Kathryn Nageotte is a pole vaulting specialist from the United States.

She won the gold medal in Women’s Pole Vault at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Nageotte joined Nike in 2018.

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Katie Nageotte parents: Mark Nageotte, Diana Nageotte

Mark Nageotte and Diana Nageotte are the parents of the star.

Nageotte not only qualified for the Tokyo Olympics, but did it in record-breaking manner with a leap of 16 feet, 2 3/4 inches, an Olympic trial record. This laid the groundwork for her gold-medal victory.

Katie Nageotte parents nationality

Her parents are American

Nageotte once noted that being afraid of the physical act of pole vaulting has always been a difficulty for her and that now that she has achieved her goal of winning the Olympics, things are much more difficult to practice for.

“[Pole vaulting] is a stressor for me; it’s a bit terrifying,” she said. “And so the sense of ‘OK, the Olympics are coming up, you have to get this done,’ is no longer there, and so I’m navigating pole vaulting without that, and it’s been fascinating.”

Despite her issues with motivation, Nageotte recently set a personal best from a shorter distance at the 2022 National Pole Vault Summit in Reno, Nevada, clearing a height of 15-feet-1-inch using a revised strategy in which she doesn’t jump as high as she used to.

What happened to Katie Nageotte dad?

Nageotte, who lost her father to a heart attack when she was 16 years old, had cardiac testing and gained medical clearance before returning to training.

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