Georgia Stefanidi

Height:
5-8
Class:
Senior
High School:
1st High School of Pallini
Hometown:
Pallini, Greece

2016: Outdoor - Won the season-opening Georgia Relays with a pole vault clearance of 12 feet, 5 ½ inches...Was seventh at the Virginia Challenge thanks to a clearance of 13-1.50...Hit a season-best mark of 13-2.50 in the vault to finish second at the Georgia Invitational...Took 11th at the SEC Championships after clearing 13-1.50...Rounded up her season with a 27th-place finish in the first round of the NCAA Prelims with a vault clearance of 12-11.50. Indoor- Won the Vulcan Invite with a vault of 12 feet, 11 ½ inches...Finished first at the Blazer Invite after clearing 12-5.50...Cleared 13 feet, 4 ¼ inches for fourth place at the McCravy Memorial meet...Placed fifth at the Razorback Invite (13-4.50)...Took third at the VT Elite Meet with a vault of 13 feet, 5 ¼ inches...Cleared a season-best 13 feet, 7 ¼ inches for second at the Samford Invitational...Placed ninth at the SEC Championships (13-0.25).

2015: Outdoor - Did not compete for the Lady Bulldogs. Indoor - Cleared 12 feet, 6 ¼ inches to finish 15th in the pole vault at the VT Elite Meet.

2014: Outdoor- Was the top collegiate finisher (second overall) at the Spec Towns Invite thanks to a second attempt clearance of 12 feet, 11 ½ inches...Took third in the pole vault at the Georgia Invite with a mark of 12-7.50...Cleared 12-7.50 on her third try to take 16^th at the SEC Championships.

2014: Indoor - Went over the pole vault bar at 13 feet, 2 ¼ inches to take seventh at the Cherry & Silver Invite...Was sixth at the VT Elite Meet after reaching a mark of 13-1.75...Soared over the bar at 13-6.25 to take seventh in the pole vault at the SEC Championships.

High School: Captured pole vault victories at the National Junior Championships, the National Under-21 Championships and the Balkan Championships as a senior... Personal-best mark of 13 feet, 11 ¼ inches...Also finished first at the National Junior Championships as a junior...Finished fourth at the World Youth Championships while winning her second of two National Youth Championships and taking second at the European Youth Olympic Festival as a sophomore...Coached by Vasilis Megaloeconomou.

Personal: Born September 17, 1995...Daughter of George Stefanidis, who was a triple jumper for Greece, and Zoe Vareli, who was Greek sprinter...Sister, Katerina Stefanidi, won the 2012 NCAA outdoor pole vault title and was a four-time All-American at Stanford before graduating...Majoring in Advertising.