Katie Byres (born 11 September 1993) is a British former track and field athlete who competed in the pole vault. She holds a personal best of for the event, set in Nevers, France on 18 February 2012.Katie Byres. World Athletics. Retrieved 2021-01-18. Her highest national ranking during her career was third in 2012.Katie Byres. Power of 10. Retrieved 2021-01-18. She also ranked 16th in the world in the 2012 indoor season.Senior indoor 2012 Pole Vault women. World Athletics. Retrieved 2021-01-18. She broke the British under-20 records for pole vault, indoors and outdoors.Papps captures sprint double in Bedford, national junior record for Byres - UK World Junior Trials report - Barcelona 2012. World Athletics (2012-06-18). Retrieved 2021-01-18.
Born in Chesterfield,Katie Byres. 2014 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 2021-01-18. Byres is a member of Sale Harriers Manchester. She became interested in pole vaulting after watching the 2004 Olympic pole vault final on television. She began travelling to Sportcity in Manchester to train for the event.How aiming high paid off for sports star Katie Byres. Manchester Evening News (2010-10-14). Retrieved 2021-01-18. She was coached until 2013 by Julien Raffalli-Ebezant, who also coached national record breaker Holly Bradshaw. After then, she began training with Kate Rooney – herself a former pole vaulter. In 2008 Byres won the England Open Athletics Championships and placed fifth at the 2009 British Athletics Championships the following year, still aged 15. She later managed runner-up performances at the 2012 British Indoor Athletics Championships, 2013 British Indoor Athletics Championships and 2014 British Athletics Championships.
In international age category competitions she placed tenth at the 2009 European Youth Olympic Festival, won the B-final of the pole vault at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics,Women's Pole Vault 1st Youth Olympic Games (athletics). World Athletics. Retrieved 2021-01-18. and came ninth at the 2013 European Athletics U23 Championships.
She was also a participant at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics, 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships, and 2014 Commonwealth Games, but failed to record a valid height at any of the competitions.2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships Women's pole vault Official results. World Athletics. Retrieved 2021-01-18.Katie Byres . Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
She retired from competitive pole vaulting after January 2015. Following her pole vault career, Byres attended Nottingham Trent University, completing a degree in Events Management, and worked for Young Enterprise.Katie Byres. Linkedin. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
International competitions 2009European Youth Olympic FestivalTampere, Finland10thPole vault3.40 m2010Youth OlympicsBishan, Singapore1st (B final)Pole vault4.00 m2012World Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey —Pole vaultWorld Junior ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain —Pole vault2013European U23 ChampionshipsTampere, Finland9thPole vault4.15 m2014Commonwealth GamesGlasgow, United Kingdom —Pole vault
Seasonal bests
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Olympic profile Video of personal best vault