especially: an athlete who competes in the pole vault
Examples of vaulter in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebStill, many are left wondering why female runners, pole vaulters, and hurdlers wear such high-cut briefs.—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2024 Riverside’s Martin Luther King High School was well represented: Pole vaulter Jaden Mckee soared 16 feet, 7 inches, bettering Kyle Brown’s (La Costa Canyon) meet record of 16-4 set in 2016.—Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2024 Barber, a world champion pole vaulter, Olympian and three-time NCAA champ during his time at Akron, died at his home Wednesday in Kingwood, Texas, from medical complications.—Michael Beaven, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2024 Weiler is a pole vaulter who won the California state championships two years in a row as well as the U18 World Championships.—Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2024 But in coach Chris Brewington’s eight-year tenure leading the boys, the Scorpions hadn’t had a male pole vaulter.—Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 25 Jan. 2024 They are getting cheered on by their peers and other pole vaulters.—John Sharp | Jsharp@al.com, al, 15 July 2023 Yelena Isinbayeva, an Olympic gold medal-winning Russian pole vaulter with close ties to Putin, is living quietly in a luxurious residence worth millions in Spain’s Canary Islands.—Eve Sampson, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2023 Their father, Jayme, swam with Michael Phelps on Team USA’s world championship relay teams in Montreal (2005) and Melbourne (2007), while their mother Kate was a champion pole vaulter for LSU.—Arthur L. MacK, al, 2 Sep. 2023
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