updated coaching birth_place weight imagesize height pb olympics birth_date image article_title name
11 august 2012 wim vandeven bel antwerp 62 kg lb 0 200px 1.82 0 high m jump -lrb- outdoor & indoor -rrb- : 2.05 1st -lrb- beijing , 2008 -rrb- 16 february 1978 tia hellebaut 2012.jpg tia hellebaut
 tia hellebaut
tia hellebaut

tia hellebaut -lrb- ; born 16 february 1978 in antwerp -rrb- is a retired belgian track and field athlete , as well as a chemist , who started out in her sports career in the heptathlon , and afterwards specialized in the high jump event .
she has cleared 2.05 metres both indoors and outdoors .
hellebaut was the 2008 olympic champion in the high jump .
she was previously the european champion in 2006 and then the european indoor champion in 2007 .
she won the gold medal in the pentathlon at the 2008 iaaf world indoor championships .
in addition to these medals , she has participated at the world championships in athletics on four occasions .
she holds the belgian records indoor pentathlon , indoor long jump and high jump , both indoors and outdoors .
