Magdalena Rauter (born 3 July 2006) is an Austrian pole vaulter. She became Austrian national champion in 2023. She won the silver medal at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships.[1]

Magdalena Rauter
Personal information
NationalityAustrian
Born (2006-07-03) 3 July 2006 (age 18)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventPole Vault
Achievements and titles
Personal bestPole Vault: 4.20m (2024)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Austria
World U20 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Lima Pole vault

Career

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She competed in multi-events before focusing on pole vault in 2019. As a 15 year-old she cleared a height of 3.80 metres at the Austrian Championships in June 2021, finishing runner-up in the senior championhips. Indoors the previous winter, she cleared 3.62 metres. Both marks were Austrian national U16 records.[2][3]

She won the senior Austrian title for the first time in July 2023 in Bregenz, with a clearance of 4.93 metres.[4]

She won gold in the triple jump at the 2023 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Maribor in July 2023.[5] A photograph of her vaulting taking by Patrick Steiner was named the winner of a Games-long competition photography competition.[6]

In May 2024, she came third in Innsbruck in the pole vault Golden Roof Challenge.[7] In July 2024, she set a new Austrian U20 national record height of 4.20 metres competing in Rottach-Egern.[8]

She won the silver medal at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru in August 2024, clearing 4.15 metres.[9][10]

Personal life

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She is from Götzens.[11] Both her parents were successful snowboarders, with her mother Christine world champion in parallel slalom.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Magdalena Rauter". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b Geisler, Markus (March 11, 2024). "A top talent aims high". raiffeisenzeitung.at. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Three athletics talents from Götzens". meinbezirk.at. November 2, 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Austrian Championships". World Athletics. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  5. ^ "MOUNTAIN BIKING MAKES EYOF DEBUT AS ITALY TOP THE MEDAL TABLE AFTER DAY THREE IN MARIBOR". Eurolympic.org. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  6. ^ "AUSTRIA WIN EYOF MARIBOR 2023 PHOTOGRAPH CONTEST". Eurolympic.org. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  7. ^ Picazo, Raúl Daffunchio (19 May 2024). "Americans shine in Innsbruck's Golden Roof Challenge". Inside the Games. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Olympic anticipation at the pole vault meeting at Tegernsee". dasgelbeblatt. 15 July 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  9. ^ "Women's Pole Vault Results - World Athletics Junior U20 Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  10. ^ "Kesidis claims historic hammer gold for Cyprus on day three in Lima". World Athletics. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  11. ^ "Gold und Rekord für Magdalena Rauter aus Götzens". meinberzik.at. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2024.