Episode 334: Katie Nageotte – 2021 Olympic Pole Vault Champion
I'll Have Another with Lindsey Hein Podcast
SandyBoy Productions
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🗓️ 3 September 2021
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Katie Nageotte is back on the podcast today! Katie is the brand new Olympic champion in the pole vault from this summer! She has a personal best of 4.95 meters which is 16 feet 2 inches. She was 5th at the Olympic Trials in 2016 so she had a huge year this year to not only make the Olympic team but to also win the gold medal! Katie was first on the show back in 2018 on episode 142. If you want to learn more about her and her background with pole vaulting, go back and listen to that episode!
She is really open and honest about fear with pole vaulting and she shares about that in this episode! We also recap her Olympic experience, talk about her relationship with other athletes on the pole vault circuit, what she has changed since switching coaches, and so much more!
What we talked about:
6:55- The changes that she made in her training with her new coach
11:55- Why she started working with her coach Brad
15:00- Learning to have a strong work ethic
16:35- What she would tell herself after she missed the Olympics in 2016
18:30- Katie’s recap of the Olympics
26:30- Thinking about her dad during competitions
30:00- Having fear while pole vaulting
34:15- Her relationship with her other USA teammates
37:15- Winning the gold medal at her first Olympics
44:20- Katie’s boyfriend
49:00- End of podcast questions
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| 0:00.0 | This is a Sandyboy Productions podcast. |
| 0:03.4 | Hey everybody, welcome to all have another podcast with Lindsay Hein. |
| 0:24.2 | I am your host Lindsay and I'm so happy to have you here with us today. |
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| 1:08.4 | Alright friends, today you're listening to episode 334 and I'm talking with Katie Najau. |
| 1:14.1 | Katie is a brand new Olympic champion. |
| 1:19.2 | She won the gold medal in Tokyo in the pole vault. |
| 1:23.0 | Had an incredible performance. |
| 1:25.9 | She has a personal best of 4.95 in the pole vault, which is 16 feet 2 inches. |
| 1:32.8 | Listen, Katie was on the show in September of 2018, episode 142. |
| 1:39.2 | So if you need a little intro to Katie, go check out our first conversation. |
| 1:44.8 | And you know, when we talked in 2018, she had just started working with her coach that |
| 1:50.0 | she's with now Brad Walker. |
| 1:52.7 | And she was two years from just missing making the Olympic team in Rio. |
| 1:59.1 | She placed fifth at the Olympic trials in 2016. |
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