Holly Bethan Bradshaw (née Bleasdale, born 2 November 1991) is an English track and field athlete who specialises in the pole vault.
studying for a degree in Sports Exercise and Science at Manchester Met University via distance learning to allow time for her training.
[6] Bradshaw's first competition of the 2011 season was the 2011 European Indoor Championships, where she finished 11th in the qualifying round, with a best vault of 4.45m.
[8] In January 2012, Bradshaw improved the British indoor record by clearing 4.87m in Villeurbanne, during a Perche Élite Tour meeting.
[9] Later that year, on 11 March she won a bronze medal at the World Indoor Championships held in Istanbul.
She has been hoping to seek glory that was taken away from her in the 2012 Olympic games in the same stadium, and afterward said she would focus on the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham.
[16] Bradshaw started her 2018 indoor season in February, competing in the Perche Élite Tour meet in Rouen, France, where she won with a clearance of 4.60 metres[17] before going on to clear 4.70m on 30 March at an outdoor competition in Australia.
As one of the favourites for the pole vault title at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast,[1][18] she finished fourth with another clearance of 4.60m.
[21] She was selected for the 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, reaching for the final with a single jump of 4.60m in qualifying.
[26] Bradshaw participated in the 2024 Summer Olympics, but did not proceed past the qualification round of the pole vault.