
Long jump indoor 6.42 metres February 11, 2007 Ghent, Belgium
Pentathlon indoor 4877 points February 11, 2007 Ghent, Belgium
High jump indoor 2.05 metres March 3, 2007 Birmingham, England
High Jump outdoor 2.05 metres August 23, 2008 Beijing, China

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Tia Hellabaut's IAAF profile
  2. ^ Great Expectations, Flanders Today, August 6, 2008
  3. ^ iaaf.org - Gevaert on top of the world in Gent - PREVIEW
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Flag of Sweden Kajsa Bergqvist		 European High Jump champion
2006		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Flag of Russia Anna Chicherova		 European Indoor High Jump champion
2007		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Flag of Russia Yelena Slesarenko		 Olympic High Jump champion
2008		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Awards
Preceded by
Kim Gevaert		 Gouden Spike
2006		 Succeeded by
Kim Gevaert
Preceded by
Kathleen Smet		 Vlaams Sportjuweel
2006		 Succeeded by
Women's 4x100 m team
(Olivia Borlée,
Kim Gevaert,
Hanna Mariën,
Elodie Ouedraogo)
Preceded by
Justine Henin		 Belgian Sportswoman of the Year
2008		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Justine Henin		 Belgian Sports Personality of the Year
2008		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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Olympic Champions in Women's High Jump
1928: Ethel Catherwood • 1932: Jean Shiley • 1936: Ibolya Csák • 1948: Alice Coachman • 1952: Esther Brand • 1956: Mildred McDaniel • 1960: Iolanda Balaş • 1964: Iolanda Balaş • 1968: Miloslava Rezková • 1972: Ulrike Meyfarth • 1976: Rosemarie Ackermann • 1980: Sara Simeoni • 1984: Ulrike Meyfarth • 1988: Louise Ritter • 1992: Heike Henkel • 1996: Stefka Kostadinova • 2000: Yelena Yelesina • 2004: Yelena Slesarenko • 2008: Tia Hellebaut
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Belgium at the Olympics | Post-war Belgian Olympic champions (women)
1996: Ulla Werbrouck (judo) | 2004: Justine Henin-Hardenne (tennis) | 2008: Tia Hellebaut (athletics)
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World Indoor Champions in Women's Pentathlon

 1993: Liliana Năstase (ROM)  •  1995: Svetlana Moskalets (RUS)  •  1997: Sabine Braun (GER)  •  1999: LaShundra Nathan (USA)  •  2001: Natallia Sazanovich (BLR)  •  2003: Carolina Klüft (SWE)  •  2004: Naide Gomes (POR)  •  2006: Lyudmyla Blonska (UKR)  •  2008: Tia Hellebaut (BEL)
Persondata
NAME Hellebaut, Tia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Professional Athlete, concentrates on high jump, penta- & heptathlon
DATE OF BIRTH February 16, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Antwerp, Belgium
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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