Þórey Edda Elísdóttir (born 30 June 1977 in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic former pole vaulter. Her personal best is 4.60 metres, achieved in July 2004 in Madrid. This is also the current national Icelandic record. At the 2008 Summer Olympics she did not qualify for final with the result 4.15 metres.
Þórey Edda got her university degree in engineering at the University of Iceland.
She stood as a candidate for the Left-Green Movement in the 2003 Icelandic parliamentary election but did not succeed in winning a seat.
Competition record Representing 1997European U23 ChampionshipsTurku, Finland9th3.70 m1998European Indoor ChampionshipsValencia, Spain16th (q)3.80 mEuropean ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary23rd (q)3.80 m1999World Indoor ChampionshipsMaebashi, Japan9th4.20 mEuropean U23 ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden5th4.15 mWorld ChampionshipsSeville, Spain13th4.15 m2000Olympic GamesSydney, Australia22nd (q)4.00 m2001World ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada6th4.45 m2002European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany11th4.20 m2003World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom9th (q)4.35 mWorld ChampionshipsParis, France11thNM2004World Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary15th (q)4.20 mOlympic GamesAthens, Greece5th4.55 mWorld Athletics FinalMonte Carlo, Monaco7th4.35 m2005Games of the Small States of EuropeAndorra la Vella, Andorra1st4.40 mWorld ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland17th (q)4.15 mWorld Athletics FinalMonte Carlo, Monaco8th4.20 m2007Games of the Small States of EuropeFontvieille, Monaco2nd4.10 mWorld ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan19th (q)4.35 m2008Olympic GamesBeijing, China23rd (q)4.15 m
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