Leila Ben Youssef
ụdịekere | nwanyị |
---|---|
mba o sị | Tunisia |
aha enyere | Leila |
aha ezinụlọ ya | Ben Youssef |
ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya | 13 Novemba 1981 |
Ebe ọmụmụ | Sidney |
Ikwu | Salah Ben Youssef |
ọrụ ọ na-arụ | pole vaulter |
ebe agụmakwụkwọ | Stanford University |
ụdị egwuregwu | egwuregwu |
ịdọ aka ná ntị egwuregwu asọmpi | pole vault |
so na | 2007 All-Africa Games, 2008 African Championships in Athletics, 2008 Summer Olympics |
Leila Maryam Ben Youssef (Templeeti:Lang-ar; born November 13, 1981, in Sidney, Montana, United States) is a Tunisian-American pole vaulter. She is a multiple-time Tunisian record holder in the pole vault, and a gold medalist at the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers, Algeria. She also holds a dual citizenship, and chose to represent her father's birthplace Tunisia at numerous sporting events, including the Olympic games.
Ọrụ egwuregwu
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]A mụrụ ya na Sidney, Montana, nna Tunisian na nne French, Ben Youssef malitere ọrụ egwuregwu ya na pole vault mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na anọ. Ọ gara nke ọma na egwuregwu ya na agụmakwụkwọ ya n'afọ niile ọ nọ na Sidney High School, ebe ọ ghọrọ onye mmeri steeti Class A ugboro atọ, ma bipụta ihe ndekọ onwe ya nke 12 feet na 7.5 inches (3.84 mita). N'ịbụ onye si n'ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị pụta n'afọ 2000, Ben Youssef gara Mahadum Stanford dị na Stanford, California, na agụmakwụkwọ zuru oke na egwuregwu. Ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ na nkà mmụta ihe ndị dị ndụ mmadụ, gụrụ obere na nkà mmụta mgbe ochie, ma sọọ mpi maka ndị otu egwuregwu na egwuregwu nke Mahadum dị ka onye otu Stanford Cardinal. Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na 2004, Ben Youssef nwetakwara nzere masta nke anthropology na Mahadum ahụ.[1]
Kemgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Mahadum Stanford na 2005, Ben Youssef gara n'ihu na-asọ mpi maka ịgba ọsọ n'oge a, dị ka onye otu egwuregwu na-agba ọsọ na Tunisia. N'afọ 2007, o ruru oge ọganihu ya site n'inweta ihe nrite ọla edo na Pan Arab Games na Cairo, Egypt, na All-Africa Games na Algiers, Algeria, na ịdị elu nke 3.80 na 3.85 mita, n'otu n'otu.[2][3] N'afọ sochirinụ, Ben Youssef meziwanyere arụmọrụ ya na African Championships na Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, mgbe ọ gafere mita 4.00 iji nweta ihe nrite ọla edo ọzọ. O setịpụkwara ihe ndekọ mba, ma gbaa ọsọ nke 4.30 mita na egwuregwu egwuregwu na Los Gatos, California, na-eme ka o nweta ohere na ndị otu Tunisia maka Olimpik.[4]
Na 2008 Summer Olympics na Beijing, Ben Youssef nwere ihe ịga nke ọma n'ịgafe ịdị elu nke mita 4.00 na pole vault nke ụmụ nwanyị. N'ụzọ dị mwute, ọ dara na mgbalị ya maka nke ikpeazụ, ka ọ nọ n'ọnọdụ nke iri atọ na abụọ n'ozuzu ya na agba nke iru eru, na-ejikọta ọnọdụ ya na Vanessa Vandy nke Finland.[5]
N'oge na-adịghị anya mgbe egwuregwu Olimpik gasịrị, Ben Youssef kwupụtara ezumike nká ya site na pole vault iji gaa n'ihu na agụmakwụkwọ ya na Mahadum Washington School of Medicine na Mahadum Montana State na Bozeman . [6]
- ↑ Pettinger. "Montanan to compete in the Olympics as a pole vaulter for Tunisia", Montana State University, 11 August 2008. Retrieved on 9 January 2013.
- ↑ "Nigeria claim sprint double", Gulf Daily News, 21 July 2007. Retrieved on 9 January 2013.
- ↑ "Tunisian takes easy win in women's pole vault at All Africa Games", Xinhua, People's Daily Online (China), 21 July 2007. Retrieved on 9 January 2013.
- ↑ Ayodi. "Leila brings help from above", The Daily Nation (Kenya), 2 October 2011. Retrieved on 9 January 2013.
- ↑ Women's Pole Vault Qualification. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved on 9 January 2013.
- ↑ Rule. "UW medical student vaults her way to the Olympics", University of Washington, 7 August 2008. Retrieved on 9 January 2013.