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{{short description|American pole vaulter}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| headercolor = pink
| name = Stacy Dragila
| image = stacy dragila.jpg
| image_size = 200
| caption = Dragila at the 2005 Reno Pole Vault Summit
| nationality = <!-- [[United States|American]] -->
| birth_name = Stacy Renée Mikaelsen
| full_name = 
| nickname = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|3|25}}
| birth_place = [[Auburn, California]], U.S.
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| height = 5 ft 7+1⁄2 in (1.72 m)
| weight = 137 lb (62 kg)
| country = {{flagicon|USA}} [[United States national athletics team|United States]]
| sport = [[Athletics (sport)|Athletics]]
| event = [[Pole vault]]
| collegeteam = 
| club = Nike, Beaverton
| coach = 
| pb = Pole vault: 4.83 (2004)
| medaltemplates=
{{Medal|Sport|Women's [[Sport of athletics|athletics]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold| [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]]|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's pole vault|Pole vault]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics|1999 Seville]]|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics - Women's Pole Vault|Pole vault]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics|2001 Edmonton]]|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault|Pole vault]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Indoor Championships in Athletics|World Indoor Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1997 Paris]]|[[1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pole vault|Pole vault]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2004 Budapest]]|[[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pole vault|Pole vault]]}}
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'''Stacy Renée Mikaelson''' known as '''Stacy Renée Dragila''' (born 25 March 1971) is a former American [[pole vault]]er. She is an [[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's pole vault|Olympic gold medalist]] and a multiple-time [[2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault|world champion]].

==Early life==
[[File:Dragilastatue.jpg|thumb|right|Stacy Dragila standing in front of her photographic statue while being inducted into the [[National Track and Field Hall of Fame]]]]
Dragila was born and raised in [[Auburn, California]], northeast of [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]]. She participated in [[gymnastics]] but gave it up due to childhood [[asthma]].

She attended [[Placer Union High School District|Placer High School]] where she played [[volleyball]] and competed on the track team as a sprinter, hurdler, and jumper. She was coached by [[Yuba Community College]]'s John Orognen. She competed in the [[300 meters hurdles]] at the [[CIF California State Meet]], but did not place. In 1990, she placed second at the [[Golden West Invitational]] in the [[400 meters hurdles]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=Selected Meet Results |url=http://lynbrooksports.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/TRACK/1990/gwi_res.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222212846/http://lynbrooksports.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/TRACK/1990/gwi_res.pdf |archive-date=2014-12-22 |website=lynbrooksports.prepcaltrack.com}}</ref>

She graduated from [[Idaho State University]] in 1995. At ISU, she competed in the [[heptathlon]]. She was introduced to pole vaulting by her coach, a former vaulter himself, and she participated in some of the earliest sanctioned women's pole vault competitions.<ref name=":0" />

==Pole vaulting career==
Dragila won the women's pole vault competition at the [[1996 United States Olympic trials (track and field)|1996 U.S. Olympic Trials]]. Women's pole vault was a demonstration event at the Trials, and it was not included in the program of the [[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Olympics]] in [[Atlanta]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hymans |first=Richard |title=The History of the United States Olympic Trials - Track&Field |url=https://www.usatf.org/statistics/champions/OlympicTrials/HistoryOfTheOlympicTrials.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929174254/http://www.usatf.org/statistics/champions/OlympicTrials/HistoryOfTheOlympicTrials.pdf |archive-date=September 29, 2018 |access-date=December 23, 2014}}</ref>

In March 1997, Dragila won the pole vault competition at the [[1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships|Indoor World Championships]] and set her first [[Women's pole vault indoor world record progression|indoor world record]], 4.48 m (14&nbsp;ft 8 in). At the 1999 Outdoor World Championships, she again won gold and set her first [[Women's pole vault world record progression|outdoor world record]], 4.60 m (15&nbsp;ft 1 in). Over the course of her career, she set or tied the indoor world record 8 times and the outdoor world record 10 times.

After winning the [[2000 United States Olympic trials (track and field)|2000 U.S. Olympic Trials]] and resetting the world record at 4.63 m (15&nbsp;ft 2 in), Dragila won the first women's pole vault Olympic gold medal at the [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Olympic Games]] in Sydney.[[File:Dragila.jpg|thumb|right|Stacy Dragila accepting her induction into the [[National Track and Field Hall of Fame]]]]

The [[World Athletics Championships|World Championships]] in [[2009 World Championships in Athletics|2009]] was Dragila's final major championship. She finished with a jump of {{height|m=4.25}}, not progressing to the [[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault|pole vault final]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Landells |first=Steve |date=2009-08-15 |url=http://berlin.iaaf.org/news/kind=108/newsid=52757.html |title=Event Report - Women's Pole Vault - Qualification |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090926060807/http://berlin.iaaf.org/news/kind=108/newsid=52757.html |archive-date=2009-09-26 |publisher=[[IAAF]] |access-date=2009-08-16}}</ref>

Although she jumped {{height|m=4.70}} at age 37, her {{height|m=4.55}} vault at age 38 in 2009 was the ratified [[List of world records in masters athletics|W35 Masters World Record]] until 2017.

