Katie Moon


Kathryn Elizabeth Moon is an American pole vaulter. She won gold medals at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's pole vault|2020 Summer Olympics], 2022 [World Athletics Championships|2022] and 2023 World Athletics Championships, and silver medals at the 2022 World Indoor Championships and the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's pole vault|2024 Summer Olympics]. Moon was also the Athletics at the 2019 [Pan American Games|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

Nageotte was a diver at Olmsted Falls High School and a level 4 Gymnast through age 9. She graduated from the school with a state record of in the pole vault. She was the 2008 Division 1 state runner-up and the 2009 Division 1 state champion.
After starting her college career at the University of Dayton, she transferred to Ashland University where she won two NCAA Division II titles.
Nageotte signed a sponsorship deal with Nike in 2018.
In 2022, Katie Nageotte married Hugo Moon and subsequently changed her last name to Moon.

Achievements

NCAA championships

Katie Nageotte is a two-time NCAA Division II pole vault champion and three-time All-American.