Rodion Gataullin

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Olympic medal record
Men's athletics
Competitor for  Soviet Union
Silver	1988 Seoul	Pole Vault
World Championships
Bronze	1987 Rome	Pole vault
Gold	1989 Budapest	Pole vault
Gold	1993 Toronto	Pole vault
European Championships
Gold	1988 Budapest	Pole vault
Gold	1990 Glasgow	Pole vault
Gold	1990 Split	Pole vault
Gold	1994 Helsinki	Pole vault

Rodion Gataullin (Russian: Родио́н Гатау́ллин) (born 23 November 1965 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR) is a retired Uzbek 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
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
1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Canada	1st
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	1st	6.00 =PB, CR

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

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