 Bradshaw after winning silver at the 2019 European Indoor Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Holly Bethan Bleasdale |
| Full name | Holly Bethan Bradshaw |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 2 November 1991 Preston, Lancashire, Great Britain |
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1] |
| Weight | 66 kg (10 st 6 lb; 146 lb) |
| Spouse | Paul Bradshaw |
| Sport | |
| Country | Great Britain |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Pole Vault |
| Club | Blackburn Harriers |
| Turned pro | 2010 |
| Coached by | Scott Simpson |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 4.90m (2021) 4.87m i (2012)[2] |
Medal record | |
| Updated on October 2024 | |
Holly Bethan Bradshaw (née Bleasdale, born 2 November 1991) is an English track and field athlete who specialises in the pole vault. She used to be the British record holder in the event indoors and outdoors, with clearances of 4.87 metres (2012 indoors) and 4.90 metres (2021 outdoors). Bradshaw won a bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She also won bronze at the 2012 World Indoor Championships, gold at the 2013 European Indoor Championships, bronze at the 2018 European Championships, and silver at the 2019 European Indoor Championships. She also won at the 2018 Athletics World Cup. Coached by Scott Simpson,[3] she has been consistently ranked among the world's best and has been ranked in the world top ten on the Track and Field News merit rankings four times (2012, 2013, 2016, 2017).[4]
- ^ "Holly Bradshaw". teamengland.org. Commonwealth Games England. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- ^ "Holly Bleasdale smashes own British pole vault record". BBC Sport. 22 January 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
- ^ "Athlete Profile". thepowerof10.info.
- ^ "Women's Pole Vault rankings" (PDF). Track and Field News. Retrieved 14 April 2018.[permanent dead link]