 She has strong athletic pedigree, being the niece of Tatiana Grigorieva, who won the silver medal for Australia in the women's pole vault at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and the granddaughter of Natalya Pechonkina, who won the bronze medal for the USSR in the women's 400m at the 1968 Summer Olympics.She is coached by her father Alex Parnov, himself a former world class pole vaulter.Her younger sister Liz also competes in Pole Vault and was the Australian national champion in 2010 before she turned 16.