WIC Kujawy Pomorze 26 facts and figures: women's pole vault

Last three sets of world indoor medallists

2022 - 1. Sandi Morris (USA) 4.80m; 2. Katie Nageotte (USA) 4.75m; 3. Tina Šutej (SLO) 4.75m
2024 - 1. Molly Caudery (GBR) 4.80m; 2. Eliza McCartney (NZL) 4.80m; 3. Katie Moon (USA) 4.75m
2025 - 1. Marie-Julie Bonnin (FRA) 4.75m; 2. Tina Šutej (SLO) 4.70m; 3. Angelica Moser (SUI) 4.70m

Highest winning jumps

Sandi Morris (USA) — 4.95m (2018)
Jenn Suhr (USA) — 4.90m (2016)
Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) — 4.86m (2004)

Lowest winning jump

Stacy Dragila (USA) — 4.40m (1997

Biggest winning margin

0.20m -  2003: Svetlana Feofanova (RUS) 4.80m, Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) 4.60m

Smallest winning margin

0.00m - 2008: Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) 4.75m, Jenn Stuczynski/Suhr (USA) 4.75m
0.00m - 2010: Fabiana Murer (BRA) 4.80m, Svetlana Feofanova (RUS) 4.80m
0.00m - 2014: Yarisley Silva (CUB) 4.70m, Anzhelika Sidorova (RUS)/Jirina Ptacnikova (CZE) 4.70m 
0.00m - 2024: Molly Caudery (GBR) 4.80m, Eliza McCartney (NZL) 4.80m

Highest jumps on Polish soil

4.84m 1 Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) - Bydgoszcz 14.02.2007
4.81m 1 Anna Rogowska (POL) - Bydgoszcz 10.02.2010
4.80m 1 Anna Rogowska (POL) - Bydgoszcz 01.08.2009

Repeat winners

4 - Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012
2 - Sandi Morris (USA) 2018, 2022

By country

5 - Russia
4 - United States
1 - Brazil
1 - Great Britain
1 - France
1 - Cuba
1 - Czechia
1 - Germany

Top eight entrants (based on final entries)

Eliza McCartney (NZL) 4.81m o
Tina Šutej (SLO) 4.80m
Amálie Švábíková (CZE) 4.76m
Marie-Julie Bonnin (FRA) 4.76m
Imogen Ayris (NZL) 4.76m
Molly Caudery (GBR) 4.70m
Chloe Timberg (USA) 4.70m
Angelica Moser (SUI) 4.66m

Historic facts

• Only two vaulters have won the world indoor pole vault title on more than one occasion: Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) and Sandi Morris (USA)
• World indoor records have been set in three editions of the World Indoor Championships: 1997 - Stacy Dragila (USA) 4.40m, 2003 - Svetlana Feofanova (RUS) 4.80m, 2004 - Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) 4.86m
• Molly Caudery (GBR) became the first ever Brit to win a global title in the pole vault when she won gold on home soil in Glasgow in 2024

Potential storylines and notes

• Can Eliza McCartney (NZL) become just the second New Zealand woman after event ambassador Valerie Adams to win a world indoor title? She has finished 5-4-2 in her three previous appearances at the World Indoor Championships
• Can Molly Caudery (GBR) or Marie-Julie Bonnin (FRA) become just the third two-time winner of the pole vault title at the World Indoor Championships?
• Can Tina Sutej (SLO) win her first major title at the age of 37? Since 2021, Sutej has finished 4-4-3 at the last three World Championships; 2-2-2 at the last three European Indoors; 3-2 at the 2022 and 2025 World Indoors as well as fifth at the Tokyo Olympics and third at the 2022 European Championships    
• At 37y/135 Tina Sutej is the oldest athlete competing in an individual event in Kujawy Pomorze
• Amalie Svabikova (CZE) is coached by Jirina Ptacnikova who won silver when Poland last held the World Indoor Championships in 2014