Dmitri Markov

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Medal record
Men’s athletics
World Championships
Gold	2001 Edmonton	Pole vault
Silver	1999 Seville	Pole vault

Dmitri Markov (born March 14, 1975 in Vitebsk, Byelorussian SSR) is a retired Belarusian and Australian pole vaulter. He is a former world champion and current Oceanian record holder.^[1]

He originally competed for his birth country Belarus, but fell out with the Belarusian athletics association and refused to compete for the country at the 1998 European Championships. He moved to Australia and was granted citizenship in 1999. He soon set a new Oceanian record in pole vault with 5.95 metres, having already jumped 6.00 in 1998 while representing Belarus. He later improved the record to 6.05 metres as he won the 2001 World Championships.

His best Olympic performance was in 2000 when he finished fifth. His last major competition was the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, where he won the silver medal with a 5.60 m vault.

He was named Western Australian Sports Star of the Year in 2001.

Dmitiri Markov announced his retirement in early 2007 due to chronic foot injuries. His last competition was the World Athletics Tour in Melbourne on March 2, 2007.^[2]

1 Achievements
2 Personal best
3 See also
4 References

[edit] Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result
1994	World Junior Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	2nd
1996	European Indoor Championships	Stockholm, Sweden	1st
1996	Summer Olympics	Atlanta, United States	6th
1999	World Championships	Sevilla, Spain	2nd
2000	Summer Olympics	Sydney, Australia	5th
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	1st
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	4th
2003	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	3rd
2006	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	2nd