István Bagyula (born 2 January 1969) is a retired Hungarian

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er. Bagyula was born in

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and is a former world junior record holder, having equalled Radion Gataullin's 1984 record of at the 1988 World Junior Championships. A new championship record at the time, it has not yet been beaten at the WJC. Maksim Tarasov is the world junior record holder with . Bagyula competed for the George Mason Patriots track and field team, where he won an NCAA DI title in the pole vault.

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* 1969 births Living people Athletes from Budapest Hungarian male pole vaulters Olympic athletes for Hungary Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for Hungary Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for Hungary Medalists at the 1991 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1993 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade Hungarian Athletics Championships winners NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners George Mason Patriots men's track and field athletes NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-athletics-bio-stub