Radion Gataullin

Radion Gataullin

Personal information
Born	23 November 1965 Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Soviet Union World Championships Bronze 1987 Rome Pole vault Olympic Games Silver 1988 Seoul Pole vault IAAF World Indoor Championships Gold 1989 Budapest Pole vault European Athletics Championships Gold 1990 Split Pole vault Representing  Russia IAAF World Indoor Championships Gold 1993 Toronto Pole vault European Athletics Championships Gold 1994 Helsinki Pole vault

Radion Gataullin (Russian: Радио́н Гатау́ллин) (born in a Tatar family 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. 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.

Achievements

References

External links

• Radion Gataullin profile at IAAF

Sporting positions
Preceded by Sergey Bubka	Men's Pole Vault Best Year Performance 1989–1990	Succeeded by Sergey Bubka