Radion Gataullin

Radion Gataullin

Personal information
Native name	Радион Аксанович Гатауллин
Full name	Radion Aksanovich Gataullin
Nationality	Russian
Born	November 23, 1965 (1965-11-23) (age 51) Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
Country	Soviet Union  Russia
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Pole vault
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	6.00 m (1989)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Pole vault World Championships 1987 Rome Pole vault World Indoor Championships 1989 Budapest Pole vault European Championships 1990 Split Pole vault Representing  Russia World Indoor Championships 1993 Toronto Pole vault European Championships 1994 Helsinki Pole vault

Radion Aksanovich Gataullin (Russian: Радио́н Аксанович Гатау́ллин; born on 23 November 1965) is a retired pole vaulter who represented the Soviet Union and later Russia. He is the 1988 Olympic silver medallist, the 1987 World bronze medallist, a two-time European champion and a two-time World Indoor champion.

Career

Born in in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union), Gautaullin trained at Burevestnik in Tashkent and represented the USSR and later Russia. He is of Tatar origin.

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. He is married to Tatyana Reshetnikova, an Olympic hurdler for Russia.^[2]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing the  Soviet Union
1985	Universiade	Kobe, Japan	1st	5.75 m =CR
1987	Universiade	Zagreb, Yugoslavia	2nd	5.60 m
	World Championships	Rome, Italy	3rd	5.80 m
1988	European Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	1st	5.75 m
	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	2nd	5.85 m
1989	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	1st	5.85 m =CR
1990	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, Scotland	1st	5.80 m
	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	1st	5.85 m =CR
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	4th	5.85 m
Representing  Russia
1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Canada	1st	5.90 m
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	1st	6.00 m =PB, CR

See also

• 6 metres club

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