Tatiana Grigorieva (Born October 8, 1975 in Leningrad, Soviet Union) is a retired Australian pole vaulter. She retired from the sport in 2007 after a 10 year career that saw her win Olympic, Commonwealth and World Championship medals.
She went on to star in series six of Dancing with the Stars and as Olympia on the 2008 revival of Gladiators.
As a former national level hurdler in Russia, Tatiana took up pole vaulting when she migrated to Australia in 1997. Within 12 months of picking up a pole, she became one of the world's best, placing third in the 1998 Goodwill Games in New York. In her first appearance at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics she won the bronze medal.
At her first Commonwealth Games in 2002, she went into the competition as the overwhelming favourite with enormous pressure on her, Tatiana's goal was to win gold and set a new Games Record — she achieved both.
Since 2000 Tatiana has appeared in numerous television programs and ad campaigns and magazines and has graced a number of magazines covers including from Inside Sport and Black+White to GQ in Italy and Esquire in the UK.
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