Ruth Beitia


Country
Birth date
Age
01/04/1979 - Santander (ESP) 
33
Height
Weight
Gender
191 cm / 6'3" 
72 kg / 159 lbs 
F
Sport
BEITIA Ruth

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RankEventYearLocationResult
Olympic Games
7High Jump2008Beijing, CHN1.96
QualificationHigh Jump2004Athens, GRE1.89
World Championships
5High Jump2009Berlin, GER1.99
Heats4 x 100m Relay2011Daegu, KOR46.24
QualificationHigh Jump2011Daegu, KOR1.92
European Championships
1High Jump2012Helsinki, FIN1.97
6High Jump2010Barcelona, ESP1.95
Diamond League
2High Jump2010London, GBR1.91
3High Jump2010Doha, QAT1.94
4High Jump2012Oslo, NOR1.90
4High Jump2010Brussels, BEL1.92
4High Jump2010Oslo, NOR1.90
5High Jump2010Rome, ITA1.95
7High Jump2011Rome, ITA1.89
7High Jump2011Shanghai, CHN1.85
Golden League
3High Jump2009Oslo, NOR1.95
4High Jump2009Berlin, GER1.93
4High Jump2008Zurich, SUI1.95
5High Jump2009Zurich, SUI1.94
7High Jump2009Brussels, BEL1.90
7High Jump2008Brussels, BEL1.94
World Challenge
1High Jump2011Madrid, ESP1.92
3High Jump2010Berlin, GER1.93
4High Jump2010Madrid, ESP1.92
Super Grand Prix
2High Jump2009London, GBR1.92
3High Jump2009Doha, QAT1.92
Grand Prix
1High Jump2009Madrid, ESP1.93
World Indoor Championships
2High Jump2010Doha, QAT1.98
6High Jump2012Istanbul, TUR1.95

Hobbies

Shopping, go to the cinema, reading and spending time with friends. (20minutos.es, 08 Aug 2007)

Education

Physiotherapy - University of Santander, Spain

Club name

Pielagos Inelecma, Spain

Coach

Ramon Torralbo (youtube.com, FraileyblancoTV, 10 May 2011)

Other sports

Her father was an athletics judge at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. (asics.es, 15 Jun 2012)

Debut

1996 for Spain (Spanish Athletics, 21 Jun 2004)

Injuries

In March 2012 she competed with a minor back injury. (deportes.elpais.com, 09 Mar 2012)

In 2011 she had back pains that extended to her bottom and her legs. (atletismoqueesgerundio.wordpress.com, 08 May 2012)

Additional information

Start of sporting career
She took up the sport at age seven. (20minutos.es 08 Aug 2007)

Reason for taking up this sport
Her coach saw her abilities to practice the sport and invited her to be part of the team. (aula.elmundo.es 21 Aug 2007)

Hero
Cuban high jumper Javier Sotomayor. (20minutos.es 08 Aug 2007)

Sporting philosophy / motto
"Training everyday with a smile, being happy, competition, is my life, what I always wanted." (youtube.com, FraileyblancoTV, 10 May 2011)

General
RETIREMENT
She plans to retire after the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (eldiariomontanes.es, 07 Jun 2012)

Previous Olympics

Beijing 2008, Athens 2004


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