Sun Caiyun

{{short description|Chinese pole vaulter}} '''Sun Caiyun''' ({{lang-zh|孙彩云}}; born July 21, 1973, in Shenzhen) is a Chinese former pole vaulter, who was one of the leading athletes in her discipline in the early 1990s. She became the first official world record holder, jumping 4.05 meters on May 21, 1992, in Nanjing, China. In 1994 she received a three-month doping ban.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/29/sports/indoor-record-set-in-the-pole-vault.html Indoor Record Set In the Pole Vault nytimes.com 29 January 1995]</ref>

==Competition record== {| {{AchievementTable}} |- !colspan="5"|Representing {{CHN}} |- |1994 |Goodwill Games |St. Petersburg, Russia |bgcolor=gold|1st |4.00 m |- |1997 |World Indoor Championships |Paris, France |4th |4.20 m |- |rowspan=2|1998 |Goodwill Games |Uniondale, United States |8th |4.10 m |- |Asian Games |Bangkok, Thailand |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |4.00 m |- |1999 |World Indoor Championships |Maebashi, Japan |22nd |3.85 m |}

==References== * [http://hem.bredband.net/athletics/atb-d26.htm All-Time List] *{{World Athletics}} {{Reflist}}

{{s-start}} {{s-ach|rec}} {{succession box|before=None|title=Women's pole vault world record holder|years=May 21, 1992–June 18, 1995<br>November 4–30, 1995|after=Daniela Bártová|years2= |before2= Daniela Bártová|after2={{flagicon|AUS}} Emma George}} {{s-end}} {{Footer WBYP Pole Vault Women}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sun, Caiyun}} Category:1973 births Category:Living people Category:Chinese women pole vaulters Category:World record setters in the sport of athletics Category:Hakka people Category:Hakka sportspeople Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Asian Games Category:Athletes from Guangdong Category:Sportspeople from Shenzhen Category:Doping cases in the sport of athletics Category:Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for China Category:Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Category:Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games Category:Chinese Athletics Championships winners Category:Asian Games bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)