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| London 2012 | Athlete Profile |
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| Liz Parnov |
| Sport |
Athletics |
| Age |
18 |
| Born |
Perth, WA |
| Experience |
London 2012 |
| Height |
177cm |
| Weight |
57kg |
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- Liz Parnov is the daughter of pole vault guru Alex Parnov - coach of world, Olympic, world indoor and Commonwealth Games champion Steve Hooker. The Parnovs moved from Russia to Australia in 1996 and now Alex coaches Australia's full Olympic pole vault contingent - Liz, Steve and Alana Boyd in Perth.
- Parnov's aunt is pole vault Olympic silver medallist Tatiana Grigorieva and her grandmother is Natalie Tchistiakova who won Olympic bronze for the USSR in the women's 400m at the 1968 Games. Her sister Vicky also competed in pole vault, competing at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
- At the age of 16 Parnov was named Australian flagbearer for the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore. Parnov went into the Games with a personal best of 4.40m and won silver with a jump of 4.25m.
- In February this year Parnov jumped a personal best of 4.50m in Perth.
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