Dmitri Markov ( be, Дзьмітры Маркаў; born 14 March 1975 in

Vitebsk Vitebsk or Viciebsk (russian: Витебск, ; be, Ві́цебск, ; , ''Vitebsk'', lt, Vitebskas, pl, Witebsk), is a city in Belarus. The capital of the Vitebsk Region, it has 366,299 inhabitants, making it the country's fourth-largest ci ...

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) is a retired

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ian-

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pole vault Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the Myc ...

er. He is a former

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and current Oceanian record holder. His gold medal winning jump at the 2001 World Championships made him the third person ever ( of seven, as of 2021) to clear .

Biography

He originally competed for his birth country

, but fell out with the Belarusian Athletics Federation and refused to compete for the country at the 1998 European Championships. He moved to Australia and was granted citizenship in 1999. He soon set a new Oceanian record in pole vault with having already jumped in 1998 while representing Belarus. He later improved the Oceanic record to , the third person ever to clear that height, as he won the 2001 World Championships. His best Olympic performance was in

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when he finished fifth. His last major competition was the

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in Melbourne, where he won the silver medal with a vault. He was named

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in 2001. Dmitri was the South Australian 2005-2006 Open Male Athlete of the Year and inducted into the South Australian Hall of Fame in 2007. In 2012 he was inducted into the Athletics Australia Hall of Fame. Dmitiri Markov announced his retirement in early 2007 due to chronic

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injuries. His last competition was the World Athletics Tour in Melbourne on 2 March 2007. His son

Oleg Markov Oleg Markov (Belarusian: Олег Маркаў, born 8 May 1996) is a professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Gold Coast Suns in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played 23 matches over five years with , af ...

is a promising young

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er, who has been drafted into the

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at the

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by the

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Achievements

Personal best

Pole Vault Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the Myc ...

: (2001)

References

* 1975 births Living people Sportspeople from Vitebsk Australian male pole vaulters Belarusian male pole vaulters Belarusian emigrants to Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Belarus Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Western Australian Sports Star of the Year winners Track and field athletes from Western Australia World Athletics Championships medalists Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Goodwill Games medalists in athletics World Athletics Championships winners Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games {{Belarus-athletics-bio-stub

Biography

Achievements

Personal best

See also

References