Chloé Henry

Chloé Henry
Personal information
Full name Chloé Celine Theys Henry
Nationality  Belgium
 United States
Born 5 March 1987 (27 yrs)
Corpus Christi, USA
Education Blaise Pascal University
Height 1,70 m
Weight 59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Country Belgium
Sport track and field, gymnastics
Event(s) pole vault
Club USBW
Coached by Philippe d'Encausse
Medal record
Women’s athletics
Representing  Belgium
Summer Universiade
2015 Gwangju Pole vault

Chloé Henry is a Belgian gymnast and pole vaulter. She is multiple times Belgian Champion and National Record holder in pole vault.

Career

Artistic Gymnastics

Chloé Henry was born 5 March 1987 in Corpus Christi, Texas, and lived in the United States until she was 8 years old, where she started artistic gymnastics. She moved to Belgium where she started her international artistic gymnastics career. She participated in a number of European Championships and one World Championship. She was also selected to compete at the 2007 World Championship, but dislocated her elbow prior to the championship, which took her out of the running for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. In 2006 she was the Belgian Champion. In 2008 She refocused her objectives to pole vault.

Five titles in three years

After five months in pole vault she received her first medal at the National Championship, when she jumped over 3m35 to take home the bronze. In 2012 she became for the first time Belgian indoor Champion, a title maintained in 2013, 2014, and 2015. In 2012, 2014, and 2015 she also became the Outdoor Belgian Champion.

National records

Chloé Henry holds the indoor and outdoor National Record. She bettered a 10-year-old national record with a jump over 4m22 in December 2011 in Sittard, Netherlands, Belgian indoor record. In 2012, 2013, and 2014 she increased the record to 4m29 at the KBC Nacht, 4m33, 4m41, and 4m42 respectively national record.[1][2] During an official competition in Brussels, Belgium she also jumped a Belgian record at 4m26, which was later not recognised by the Flemish Federation.

Club

Belgium Champion

Outdoor
Discipline Year
Pole vault 2012, 2014, 2015
Indoor
Discipline Year
Pole vault 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

Personal records

Season Result Date Location
Pole vault outdoor 4,42 m (nat. rec.) 22 August 2015 Waremme, Bel
Pole vault indoor 4,33 m 28 February 2015 Zweibrücken, Ger

National records

Result Date Location
4,42 m (nat. rec.) 22 August 2015 Waremme, Bel
4,33 m (nat. indoor rec.) 28 February 2015 Zweibücken, Ger
4,31m (nat. indoor rec.) 10 January 2015 Aubière, Fra
4,41 m (nat. rec.) 15 August 2014 Jemeppe, Bel
4,33 m (nat. rec.) 29 June 2013 Albi, Fra
4,29 m (nat. rec.) 7 July 2012 Heusden-Zolder, Bel
4,26 m (unofficial nat. rec.) 27 June 2012 Brussels, Bel
4,22 m (nat. rec.) 29 December 2011 Sittard, Ned

Palmares

Artistic gymnastics

Pole Vault

External links

References

  1. ↑ Chloe Henry met Belgisch record polsstokspringen naar Universiade , Het Nieuwsblad, 2 juli 2013
  2. ↑ Polsstokspringster Chloe Henry stelt Belgisch record scherper, Het Nieuwsblad, 15 augustus 2014
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