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- Since 1984, Sergei
- Bubka has set 35 world
- records in the pole vault.
- Between 1983 and 1990,
- he won every major
- championship in the sport, except the gold
- medal at the 1984 Olympics (at which he did
- not compete).
-
- In 1991, Sergei became the first pole vaulter
- to clear 20 feet. Sergei is still the only vaulter
- who has cleared 20 feet, and he has done it
- nine times! He holds the world records of 20'
- 1 3/4" outdoors and 20' 2 1/8" indoors.
-
- Sergei was born and raised in Ukraine. He
- began vaulting seriously when he was 15
- years old. Four years later, in 1983, he
- surprised everyone when he won the
-