Holly Bradshaw
Bradshaw after winning silver at the 2019 European Indoor Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Holly Bethan Bradshaw |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | Holly Bethan Bleasdale 2 November 1991 Preston, Lancashire, Great Britain |
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) |
Spouse | Paul Bradshaw |
| Sport | |
| Country | Great Britain |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Pole Vault |
| Club | Blackburn Harriers |
| Turned pro | 2010 |
| Coached by | Scott Simpson |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 4.90m (2021) 4.87m i (2012) |
Medal record | |
| Updated on October 2024 | |
Holly Bethan Bradshaw, née Bleasdale, (2 November 1991) is an English retired track and field athlete who specialises in the pole vault. Bradshaw won a bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics, the first ever Olympic medal for a British woman in the event.
Bradshaw was previously the British record holder in the event indoors and outdoors, with clearances of 4.87 metres (2012 indoors) and 4.90 metres (2021 outdoors), before both marks were taken by Molly Caudery. She also won bronze at the 2012 World Indoor Championships, gold at the 2013 European Indoor Championships, bronze at the 2018 European Championships, and silver at the 2019 European Indoor Championships. She also won the event at the team-based 2018 Athletics World Cup.
Coached by Scott Simpson, she was consistently ranked among the world's best and was ranked in the world top ten on the Track and Field News merit rankings in eight seasons (2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022).
The dominant domestic vaulter for a decade and a half, Bradshaw was also a fifteen-time national champion; ten times out doors, and five times indoors.
Bradshaw announced her retirement from elite athletics in 2024.