Roslinda Samsu (born 9 June 1982 in Padang Terap) is a Malaysian pole vaulter. She is a four-time defending champion at the Southeast Asian Games, and a silver medalist at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar. She won the bronze medal at the 2005 Asian Athletics Championships in Incheon, South Korea, but nearly missed out of the podium at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia. She was also able to clear her personal best of 4.20 metres to capture the gold medal at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championships in Amman, Jordan.
Roslinda represented Malaysia the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after reaching a qualifying mark of 4.30 metres in both the indoor and outdoor meets. She competed in the women's pole vault, an event which was prominently dominated by Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva. Roslinda cleared the bar in the preliminary rounds, with her seasonal best distance of 4.30 metres, tying her position with Australia's Alana Boyd, in eighth place for the group, and in sixteenth overall.
Competition record Representing 1999World Youth ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, British Columbia15th (q)3.20 mAsian Junior ChampionshipsSingapore5th3.40 m2000Asian ChampionshipsJakarta, Indonesia4th3.70 m2001Asian Junior ChampionshipsBandar Seri Begawan, Brunei2nd3.70 mSoutheast Asian GamesKuala Lumpur, Malaysia2nd3.80 m2003UniversiadeDaegu, South Korea –NMSoutheast Asian GamesHanoi, Vietnam3rd3.60 m2004Asian Indoor ChampionshipsTehran, Iran2nd4.00 m2005Asian ChampionshipsIncheon, South Korea3rd4.10 mSoutheast Asian GamesManila, Philippines1st4.10 m2006Commonwealth GamesMelbourne, Australia4th4.25 mAsian GamesDoha, Qatar2nd4.30 m2007Asian ChampionshipsAmman, Jordan1st4.20 mUniversiadeBangkok, Thailand5th4.20 mWorld ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan23rd (q)4.35 mSoutheast Asian GamesNakhon Ratchasima, Thailand1st4.00 m2008Asian Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar2nd4.10 mOlympic GamesBeijing, China16th (q)4.30 m2009World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany24th (q)4.25 mAsian ChampionshipsGuangzhou, China5th3.60 mSoutheast Asian GamesVientiane, Laos1st4.15 m2010Asian Indoor ChampionshipsTehran, Iran1st4.00 mCommonwealth GamesDelhi, India10th3.95 mAsian GamesGuangzhou, China5th4.00 m2011Southeast Asian GamesPalembang, Indonesia1st4.20 m
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NBC 2008 Olympics profile