Sergei Bubka

Posted Wed, 04/16/2008 - 19:49 by ashcraft

 

Sergey Nazarovych Bubka (Ukrainian: Сергій Назарович Бубка) is a retired Ukrainian pole vaulter. He represented the Soviet Union until its collapse in 1991. He is widely regarded as the best pole vaulter ever and one of the best athletes of modern times.

Bubka won 6 consecutive IAAF World Championships, an Olympics gold and broke the world record for men's pole vaulting 35 times (17 outdoor and 18 indoor records). He was the first to clear 6.0 metres and the first and only (as of March 2008) to clear 6.10 metres (20 feet).

He holds the current outdoor world record of 6.14 metres, set on 31 July 1994 in Sestriere, Italy and the current indoor world record of 6.15 meters, set on 21 February 1993 in Donetsk, Ukraine.

Sergei Bubka
Born: Dec 4, 1963

 


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