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Also known as Kathryn Nageotte, Katie Nageotte, Kathryn Moon, Kathryn Elizabeth Moon

American pole vaulter

OverviewAI-generated

Katie Moon, born Kathryn Elizabeth Nageotte on June 13, 1991, in Lakewood, is an American athletics competitor specializing in pole vault. She represents the United States in international competition and is coached by Brad Walker. Moon competed in the women's pole vault at the 2020 Summer Olympics, winning the event. She also won the women's pole vault at the 2022 and 2023 World Athletics Championships. She attended Ashland University and the University of Dayton.

Moon is also an author. Her published works include *Why Grandpa Learned to Swim*, *Kintsugi Bean*, and *Master's in Murder*. She speaks English.

Synthesized by Vinony from 39 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Thesportsdb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
3

Top works

  • Why Grandpa Learned to Swim
  • Kintsugi Bean
  • Master's in Murder

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group
Origin
United States
Active from
1977
art rockavant-gardeelectronicexperimental rockfilm scoreminimal wave

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1
Total plays
1

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Katie+Moon">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Key facts

Born
Kathryn Elizabeth Nageotte ( / n ə ˈ ʒ ɒ t / nə- ZHOT ) , ( 1991-06-13 ) June 13, 1991 (age 34) , Lakewood, Ohio , U.S.
Height
5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight
135 lb (61 kg)
Website
Katie Nageotte at AthleteBiz
Country
United States
Sport
Track and field
Event
Pole vault
College team
Ashland University '13, University of Dayton
Team
Nike
Coached by
Brad Walker
Highest world ranking
1st (2023)
Personal best s
4.94 m (16 ft 2 in) (i), 4.95 m (16 ft 3 in) (o)

via Wikipedia infobox

Sports profile

Sport
Athletics
Team
USA Athletics
Position
Pole Vaulter
Nationality
United States

via TheSportsDB

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Elizabeth
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Lakewood
Languages spoken
English language
Country for sport
United States
Mass
61
Image
2019 Birmingham Grand Prix - Katie Nageotte.jpg
Height
1.67
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date of birth
1991-06-13
sports discipline competed in
pole vault
Commons category
Katie Moon
start of work period
2009-00-00
head coach
Brad Walker
social media followers
15847
birth name
Kathryn Elizabeth Nageotte
Sources (7)

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Encyclopedic overview

Kathryn Elizabeth Moon (née Nageotte; born June 13, 1991) is an American pole vaulter. She won gold medals at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2022 and 2023 World Athletics Championships (shared with Australian Nina Kennedy), and silver medals at the 2022 World Indoor Championships and the 2024 Summer Olympics. Moon was also the 2019 Pan American Games silver medalist. In 2025, she became the first woman to win three world pole vault titles in a row, upon winning at the World Athletics Championships.

Early career and personal life

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Katie Moon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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