Radion Aksanovich Gataullin (russian: Радио́н Аксанович Гатау́ллин; born on 23 November 1965) is a retired

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 who represented the

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and later

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. He is the 1988 Olympic silver medallist, the 1987 World bronze medallist, a two-time European champion (1990/94) and a two-time World Indoor champion (1989/93). He is also a former world indoor record holder with clearances of 6.00m and 6.02m in 1989.

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Born in

Tashkent Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of ...

, Uzbek SSR,

), Gautaullin trained at Burevestnik in Tashkent and represented the

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and later

. He is of

Tatar The Tatars ()Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different

origin. Gataullin was the second vaulter to break the 6.00 metre barrier after

Sergey Bubka Sergey Nazarovych Bubka ( uk, Сергій Назарович Бубка; born 4 December 1963) is a Ukrainian former pole vaulter. He represented the Soviet Union until its dissolution in 1991. Bubka was twice named Athlete of the Year by ''Tr ...

, and was the first vaulter to clear 6.00 metres indoors, first achieving it on 22 January 1989 in Leningrad, before improving his personal best jumps to 6.02 metres (indoors) on 4 February 1989 in Gomel and 6.00 metres (outdoors) on 16 September 1989 in Tokyo. He would also achieve 6.00 metre clearances twice more indoors (both February 1993) and twice more outdoors in June 1993 and August 1994. He later became the national pole vault coach of Russia. His younger brother Ruslan Gataullin has represented Russia in the

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

. He is married to

Tatyana Reshetnikova Tatyana Reshetnikova (born 14 October 1966) is a Russian former hurdler. She finished fourth in the 100 metres hurdles final at the 1995 World Championships. Her best time in the 100m hurdles of 12.53 secs on 4 July 1994 in Linz, was the fastest t ...

, an Olympic hurdler for Russia.Tatyana Reshetnikova
Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-05-03. Their daughter Aksana Gataullina is the current U20 European champion in pole vault.

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* 1965 births Living people Uzbekistani male pole vaulters Soviet male pole vaulters Russian male pole vaulters Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Russian athletics coaches Burevestnik (sports society) athletes Sportspeople from Tashkent Uzbekistani people of Tatar descent World Athletics Championships athletes for the Soviet Union World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Universiade gold medalists for the Soviet Union Universiade silver medalists for the Soviet Union Soviet Athletics Championships winners World Athletics Indoor Championships winners Tatar sportspeople Russian people of Uzbekistani descent Medalists at the 1985 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1987 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub

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