Rodion Gataullin

Radion Gataullin

Personal information
Native name	Радион Аксанович Гатауллин
Full name	Radion Aksanovich Gataullin
Nationality	Russian
Born	November 23, 1965 (1965-11-23) (age 51) Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
Country	Soviet Union  Russia
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Pole vault
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	6.00 m (1989)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Pole vault World Championships 1987 Rome Pole vault World Indoor Championships 1989 Budapest Pole vault European Championships 1990 Split Pole vault Representing  Russia World Indoor Championships 1993 Toronto Pole vault European Championships 1994 Helsinki Pole vault

Radion Aksanovich Gataullin (Russian: Радио́н Аксанович Гатау́ллин; born on 23 November 1965 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union) is a retired pole vaulter who trained at Burevestnik in Tashkent and represented the USSR and later Russia. He is of Tatar origin.

His personal best jump was 6.02 (indoors) and 6.00 metres (outdoors), and he became the second pole vaulter to break the 6 metre barrier after Sergey Bubka. He was the first vaulter to clear 6.00m indoors.

He later became the national pole vault coach of Russia. His younger brother Ruslan Gataullin has represented Russia in the long jump. He is married to Tatyana Reshetnikova, an Olympic hurdler for Russia.

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