Career
She is the older sister of fellow pole vaulter Lisa Ryzih. Her greatest success was the gold medal in the 1999 World Indoor Championships. As of 2016, this ranks her tenth among German pole vaulters.
After living in Russia as a child, father Vladimir Ryzhikh moved his family to the German city of Ulm in 1992.
Foreign her German passport, her first name was transcribed in German ("Настя" = "Nastja". "Nastya" in English transcription) and her family name in French ("Рыжих" = "Ryjikh".
"Ryzhikh" in English transcription)
Ryjikh"s greatest success was the Gold Medal in the 1999 world indoor championships in Maebashi. In 2000, she made headlines when she posed nude for the German Max lifestyle magazine.
Unfortunately, she struggled with several injuries later, which caused her to decline.
In 2007, Ryjikh married. SG Ulm (-1993)
LAZ Zweibrücken (1993-1999)
American Broadcasting Company Ludwigshafen (1999–present).