![]() Images of Stokke competing in New York in early 2007 were taken by a journalist for a Californian track and field website and placed online. ![]() She finished eighth at the national junior championships that year. In her senior year of high school, she ranked second in the national high school rankings with a new best of 4.14 m ( 13 ft 6 + 3⁄ 4 in). Despite breaking her leg while in high school, she managed to win twice at the CIF California State Meet. Her vaults were also the best ever achieved by an American aged fifteen and sixteen. She broke the American record for a high school freshman with a vault of 3.86 m (12 ft 7 + 3⁄ 4 in) in 2004 and then set a new high school sophomore record with 4.11 m ( 13 ft 5 + 3⁄ 4 in) in 2005. She won the age 15/16 United States title in 2004 with a championship record of 3.81 m (12 ft 6 in). After trying gymnastics, she took up pole vaulting while attending Newport Harbor High School and soon became one of the country's best young vaulters. She continued vaulting at national level meetings up to 2017.Īfter college, she became a professional vaulter and sports model for Nike and Athleta, among others.īorn to Allan and Cindy Stokke in Newport Beach, California, Stokke grew up in a sporting family – her older brother David was a national level youth gymnast. She attempted to make the American Olympic team at the 2012 United States Olympic Trials but failed to record a height. She competed at two NCAA Division I Championships, achieving All-American honors at the 2011 NCAA Indoor Championships, and earned regional level all-academic honors through her combined athletic and academic performances. Stokke continued to pole vault, attending University of California, Berkeley, and competing for their California Golden Bears collegiate track team. Images of her at age seventeen were widely shared on the Internet, resulting in her becoming an internet phenomenon. She broke a number of American records for high school pole vaulting. Allison Rebecca Stokke Fowler (born March 22, 1989) is an American track and field athlete and fitness model.
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