21 February 2012

European Athletics have today announced that British pole vaulter Holly Bleasdale (Julien Raffalli-Ebezant) has been voted as the European Athlete of the Month for January.

The 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships gold medallist, moved up to second on the world and European all-time list with her magnificent mark of 4.87m in the French town of Villeurbane on 21 January.

The 20-year-old’s successfully opener to 2012 was voted for by the public, media and a panel of European Athletics experts, alongside Russian high jumper Aleksey Dmitrik who was also scooped the award.

Read the full story on the European Athletics website:

http://www.european-athletics.org/press-releases/10818-bleasdale-and-dmitrik-voted-european-athletes-of-the-month-for-january-2.html