Igor Vladimirovich Pavlov (russian: Игорь Владимирович Павлов, born 18 July 1979 in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

) is a Russian

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 won the silver medal at the

2003 Summer Universiade The 2003 Summer Universiade, also known as the XXII Summer Universiade, took place in Daegu, South Korea. Emblem * The alphabet letter "U" and five stars, which is FISU's emblem, make up the basis of the emblem for the Daegu Universiade. * It sym ...

, and in the following years he became indoor champion on national, European and World level. He finished fourth both at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

and the 2005 World Championships, the former in a personal best jump of . He won the gold medal in the pole vault at the

2009 Maccabiah Games The 18th Maccabiah Games ( he, המכביה ה-18 ישראל תשס"ט), were held in July 2009. According to the organizing committee these were the largest games held yet. These Games were the world's fifth-largest sporting event, behind the Ol ...

International competitions

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* 1979 births Living people Athletes from Moscow Russian male pole vaulters Olympic male pole vaulters Olympic athletes for Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Maccabiah Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 2009 Maccabiah Games Maccabiah Games gold medalists for Russia Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade silver medalists for Russia Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade World Athletics Indoor Championships winners European Athletics Indoor Championships winners Russian Athletics Championships winners Jewish athletes (track and field) World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub

International competitions

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