Radion Gataullin

Radion Gataullin

Personal information
Native name	Радион Аксанович Гатауллин
Full name	Radion Aksanovich Gataullin
Nationality	Russian
Born	November 23, 1965 (age 50) Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
Country	Soviet Union  Russia
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Pole vault
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	6.00 m (1989)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Soviet Union World Championships 1987 Rome Pole vault Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Pole vault IAAF World Indoor Championships 1989 Budapest Pole vault European Athletics Championships 1990 Split Pole vault Representing  Russia IAAF World Indoor Championships 1993 Toronto Pole vault European Athletics Championships 1994 Helsinki Pole vault

Radion Aksanovich Gataullin (Russian: Радио́н Аксанович Гатау́ллин; born on 23 November 1965 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union) is a retired pole vaulter who trained at Burevestnik in Tashkent and represented the USSR and later Russia. He is of Tatar origin.

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. He is married to Tatyana Reshetnikova, an Olympic hurdler for Russia.^[2]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing the  Soviet Union
1985	Universiade	Kobe, Japan	1st	5.75 m =CR
1987	Universiade	Zagreb, Yugoslavia	2nd	5.60 m
	World Championships	Rome, Italy	3rd	5.80 m
1988	European Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	1st	5.75 m
	Summer Olympics	Seoul, South Korea	2nd	5.85 m
1989	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	1st	5.85 m =CR
1990	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, Scotland	1st	5.80 m
	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	1st	5.85 m =CR
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	4th	5.85 m
Representing  Russia
1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Canada	1st	5.90 m
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	1st	6.00 m =PB, CR

See also

• 6 metres club

References

2. Tatyana Reshetnikova. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-03.

External links

• Radion Gataullin profile at IAAF