Sergey Bubka
Sergey Bubka is a Ukrainian former pole vaulter who set multiple world records and won Olympic gold for the Soviet Union at the 1988 Seoul Games.
1988 Summer Olympics: The Summer Olympic Games held in Seoul, South Korea, from September 17 to October 2, 1988. Bubka won the pole vault gold medal at these Games.
Pole vault: A track-and-field event in which athletes use a flexible pole to clear a high crossbar. It is the event in which Bubka set his records and won his Olympic title.
Vitaly Petrov: A Soviet and Ukrainian athletics coach known for training elite pole vaulters, including Sergey Bubka. Petrov coached Bubka and helped develop the technique behind his success.
Incremental world records: A strategy of improving a record by small, repeated increments rather than making one large attempt. Bubka often raised the pole vault record by one centimetre, multiplying record-setting occasions.
Pole vault world record progression: The chronological history of recognized world records in the pole vault. Bubka repeatedly advanced the men's record during his career.
Pole vault technique: The coordinated approach, pole plant, takeoff, swing, and clearance used to vault over a crossbar. Bubka's technical execution helped turn his speed into record-setting clearances.
Renaud Lavillenie: A French pole vaulter who set the indoor world record in 2014 and the outdoor record in 2020. Lavillenie surpassed Bubka's long-standing indoor record in 2014.
Soviet Union at the Olympics: The participation of Soviet athletes in the Olympic Games before the country's dissolution in 1991. Bubka's 1988 Olympic gold was won while he represented the Soviet Union.
6.14 metres: The outdoor men's pole vault world-record height Bubka cleared in Sestriere in 1994. This mark was his final outdoor world record and stood until 2020.
Carbon fiber: A strong, lightweight material made from thin fibers composed mostly of carbon atoms. Modern pole materials made the flexible, energy-storing equipment Bubka competed with possible.