Pole Vault Stars | |
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Date | Early February |
Location | Donetsk, Ukraine |
Event type | Pole vault |
Established | 1990 |
Pole Vault Stars is an annual indoor pole vaulting competition which is typically held in February at the Druzhba Palace of Sports in Donetsk, Ukraine.[1] The meeting was founded in 1990 by Sergey Bubka, the pole vault world record holder who grew up in the city.[2][3][4] Bubka brought an end to his distinguished career with a ceremony at the competition in 2001.[5]
The meeting traces its history back to 1990, when Bubka set a world indoor record mark of 6.05 m. He went on to set two further world indoor records at the meet, clearing 6.11 m at the second edition in 1991 and then setting the current world indoor record of 6.15 m in 1993.[6] Russian athlete Yelena Isinbayeva continued the event's record breaking traditions with two world record performances upon her first appearance in 2004.[7] She set a new world record at the meet every year from 2004 to 2009.[8][9] The Russian broke the women's indoor record twice at the 2009 meeting, the latter clearance of 5.00 m being the current world record for the event.[10]
Zepter International was a long-time title sponsor of the event. The meeting's current commercial partner, Samsung, has been the title sponsor since 2011.[11][12]
Key: Meeting record
Year | Men's winner | Mark (m) | Women's winner | Mark (m) |
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2004 | Giuseppe Gibilisco (ITA) | 5.82 | Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) | 4.83 |
2005 | Derek Miles (USA) | 5.85 | Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) | 4.87 |
2006 | Paul Burgess (AUS) | 5.80 | Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) | 4.91 |
2007 | Paul Burgess (AUS) | 5.80 | Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) | 4.93 |
2008 | Maksym Mazuryk (UKR) | 5.81 | Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) | 4.95 |
2009 | Steve Hooker (AUS) | 5.92 | Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) | 5.00 |
2010 | Przemysław Czerwiński (POL) | 5.82 | Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) | 4.85 |
2011 | Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) | 5.93 | Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) | 4.85 |