In 2014, she was elected to the [[National Track and Field Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usatf.org/Athlete-Bios/Hall-of-Fame/2014-Hall-of-Fame-Bios/Stacy-Renee-Mikaelsen-Dragila.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223064057/http://www.usatf.org/Athlete-Bios/Hall-of-Fame/2014-Hall-of-Fame-Bios/Stacy-Renee-Mikaelsen-Dragila.aspx |archive-date=2014-12-23 |title=USA Track & Field - Stacy Renée Mikaelsen Dragila}}</ref>  A combined high school/collegiate indoor track and field invitational, the Stacy Dragila Open, is held annually at Idaho State University.

==International competitions==
{| {{AchievementTable}}
|-
|1997
|[[1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Paris, France]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:gold;"|1st
|Pole vault
|-
|1999
|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Seville, Spain]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:gold;"|1st
|Pole vault
|-
|2000
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Sydney, Australia]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:gold;"|1st
|Pole vault
|-
|2001
|[[2001 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Edmonton, Alberta]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:gold;"|1st
|Pole vault
|-
|2001
|[[Athletics at the 2001 Goodwill Games|Goodwill Games]]
|[[Brisbane]], Australia
|  style="text-align:center; background:gold;"|1st
|Pole vault
|-
|2003
|[[2003 IAAF World Athletics Final|World Athletics Final]]
|[[Fontvieille, Monaco]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:gold;"|1st
|Pole vault
|-
|2004
|[[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Budapest]], [[Hungary]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:silver;"|2nd
|Pole vault
|}

==National titles==
* [[USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships]]
** Pole vault (9): 1996<sup>†</sup>, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
* [[USA Indoor Track and Field Championships]]
** Pole vault (8): 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004

<sup>†</sup> The 1996 contest was a non-championship event

==Personal==
Stacy divorced Brent Dragila in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.court-docket-online.com/case/c32055deb7d92250/ID/CV-2006-0001399-DR1008 |title=CV-2006-0001399-DR (1008): Stacy R Dragila vs Brent C Dragila |access-date=2014-12-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222233620/http://www.court-docket-online.com/case/c32055deb7d92250/ID/CV-2006-0001399-DR1008 |archive-date=2014-12-22}}</ref>

She lived in [[San Diego]], California, and is the founder of Altius Track Club.

Stacy now lives in [[Boise, Idaho]], where she owns and coaches at a premier indoor/outdoor pole vault facility, Dragila Vault Co.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dragilavaultcamps.com/ |title=Stacy Dragila Vault Co. |website=DragilaVaultCamps.com |access-date=April 1, 2021 |archive-date=May 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519014526/https://www.dragilavaultcamps.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

She married American discus thrower [[Ian Waltz]] and welcomed daughter Allyx (an alternative spelling of the standard 'Alex') Josephine Waltz on June 21, 2010.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=http://trackfield.teamusa.org/news/2010/09/27/a-decade-later-stacy-dragila/38733 |title=A decade later: Stacy Dragila |publisher=USA Track & Field |first=Brandon |last=Penny |date=September 27, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100930182109/http://trackfield.teamusa.org/news/2010/09/27/a-decade-later-stacy-dragila/38733 |archive-date=September 30, 2010}}</ref>

==Awards==
* [[World Athletics Awards]]
:: World Athlete of the Year (Women)：2001<ref>{{Cite web |title=World Athletes of the Year |url=https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/document/651c81d5050f9b2bc0433282.pdf?_gl=1*6hkuqu*_ga*NjYxMTM1NTI5LjE3MTUyMjE3MTY.*_ga_7FE9YV46NW*MTcxNTIyMTcxNS4xLjEuMTcxNTIyMTcyMi4wLjAuMA.. |website=[[World Athletics]] |format=PDF |access-date=}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
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* {{World Athletics}}
* {{USATF|new_id=stacy-dragila}}
* {{USATF|old_id=TrackAndFieldArchive/2009/Dragila_Stacy}}
* {{USATF|id=Hall-of-Fame/2014-Hall-of-Fame-Bios/Stacy-Renee-Mikaelsen-Dragila|name=Stacy Renée Mikaelsen Dragila - 2014 Hall of Fame Inductee}}
* {{Team USA|new_id=stacy-dragila|old_id=DR/Stacy-Dragila|archive=20230127143709}}
* {{Olympics.com|stacy-dragila|org_archive=20210117164212}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* [https://www.dragilavaultcamps.com/about Stacy Dragila Vault Co.]

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