Rodion Gataullin
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's athletics | |||
Competitor for  Soviet Union |
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| Olympic Games | |||
| Silver | 1988 Seoul | Pole vault | |
| World Championships | |||
| Bronze | 1987 Rome | Pole vault | |
| European Championships | |||
| Gold | 1990 Split | Pole vault | |
| Gold | 1994 Helsinki | Pole vault | |
Rodion Gataullin (Russian: Родио́н Гатау́ллин) (born in a Tatar family on 23 November 1965 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR) is a retired pole vaulter who trained at Burevestnik in Tashkent and represented the USSR and later Russia. His personal best jump was 6.02 (indoors) and 6.00 metres (outdoors), and he became the second pole vaulter to break the 6 metre barrier after Sergey Bubka. He was the first vaulter to clear 6.00m indoors.
He later became the national pole vault coach of Russia [1].
His younger brother Ruslan Gataullin has represented Russia in the long jump.
[edit] Achievements
| Year | Tournament | Venue | Result | Extra | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Universiade | Kobe, Japan | 1st | 5.75 =CR | |
| 1987 | Universiade | Zagreb, Yugoslavia | 2nd | ||
| World Championships | Rome, Italy | 3rd | |||
| 1988 | European Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 1st | ||
| 1988 | Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics | Seoul, South Korea | 2nd | ||
| 1989 | World Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 1st | 5.85 =CR | |
| 1990 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, Scotland | 1st | ||
| European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | 1st | 5.85 =CR | ||
| 1991 | World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 4th | ||
| 1993 | World Indoor Championships | Toronto, Canada | 1st | ||
| 1994 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 1st | 6.00 =PB, CR |
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Sergey Bubka |
Men's Pole Vault Best Year Performance 1989 – 1990 |
Succeeded by Sergey Bubka |
| World champions in men's pole vault |
| Outdoor 1983: Sergei Bubka | 1987: Sergei Bubka | 1991: Sergei Bubka | 1993: Sergei Bubka | 1995: Sergei Bubka | 1997: Sergei Bubka | 1999: Maksim Tarasov | 2001: Dmitri Markov | 2003: Giuseppe Gibilisco | 2005: Rens Blom | 2007: Brad Walker |
| Indoor 1985: Sergei Bubka | 1987: Sergei Bubka | 1989: Rodion Gataullin | 1991: Sergei Bubka | 1993: Rodion Gataullin | 1995: Sergei Bubka | 1997: Igor Potapovich | 1999: Jean Galfione | 2001: Lawrence Johnson | 2003: Tim Lobinger | 2004: Igor Pavlov | 2006: Brad Walker |
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