Liz Parnov

Elizabeth Parnov (born 9 May 1994) is a Russian-born Australian athlete who competes in pole vault. She was the Australian National Champion in the event in 2010, jumping 4.40m weeks before she turned 16 years old.[2][3] She has strong athletic pedigree, being the niece of Tatiana Grigorieva, who won the silver medal for Australia in the women's pole vault at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and the granddaughter of Natalya Pechonkina, who won the bronze medal for the USSR in the women's 400m at the 1968 Summer Olympics. She is coached by her father Alex Parnov, himself a former world class pole vaulter. Her older sister Vicky also competes in pole vault and is the 2012 Australian national champion.

Elizabeth Parnov

Personal information
Nationality	Russian-Australian
Born	(1994-05-09) 9 May 1994 Moscow, Russia
Residence	Perth, Australia
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)[1]
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	Pole vault
Coached by	Alex Parnov
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Australia World Junior Championships 2012 Barcelona Pole vault Summer Youth Olympics 2010 Singapore Pole vault World Youth Championships 2011 Lille Pole vault Oceania Youth Championships 2010 Sydney Pole vault 2011 Sydney Pole vault
Updated on 18 April 2013.

Parnov was born in Moscow and moved to Australia with her family in 1996, at the age of two.

At the first Youth Olympic Games she was selected to be the Australian flag bearer.[2] She came home with a silver medal. She also won a silver medal at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics, held in Lille.

Her personal best of 4.50 metres, achieved on 17 February 2012 at Perth, is the Australian under-20 record, surpassing the record of her sister that she had tied in winning the Australian National Championship in 2010. While she was still age 17 at the time of the jump, which surpassed the World Youth Record, she was not eligible for the record because she turns 18 in 2012.