Short Interviews
Kate Rooney
2x Olympian

Former British Record Holder 4.61m

Bronze Commonwealth Games 2010

6th World Championships 2009 / 6th European Championships 2010

2x Olympics & 3 x World Championships

Personal Best 4.61m age 26

Height 171cm

Weight 58-59kg

Q1 Pole Vault High Point

 6th world champs

Q2 Pole Vault Low Point

Crashing out of 2012 Olympics

Q3 Biggest Pole & Highest Grip

440 19.0 425 grip 4.61 / 4.60 430 pole / 420 grip

Q4 What are your 3 key factors for success in Pole Vault

1. Speed

2. Confident mind set

3. Physically healthy

Q5 Life after Pole Vault.

When did you know it was time to retire? Was it hard? What did you do after Pole Vault?

At 28, my coach left, so either I had to move abroad to continue, or retire. I Didn’t have the drive to move abroad. Achieved my goal of global final. Post retirement, I coached, personal trainer, then recruitment, had kids, then back to coaching. Quite lost for 6 months to a year, kids gave me purpose again, then fell in love with coaching.