10 Years After Becoming A Viral Phenomenon, Where is Allison Stokke?

Published on 11/02/2017
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The attention that Allison was receiving was so overwhelming that it’s almost like she didn’t exist from 2009 and 2014. “At that point, I wasn’t the best vaulter in the country, so why should I be getting that much attention?” she says. “It cut the other way, too, though. I think at some point Cal just decided: ‘Don’t put anything up about her.’ So even if I jumped high or won a meet, they wouldn’t put up a picture or article, and that’s actually the kind of recognition I would have liked to see.”

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“It cut the other way, too, though. I think at some point Cal just decided: ‘Don’t put anything up about her.’ So even if I jumped high or won a meet, they wouldn’t put up a picture or article, and that’s actually the kind of recognition I would have liked to see.” Wow, we can’t even imagine how hard that would be! All her accomplishments just kept quiet.

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