Jillian Schwartz
Jillian Schwartz, 2012
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| Personal information | |
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| Citizenship | Israel |
| Born |
September 19, 1979 Evanston, Illinois, United States |
| Alma mater | Duke University |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) |
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| Country |
 Israel
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| Sport | Track & field |
| Event(s) | pole vault |
| College team | Duke Blue Devils |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 4.72 m |
| Updated on 20 February 2015. | |
| Medal record | ||
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Representing  United States
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| Maccabiah Games | ||
| Women's pole vault | ||
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2009 Israel | Women's |
Jillian Schwartz (born September 19, 1979) is an American-born pole vaulter who competes internationally for Israel. She represented the United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics and competed at four consecutive World Championships in Athletics from 2003 to 2009. Her best placing in international competition was fourth at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships.
She competed at the NCAA Championships while at Duke University and gained All-America honours on three occasions. Although she never won at a USATF Championships event, she took the runner-up spot on three occasions at both the USA Outdoor and USA Indoor Championships. Her personal best mark is 4.72 m, set indoors in Jonesboro, Arkansas in 2008. Since gaining Israeli citizenship in 2010, she has set Israeli records in the pole vault both outdoors and indoors and has competed for Israel at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Born in Evanston, Illinois, and Jewish, she was raised in Lake Forest. She wanted to take up pole vaulting at Lake Forest High School, but was not allowed as the girl's pole vault was not permitted in Illinois until 1997. She moved to Arkansas in order to train in the discipline. Schwartz attended Duke University and became the first woman to win an Eastern College Athletic Conference title for the Duke Blue Devils in 1999. The following year she won the Atlantic Coast Conference pole vault title and came third at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship. She attended the United States Olympic Trials for the first time in 2000, but failed to register a height. In her final year at Duke, in 2001, she set university records of 4.10 m indoors and 4.32 m outdoors, as well as winning the ACC outdoor and indoor titles. She claimed second place at the NCAA Outdoors and signed with Nike that summer, deciding to turn professional.
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