Holly Bleasdale
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| Personal information | |
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| Birth name | Holly Bethan Bleasdale |
| Nationality | British |
| Born |
2 November 1991 Preston, Lancashire, Great Britain |
| Residence | Euxton |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 66 kg (10 st 6 lb; 146 lb) |
| Spouse(s) | Paul Bradshaw |
| Sport | |
| Country | Great Britain |
| Event(s) | Pole Vault |
| Club | Blackburn |
| Turned pro | 2010 |
| Coached by | Scott Simpson |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 4.71m (2012) 4.87m i (2012) |
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Medal record
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| Updated on March 2013. | |
Holly Bethan Bradshaw (née Bleasdale, 2 November 1991) is a British track and field athlete who specialises in the pole vault. She is the current British record holder in the event, having broken Kate Dennison's record on 2 July 2011, and is also the 2013 European Indoor Champion. She is coached by Scott Simpson.
Bradshaw was involved in gymnastics from the age of six until she was 11, when she decided to try running. It was not until she was 17 that she tried pole vault for the first time.
Bradshaw was educated at Parklands Languages High School, a co-educational state comprehensive school in the town of Chorley in Lancashire, in North West England. She attended Runshaw College in Leyland from 2008-2010, where she completed her A-Levels. She is now studying for a degree in Sports Exercise and Science at Manchester Met University via distance learning to allow time for her training.
Bradshaw's Junior career took off when she broke the British Junior pole vault record in June 2010, with a vault of 4.35m. A month later, she competed at the 2010 World Junior Championship, in which she was the favourite for the gold medal. However, she failed to vault higher than 4.15m, resulting in a bronze medal behind Angelica Bengtsson and Victoria von Eynatten, who vaulted 4.25m and 4.20m respectively.
Bradshaw's first competition of the 2011 season was the 2011 European Indoor Championships, where she finished 11th in the qualifying round, with a best vault of 4.45m. Later in 2011, she represented Great Britain in the European Team Championships, where she finished in 5th place.
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