Tina Šutej

Tina Šutej (born 7 November 1988) is a Slovenian pole vaulter. She is a World Championships bronze medallist, World Indoor Championships silver and bronze medallist, European Championships bronze medallist, three-time European Indoor Championships silver medallist and European Games silver medallist. Šutej earned the bronze medal at the 2025 World Championships, silver and bronze medal at the 2025 and 2022 World Indoor Championships respectively, the bronze medal at the 2022 European Championships, and the silver medal at the 2021, 2023 and 2025 European Indoor Championships and the 2023 European Games.

Šutej is a four-time Olympian and competed at the 2012, 2016, 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics. At junior level, she earned a silver medal at the 2006 World Junior Championships. Šutej is the Slovenian record holder both in and outdoors.

Career Šutej was born in Ljubljana and began competing in athletics at an early age, practising in a variety of events from the age of seven. A change of coach at her local club saw the arrival of a pole vault specialist, who encouraged her to focus on vaulting the high bar. She made her international debut at the 2005 World Youth Championships in Athletics and finished eighth in the pole vault final. Her first medal came the following year as she was the runner-up behind Zhou Yang with a Slovenian junior record mark of 4.25 m.

The next season saw Šutej make her senior debut at the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships, but she did not progress into the final. Although she won an indoor and outdoor title nationally, She enjoyed success in NCAA competition while studying at the University of Arkansas and was the runner-up at the collegiate outdoor championships in 2009.

The 2010 saw Šutej make improvements as she recorded a national indoor record clearance of 4.46 m in February and went on to claim the national title outdoors with a Slovenian record mark of 4.50 m. She was the runner-up in the First League section of the 2010 European Team Championships and came tenth in the final at the 2010 European Athletics Championships. This was an American collegiate record and as a result Track and Field News chose her as its Collegiate Women's Indoor Athlete of the Year.

Šutej competed at the 2011 World Championships and 2012 London Olympics without reaching the final, before reaching the final of the 2014 World Indoor Championship.

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