PARNOVA Elizaveta < Back  
Sport Athletics
CGA Australia   
Gender Women
Born 09 May 1994 in Moscow, RUS
Height1.77 m
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Residence Perth, WA, AUS
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Club / Team Western Australian Institute of Sport [WAIS]: Perth, WA, AUS
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Famous relatives Her father Alex Parnov has acted as her coach. Her sister Vicki is an elite pole vaulter, while her aunt Tatiana Grigorieva won the silver medal in the pole vault at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. Her grandmother Natalie Tchistiakova won a 400m bronze medal at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City. (theaustralia.com.au, 06 Mar 2012)
Awards and honours She was the flag bearer for Australia at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore. (insidesport.com.au, 01 May 2012)
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Name of coach Alex Parnov [father]
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Occupation Athlete
Languages English, Russian
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Coach from which country? Russia
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Other information YOUNG REPRESENTATIVE
She competed at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, at age 15. (theaustralian.com.au, 06 Mar 2012)
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Higher education University of Western Australia: Crawley, AUS
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Hobbies Spending time on the beach and in cafes. (olympics.com.au, 26 Jun 2012)
Memorable sporting achievement Competing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India. (olympics.com.au, 26 Jun 2012)
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Why this sport? She wanted to follow her aunt Tatiana Grigorieva and older sister Vicky into the sport.
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Hero / Idol Australian pole vaulter Steve Hooker. (insidesport.com.au, 01 May 2012)
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Coach from what year? 2000
When and where did you begin this sport? She took up athletics at age seven.