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{{Short description|Canadian pole vaulter (born 1979)}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
|birth_place=[[Kitchener, Ontario]]
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1979|12|7}}
|sport=[[pole vault]]
|nationality=[[Canadians|Canadian]]
|alma_mater=[[Tulane University]]
}}

'''Dana Ellis''' (born December 7, 1979) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] former [[pole vault]]er.

At the [[2004 Summer Olympics]], Ellis finished in a four-way tie for sixth place in the women's pole vault event. Her personal best is 4.52 metres, achieved in August 2007 in [[California]]. After her athletic career, she attended medical school at [[Tulane University]] in New Orleans, Louisiana.

•	7th ranked pole vaulter in the world in 2005/2006<br>
•	Indoor and Outdoor Canadian National Record Holder in the Women's pole vault between 2000 and 
2008<br>
•	6th place at the 2002 Commonwealth Games<br>
•	5th place at the 2003 Pan American Games <br>
•	1st place at the 2004 Canadian National Track and Field Championships<br>
•	6th place at the 2004 Olympic Games <br>
•	2004 Canadian Field Athlete of the Year<br>
•	1st place at the 2005 Canadian National Track and Field Championships and new Canadian Record (14'10'<nowiki/>'/ 4.51m)<br>
•	6th place at the 2005 World Championships<br>
•	5th place at the 2005 IAAF World Athletic Grand Prix Final<br>
•	4th place at the 2006 Commonwealth Games<br>
•	New Canadian Record (4.52m) August 18, 2007<br>
•	Winner of the 2008 Grand Prix in Osaka, Japan May 10, 2008

==Notable Achievements==
{| {{AchievementTable|class=wikitable style="text-align:center; font-size: 90%;}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{CAN}}
|-
|2000
|[[2000 NACAC Under-25 Championships in Athletics|NACAC U-25 Championships]]
|[[Monterrey]], [[Mexico]]
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|[[2000 NACAC Under-25 Championships in Athletics – Results#Pole vault 2|3.80m]]
|-
|2001
|[[Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade|Universiade]] 
|[[Beijing]], [[China]]
| 12th
|[[Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade – Women's pole vault|3.90 m]]
|-
|2002
|[[2002 NACAC Under-25 Championships in Athletics|NACAC U-25 Championships]]
|[[San Antonio, Texas]], [[United States]]
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|[[2002 NACAC Under-25 Championships in Athletics – Results#Pole vault 2|4.00 m]]
|-
|2003
|[[Athletics at the 2003 Pan American Games|Pan American Games]] 
|[[Santo Domingo]], Dominican Republic
| 6th
|[[Athletics at the 2003 Pan American Games - Women's pole vault|4.00 m]]
|-
|2004
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Athens]], Greece
|6th
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's pole vault|4.40 m]]<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|2005
|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Helsinki]], Finland
|6th
|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault|4.35 m]]
|-
|[[2005 IAAF World Athletics Final|World Athletics Final]] 
|[[Monte Carlo]], [[Monaco]]
| 5th
|4.35 m
|-
|2006
|[[Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]] 
|[[Melbourne]], Australia
| 4th
|[[Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Women's pole vault|4.25 m]]
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{World Athletics}}
* {{Athletics Canada|dana-ellis}}
* {{Team Canada|dana-ellis}}
* {{CGF}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|dana-ellis}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927011432/http://www.realchampions.ca/athletes/polvltr11 |title=Dana Ellis on Real Champions}}

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[[Category:1979 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Canadian women pole vaulters]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic track and field athletes for Canada]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Kitchener, Ontario]]
[[Category:Track and field athletes from Ontario]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Ontario]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for Canada]]
[[Category:Pan American Games track and field athletes for Canada]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Canada]]
[[Category:Canadian Track and Field Championships winners]]
[[Category:21st-century Canadian sportswomen]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games]]


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