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unusual facts about pole vault



April Steiner Bennett

April Steiner Bennett (born April 22, 1980 in Mesa, Arizona, United States) is an American pole vaulter.

Bras d'honneur

In Poland, the gesture is known as gest Kozakiewicza ("Kozakiewicz's gesture") after Władysław Kozakiewicz, who famously displayed this gesture after winning the gold medal in the pole vault at the 1980 Summer Olympics in front of a hostile crowd in Moscow.

Centennial Stadium

The stadium features a 400m synthetic rubberized track surface, as well as separate areas for long jump/triple jump, high jump, pole vault, discus, hammer, shot put, and javelin.

Emma George

NOTOC Emma George (born 1 November 1974 in Beechworth, Victoria) is a former Australian pole vaulter.

Hermann Fehringer

Hermann Fehringer (born 8 December 1962 in Amstetten) is a former pole vaulter from Austria.

Jean-Michel Bellot

Jean-Michel Bellot (born 16 December 1953 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine) is a retired male pole vaulter from France.

Joe Dial

Joe Dial (born 26 October 1962 in Marlow, Oklahoma) is a retired American pole vaulter, best known for winning the bronze medal at the 1989 World Indoor Championships in Budapest.

Karim Sène

Karim Sène (born 26 August 1971 in Condat, France) is a retired Senegalese athlete who specialized in the pole vault.

Nicole Humbert

Nicole Humbert, née Rieger (born 5 February 1972 in Landau) is a retired German pole vaulter.

Percy Perry Stadium

Percy Perry Stadium features a 400m polyflex synthetic rubberized track surface, as well as separate areas for long jump/triple jump, high jump, pole vault, discus, hammer, shot put, and javelin.

Richard Spiegelburg

Richard Spiegelburg (born 12 August 1977 in Georgsmarienhütte, Lower Saxony) is a German pole vaulter.

Scott Huffman

Scott Huffman (born 30 November 1964 in Quinter, Kansas) is a retired American pole vaulter.

Valentin Lavillenie

Valentin Lavillenie (born 16 July 1991 in Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire) is a French athlete specialising in the pole vault.


see also

2003 in South African sport

13-14 September - Hestrie Cloete (High jump) and Okkert Brits (pole vault) win a gold and silver respectively at the 1st IAAF World Athletics Final held at the Stade Louis II, in Monte Carlo, Monaco

2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault

The Men's pole vault event at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held at March 4–5, 2011 with the final being held on March 5 at 15:45 local time.

Aikaterini Stefanidi

At the following edition of the championships, the 2007 World Youths, held in Ostrava, she won silver in the pole vault with a jump of 4.25 m.

Charles Jacobs

Clare Jacobs, pole vault, 1908 Olympic Games, often mistakenly listed in sources as Charles Jacobs

Frangiskos Sourpis

Born in Kifisia, Sourpis was talented at the pole vault and volleyball, but chose to play football with Panathinaikos F.C..

Glenn Graham

Glen Graham (1904–1986), 1924 Olympic silver medalist in the pole vault

John Landowski

He enrolled at the University of Michigan's College of Literature Science and Arts where he competed in the pole vault and javelin throw for the Michigan Wolverines men's track and field team.

John Uelses

He attended Miami High School, first running hurdles and throwing events before a friend enticed him to pole vault.

Kevin Lovell

Lovell earned first team all-state, all-area, all-region and all-CIF as a senior at Mira Costa High School in 2001, under the coaching of Don Morrow, he made 15-of-16 field goals and 54-of-55 PATs as a senior to finish with 99 points, he was a four-year regular in soccer who didn't venture into football until his senior year, Lovell competed in the pole vault in track and field, also he did volunteer work at an animal clinic.

Nutrilite

As spokespersons for the brand, Nutrilite has signed 2008 Olympic gold medalist (4 x 100m relay) Asafa Powell of Jamaica; former 110m men's hurdles world record holder Liu Xiang of China; 2008 Olympic gold and bronze track and field medalist Sanya Richards, FIFA World Player of the Year Ronaldinho; and 2008 Olympic silver medalist in pole vault, Jenn Stuczynski.

Vicky Parnov

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.