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Maksim Tarasov Personal information Born 2 December 1970 Medal recordMen’s Athletics Olympic Games Competitor for Unified Team Gold 1992 Barcelona Pole vault Competitor for Russia Bronze 2000 Sydney Pole vault World Championships Gold 1999 Seville Pole vault Silver 1995 Gothenburg Pole vault Silver 1997 Athens Pole vault Bronze 1991 Tokyo Pole vault Bronze 1993 Stuttgart Pole vault European Championships Gold 1998 Budapest Pole vault Maksim Vladimirovich Tarasov (Russian: Максим Владимирович Тарасов, born 2 December 1970 in Yaroslavl) is a retired pole vaulter who represented the USSR, the Unified Team, and later Russia. His personal best jump is 6.05 metres, which puts him third in the all-time performers list [1].
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Achievements
Year Tournament Venue Result Extra 1988 World Juniors Sudbury, Canada 2nd 1991 World Championships Tokyo, Japan 3rd 1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 1st 1993 World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 3rd 1995 World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 2nd 1996 IAAF Grand Prix Final Milan, Italy 1st 1997 World Indoor Championships Paris, France 3rd World Championships Athens, Greece 2nd 1998 European Championships Budapest, Hungary 1st 1999 World Championships Seville, Spain 1st 6.02 CR 2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 3rd See also
References
- ^ Official All Time Top List - IAAF
External links
- IAAF profile for Maksim Tarasov
Sporting positions Preceded by
Jeff HartwigMen's Pole Vault Best Year Performance
1999Succeeded by
Jeff HartwigOlympic Champions in Men's Pole Vault 1896: William Hoyt (USA) • 1900: Irving Baxter (USA) • 1904: Charles Dvorak (USA) • 1908: Edward Cook (USA) / Alfred Gilbert (USA) • 1912: Harry Babcock (USA) • 1920: Frank Foss (USA) • 1924: Lee Barnes (USA) • 1928: Sabin Carr (USA) • 1932: Bill Miller (USA) • 1936: Earle Meadows (USA) • 1948: Guinn Smith (USA) • 1952: Bob Richards (USA) • 1956: Bob Richards (USA) • 1960: Don Bragg (USA) • 1964: Fred Hansen (USA) • 1968: Bob Seagren (USA) • 1972: Wolfgang Nordwig (GDR) • 1976: Tadeusz Ślusarski (POL) • 1980: Władysław Kozakiewicz (POL) • 1984: Pierre Quinon (FRA) • 1988: Sergey Bubka (URS) • 1992: Maksim Tarasov (EUN) • 1996: Jean Galfione (FRA) • 2000: Nick Hysong (USA) • 2004: Timothy Mack (USA) • 2008: Steven Hooker (AUS)
World Champions in Men's Pole Vault 1983: Sergey Bubka (URS) • 1987: Sergey Bubka (URS) • 1991: Sergey Bubka (URS) • 1993: Sergey Bubka (UKR) • 1995: Sergey Bubka (UKR) • 1997: Sergey Bubka (UKR) • 1999: Maksim Tarasov (RUS) • 2001: Dmitri Markov (BLR) • 2003: Giuseppe Gibilisco (ITA) • 2005: Rens Blom (NED) • 2007: Brad Walker (USA) • 2009: Steven Hooker (AUS) • 2011: Paweł Wojciechowski (POL)
European Champions in Men's Pole Vault 1934: Gustav Wegner (GER) • 1938: Karl Sutter (GER) • 1946: Allan Lindberg (SWE) • 1950: Ragnar Lundberg (SWE) • 1954: Eeles Landström (FIN) • 1958: Eeles Landström (FIN) • 1962: Pentti Nikula (FIN) • 1966: Wolfgang Nordwig (GDR) • 1969: Wolfgang Nordwig (GDR) • 1971: Wolfgang Nordwig (GDR) • 1974: Vladimir Kischkun (URS) • 1978: Vladimir Trofimenko (URS) • 1982: Aleksandr Krupskiy (URS) • 1986: Sergey Bubka (URS) • 1990: Radion Gataullin (URS) • 1994: Radion Gataullin (RUS) • 1998: Maksim Tarasov (RUS) • 2002: Aleksandr Averbukh (ISR) • 2006: Aleksandr Averbukh (ISR) • 2010: Renaud Lavillenie (FRA)
1977: Mike Tully (USA) • 1979: Mike Tully (USA) • 1981: Konstantin Volkov (URS) • 1985: Sergey Bubka (URS) • 1989: Philippe Collet (FRA) • 1992: Igor Potapovich (KAZ) • 1994: Okkert Brits (RSA) • 1998: Maksim Tarasov (RUS) • 2002: Okkert Brits (RSA) • 2006: Steven Hooker (AUS) • 2010: Steven Hooker (AUS)
Categories:- 1970 births
- Living people
- People from Yaroslavl
- Russian pole vaulters
- Soviet athletes
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of the Unified Team
- Olympic athletes of Russia
- Olympic gold medalists for the Unified Team
- Olympic bronze medalists for Russia
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Russian athletics biography stubs
- Russian Olympic medalist stubs
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