How do you describe the amazing Katie Moon?
Let’s start with some medals:
In 2021, Katie Moon won the pole vault at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics with a clearance of 4.90 meters!
In 2024, Katie Moon won the silver medal in the Paris Olympic pole vault, with a clearance of 4.85 meters!
Katie has three World Championship Outdoor gold medals!
In 2022, Katie Moon lead a US gold and silver rush in the pole vault, with a leap of 4.85 meters in Eugene, Oregon.
In 2023, in Budapest, Hungary, Katie Moon shared the title with Nina Kennedy of AUS, sharing gold with a clearance of 4.90 meters.
In 2025, Katie Moon returned to the Tokyo Olympic stadium, with 60-65,000 fans per night, and took the gold medal, number 3 with a leap of 4.90 meters, taking the “three-peat”!
Indoors, Katie has taken the silver medal in Belgrade 2022, with a clearance of 4.75 meters.
In 2024, at Glasgow, Katie took the bronze medal in the 2024 Glasgow World Championships.
Katie Moon has cleared 4.95 meter (16’3″) outdoors, with a jump o June 26, 2026, at the US Olympic Trials. Katie is number 5 on the all time best women’s pole vault outdoor list.
Indoors, Katie has cleared 4.94 meters (16’2.5″) on February 11, 2023, in New York City!
Katie Moon has a 100 meters PB (2020) of 11.91 seconds and at 60 meters of 7.93 seconds!
This interview, one of my favorties, was done in September 2025, just after Katie Moon took gold and Sandi Morris took silver, giving the U.S. gold and silver in the pole vault.
I wanted to know from Katie, how challenging it is to win a medal and how she focuses in competition! A lesson for all to learn!
#inthemixedzone, Olympic gold medalist and silver medalist, 3 time World Champion, Katie Moon tells it all: the challenges of winning a global medal, the sacrifices and the satisfaction of achieving your goals! Interview from 2025 Tokyo World Champs!
Video by @LarryEder for… pic.twitter.com/9pe4V8cjZ5— RunBlogRun (@RunBlogRun) February 18, 2026
