| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
| Olympic Games | ||||
| 1 | High Jump | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | 2.05 |
| 12 | High Jump | 2004 | Athens, GRE | 1.85 |
| European Championships | ||||
| 5 | High Jump | 2010 | Barcelona, ESP | 1.97 |
| Diamond League | ||||
| 2 | High Jump | 2012 | Oslo, NOR | 1.93 |
| Golden League | ||||
| 3 | High Jump | 2008 | Brussels, BEL | 2.00 |
| 8 | High Jump | 2008 | Zurich, SUI | 1.90 |
| World Challenge | ||||
| 1 | High Jump | 2012 | Rabat, MAR | 1.96 |
| 2 | High Jump | 2012 | Moscow, RUS | 1.92 |
| 2 | High Jump | 2010 | Madrid, ESP | 1.95 |
| World Indoor Championships | ||||
| 5 | High Jump | 2012 | Istanbul, TUR | 1.95 |
Occupation
Athlete
Education
Chemistry
Family
Partner Wim Vandeven, daughters Lotte and Saartje
Language(s) spoken
Dutch, English, French
Club name
Atletica 84, Zwijndrecht, BEL
Coach
Wim Vandeven [partner] (tiahellebaut.be, 03 Apr 2012 )
Injuries
A left ankle injury affected her performance at the 2007 World Championships and she ended her season early due to the injury. (dailytimes.com.pk, 10 Sep 2007)
A shoulder injury forced her to stop competing in the javelin, and therefore the heptathlon as well. (wcsn.com, 20 Aug 2007)
Additional information
Ambitions
To jump over 2m at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (stabroeknews.com, 25 Jun 2011)
Hero
French footballer Zinedine Zidane. (tiahellebaut.be, 03 Apr 2012)
Awards
She became the first Belgian woman to win an Olympic gold medal in athletics with her victory in the high jump in Beijing in 2008. The gold was also the first for Belgium in athletics since the 1964 Games in Tokyo. (iaaf.org, 23 Aug 2008)
She is a two-time winner of the Golden Spike award [2006, 2008], as Belgium's top female athlete. (nieuwsblad.be, 10 Feb 2012)
General
RETIREMENT AND COMEBACK
She retired from competition twice to give birth to her daughters. She retired the first time a few months after winning gold at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. She gave birth to her daughter Lotte in June 2009 and returned to the sport in February 2010. She competed at the 2010 European Championships while pregnant with her second child and retired again in August 2010. She gave birth to Saartje in February 2011 and announced her second comeback in June 2011. (iaaf.org, 25 Jun 2011)
Previous Olympics
Beijing 2008, Athens 2004
