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Katie Moon
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American pole vaulter
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Katie Moon, born Kathryn Elizabeth Nageotte on June 13, 1991, in Lakewood, is an American athletics competitor specializing in pole vault. She competes for the United States and is represented by USA Athletics. Her head coach is Brad Walker. Moon began her competitive career in 2009 and speaks English. She was educated at Ashland University and the University of Dayton.
Moon has won gold in the women's pole vault at the 2020 Summer Olympics, the 2022 World Athletics Championships, and the 2023 World Athletics Championships. She participated in the athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – women's pole vault event. As a female athlete, she represents the United States in international competition.
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Key facts
- Born
- Kathryn Elizabeth Nageotte ( / n ə ˈ ʒ ɒ t / nə- ZHOT ) , ( 1991-06-13 ) June 13, 1991 (age 34) , Lakewood, Ohio , U.S.
- Height
- 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
- Weight
- 135 lb (61 kg)
- Website
- Katie Nageotte at AthleteBiz
- Country
- United States
- Sport
- Track and field
- Event
- Pole vault
- College team
- Ashland University '13, University of Dayton
- Team
- Nike
- Coached by
- Brad Walker
- Highest world ranking
- 1st (2023)
- Personal best s
- 4.94 m (16 ft 2 in) (i), 4.95 m (16 ft 3 in) (o)
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Athletics
- Team
- USA Athletics
- Position
- Pole Vaulter
- Nationality
- United States
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Elizabeth
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Lakewood
- Occupation
- athletics competitor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 61
- Image
- 2019 Birmingham Grand Prix - Katie Nageotte.jpg
- Height
- 1.67
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- date of birth
- 1991-06-13
- sports discipline competed in
- pole vault
- Commons category
- Katie Moon
- start of work period
- 2009-00-00
- head coach
- Brad Walker
- social media followers
- 15847
- competition won
- 2023 World Athletics Championships – women's pole vault
- birth name
- Kathryn Elizabeth Nageotte
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Encyclopedic overview
Kathryn Elizabeth Moon (née Nageotte; born June 13, 1991) is an American pole vaulter. She won gold medals at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2022 and 2023 World Athletics Championships (shared with Australian Nina Kennedy), and silver medals at the 2022 World Indoor Championships and the 2024 Summer Olympics. Moon was also the 2019 Pan American Games silver medalist. In 2025, she became the first woman to win three world pole vault titles in a row, upon winning at the World Athletics Championships.
Early career and personal life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Katie Moon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.