Konstantin Volkov (athlete)

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Medal record
Men’s Athletics
Competitor for Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Silver 1980 Moscow Pole vault
World Championships
Silver 1983 Helsinki Pole vault
European Indoor Championships
Gold 1980 Sindelfingen Pole vault
Silver 1979 Vienna Pole vault
Silver 1982 Milan Pole vault

Konstantin Yuryevich Volkov (Russian: Константин Юрьевич Волков) (born February 28, 1960) is a retired pole vaulter who represented the USSR. In 1980 he won the European Indoor Championships with a championship record of 5.60 metres (which was beaten the following year). He also won an Olympic silver medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. In 1983 he won a silver medal at the inaugural World Championships in 1983, and the next year he jumped 5.85 metres, his personal best.

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