Amanda Moll
{{Short description|American athlete (born 2005)}}
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| nationality = American
| sport = Track and field
| event = Pole vault
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| pb =Pole Vault: 4.91m (Indianapolis, 2025)
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Amanda Moll (born January 31, 2005) is an American pole vaulter. She holds the indoor world under-18 best, the NCAA record, the American youth record and high school all-time record in the pole vault.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/amanda-moll-14906783|title=Amanda Moll|website=World Athletics|accessdate=January 25, 2025}}
Career
She is a member of the Northwest Pole Vault Club.{{cite web|url= https://www.milesplit.com/articles/323239/washington-earned-commitments-from-national-pole-vault-duo|website=Milesplit|accessdate=January 25, 2025|title= Washington Earned Commitments From National Pole Vault Duo|first=Cory|last=Mull|date=October 31, 2022}} She set an indoor world under-18 best with a 4.50 metres clearance on February 27, 2022, at the USA Championships in Spokane, Washington.{{cite news|title=More On Amanda Moll's National Record Tying PV Clearance|url=https://www.milesplit.com/articles/310564/amanda-moll-ties-national-pole-vault-record-at-usa-indoors|website=milesplit.com|author=Cory Mull|date=March 4, 2022|access-date=January 25, 2025}} She finished fifth at the 2022 IAAF World Junior Championships in Cali, Colombia in August 2022.{{cite web|title= Moll wins pole vault gold on busy fourth morning in Cali |date=August 4, 2022|website=World Athletics|accessdate=January 25, 2025|url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-u20-championships/world-athletics-u20-championships-7163112/news/report/wu20-cali-22-day-four-morning-moll}}
In January 2023, she set an American Under-20 record and high school all-time record clearance of 4.61m competing at the 2023 Pole Vault Summit in Reno, Nevada, becoming the first American girl to go over 15 feet.{{cite web|website=Runnerspace|accessdate=January 25, 2025|url= https://www.runnerspace.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=44531&do=news&news_id=653249|title= AMANDA MOLL BECOMES FIRST U.S. PREP FEMALE ATHLETE TO SOAR PAST 15-FOOT BARRIER AT UCS SPIRIT NATIONAL POLE VAULT SUMMIT|date=January 14, 2023}}{{cite web|url= https://www.milesplit.com/articles/326513/history-made-amanda-moll-becomes-first-hs-girl-over-15-feet|website=Milesplit|accessdate=January 25, 2025|title= History Made! Amanda Moll Becomes First HS Girl Over 15 Feet|first=Cory|last=Mull|date=January 14, 2023}} Later in the year, she had to recover after slipping off of her pole at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays in March 2023, meaning she missed the high school national championships in June 2023.{{cite web|url= https://www.gotracktownusa.com/news/2023/6/18/hana-moll-wins-pole-vault-title-for-herself-and-for-her-sister|website=gotracktownusa|accessdate=January 25, 2025|title= Hana Moll wins pole vault title – for herself and for her sister|date=June 17, 2023}}
She qualified for the final at the US Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon in June 2024, before placing fifth overall with a personal best clearance of 4.63 metres.{{cite web|url= https://www.flotrack.org/video/12687392-hannah-and-amanda-moll-move-on-to-the-final-in-the-pole-vault|website=Flotrack |title= Hannah and Amanda Moll Move On To The Final In The Pole Vault|date=June 29, 2024|accessdate=January 25, 2025|first=John|last=Davern}}{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7209387?eventId=10229527&gender=W |website=World Athletics|date=June 21, 2024|title= U.S. Olympic Team Trials |accessdate=January 25, 2025}}{{cite web|url= https://www.runnerspace.com/video.php?video_id=396966|website=Runnerspace|accessdate=25 January 2025|title= Amanda Moll 5th Place, Hana Moll 6th Place Women's Pole Vault - U.S. Olympic Team Trials 2024|date=1 July 2024}} She set a new personal best of 4.65 metres in Reno at the Pole Vault Summit in January 2025.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7217249?eventId=10229527&gender=W|website=World Athletics|accessdate=January 25, 2025|title= National Pole Vault Summit|date=January 17, 2025}}{{cite web|url= https://w.youthrunner.com/news/story/amanda-moll-and-hana-moll-both-produce-career-indoor-marks-at-ucs-spirit-national-pole-vault-summit|website=Youthrunner|accessdate=25 January 2025|title= AMANDA MOLL AND HANA MOLL BOTH PRODUCE CAREER INDOOR MARKS AT UCS SPIRIT NATIONAL POLE VAULT SUMMIT|date=January 18, 2025}} She set a new Collegiate record of 4.91 metres in Indianapolis on 1 March 2025.{{cite web|url= https://www.runnerspace.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=44531&do=news&news_id=671202|website=Runnerspace|accessdate=3 March 2025|title= AMANDA AND HANA MOLL RAISE THE BAR, AGAIN, AT BIG TEN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS|date=1 March 2025}} She won the NCAA Championship indoor title on 14 March 2025 in Virginia Beach.{{cite web|url= https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Sports/wireStory/daniel-wins-long-jump-day-ncaa-mens-womens-119822759|website=abcnews|accessdate=15 March 2025|title= Daniel wins long jump on Day One of NCAA Men's and Women's Indoor track and field championships|date=14 March 2025}}
Personal life
From Olympia, Washington, she attended Capital High School in Olympia and the University of Washington. She participated in gymnastics, rock climbing, and mountain biking before focusing on athletics.{{cite web|website=Seattle Times|url= https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/uw-huskies/uws-hana-moll-soars-to-ncaa-pole-vault-title-with-twin-sister-by-side/|accessdate=January 25, 2025|title= UW's Hana Moll soars to NCAA pole-vault title with twin sister by side|date=March 15, 2024
}} Her mother, Paula, is a dietician, and her father, Eric, the CEO of a healthcare company. Her twin sister Hana is also a pole vaulter.{{cite web|url= https://www.milesplit.com/articles/330955/how-the-moll-twins-are-forging-a-historic-path-forward|website=Milesplit|accessdate=January 25, 2025|title= How The Moll Twins Are Forging A Historic Path Forward|first=Cory |last=Mull|date=March 29, 2023}}
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Category:Track and field athletes from Washington (state)
Category:American female pole vaulters
Category:Washington Huskies women's track and field athletes