Pavel Aleksandrovich Gerasimov (russian: Павел Александрович Герасимов, b. May 29, 1979,

Aleksin Aleksin (russian: Але́ксин) is a town and the administrative center of Aleksinsky District in Tula Oblast, Russia, located northwest of Tula, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: History It was founded at the end of ...

Tula Oblast Tula Oblast (russian: Ту́льская о́бласть, ''Tulskaya oblast'') is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia. It is geographically in the European Russia region of the country and is part of the Central Federal District, covering ...

) is a Russian athlete competing in the

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 ...

. The 1998 world junior champion, Gerasimov won his first senior medal, a bronze medal, at the 2005 World Championships. His personal best of 5.90 was achieved in August 2000.

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* Living people 1979 births Sportspeople from Tula, Russia Russian male pole vaulters Olympic male pole vaulters Olympic athletes of Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics U20 Championships winners Russian Athletics Championships winners {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub