The first British pole vaulter to win an Olympic medal was Dorothy Tyler in the 1936 Olympics. She won a silver medal in the women's pole vault event.
Sir James Clark Ross was the first British person to the south pole.
Felicity Aston became the first British woman to reach the South Pole on January 18, 2012, after skiing 1,084 miles in 59 days from the Ross Ice Shelf to the Pole.
In 1969, British explorer Felicity Aston became the first woman to ski alone across Antarctica to the South Pole.
The first person to reach the North Pole is disputed, but Robert Peary and Matthew Henson were recognized for reaching the North Pole in 1909. Roald Amundsen was the first person to reach the geographic South Pole in 1911. Sir Ernest Shackleton's British Antarctic Expedition of 1907-1909 did not attempt to reach the North Pole.
Roald Amundsen was the leader of the first group of explorers to reach the South Pole in 1911. He and his team reached the South Pole on December 14, 1911, beating the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott.
Pole vaulter
There are many poles rated for a 200 lbs vaulter. First a vaulter of that size must work on their technique to ensure that he can use such a large pole. Then depending on the vaulters height and jump a vaulter can buy a 14' - 17' 7" that is rated for a 200 lbs vaulter. But a 14' 200 is not the same pole as a 16' 200. Please look up a pole size chart before picking the right size pole.
Steve Hooker, the Olympic pole vaulter, is 6'2" and is the third-highest pole vaulter in history.
Elastic Potential Energy
I am a pole vaulter and i use a 12 foot pole but it can range from 9 to in the Olympic some times 18
The vaulter may use a pole (under his/her wieght) to go over a cross bar. If the cross bar falls off before the vaulter is off the mat, it is counted as missed. A scratch is when a vaulter's pole hits the back of the box and the vaulter doesn't leave the ground. Besides that it's a unique event considering there are vaulter have many different techniques.
A pole vaulter has kinetic energy as they run with speed, potential energy as they use the pole to propel themselves upwards, and gravitational potential energy as they reach the peak of their jump.
Did you hear about the javelin thrower who decided to become a pole vaulter when the tip of his javelin got stuck in the dirt.
When a pole vaulter's pole has reached its maximum bend point, the potential energy stored in the pole is at its maximum, as the pole is under high tension. At the same time, the kinetic energy of the pole vaulter is also increasing as they approach the release point. The potential energy stored in the pole is eventually converted into kinetic energy of the vaulter as they propel themselves over the bar.
steve hooker
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Dd you hear about the Javelin thrower who decided to become a pole vaulter when the tip of this javelin got stuck in the dirt?..... LOL!