2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault 2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault ] The Women's Pole vault event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics took place at the Daegu Stadium on August 28 and 30. Anna Rogowska of Poland was the defending champion, while 2008 Olympic champion Yelena Isinbayeva had returned to form after a career break in 2010. American Jennifer Suhr had the two best clearances prior to the competition and Martina Strutz was ranked second in the world behind her. Silke Spiegelburg (the Diamond League leader), world indoor champion Fabiana Murer and Olympic medalist Svetlana Feofanova were the other main
2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships and Jamaica, amongst other countries, did not attend the Championships, due to the coinciding 2006 Commonwealth Games. 2003 | 2004 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 2003 | 2004 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 † Tatyana Kotova was the original winner with 7.00m, but was stripped of the title in 2013 after retested samples from the 2005 World Championships found her to have been doping. All her results from August 2005 to July 2007 were subsequently annulled. 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 11th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics