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Estonian athlete
Elisabeth Pihela
Personal information
NationalityEstonia
Born (2004-03-15) 15 March 2004 (age 20)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventHigh Jump
Achievements and titles
Personal bestHigh jump: 1.92m (2023)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Estonia
European U20 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Jerusalem High jump
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Tallinn High jump

Elisabeth Pihela (born 15 March 2004) is an Estonian track and field athlete who competes in the high jump.

Career

At the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships, she won bronze with a new personal best clearance of 1.86m. At the same event in 2023, she won silver, jumping 1.88m to finish behind Angelina Topic.

In June 2023, she set a new personal best clearing 1.92m in Pärnu. That month she also cleared 1.91m at the Diamond League event in Lausanne.

Pihela competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023. The following week, she competed at the 2023 Diamond League event in Xiamen, China in September 2023, and finished fourth in the high jump.

She competed in the high jump at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

References

  1. "E.Pihela". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  2. "Elisabeth Pihela takes high jump silver at U-20 European Championships". err.ee. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  3. Tserp, Dave (11 June 2023). "Awesome! Elisabeth Pihela, who was away from athletics for half a year, jumped a mighty record (6)".
  4. Naudi, Meelis. "Elisabeth Pihela defeated Karmen Bruusi at the Diamond League stage (20)". sport.Delfi.ee. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  5. "Women's High Jump Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  6. "Womens high jump results". xiamen.diamondleague. 2 September 2023.
  7. "Women's high jump Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.


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