Sergey Bubka Athlete

Serhiy Nazarovych Bubka (Ukrainian: Сергі́й Наза́рович Бу́бка; Russian: Серге́й Наза́рович Бу́бка, Sergey Nazarovich Bubka; born 4 December 1963) is a retired Ukrainian pole vaulter. Repeatedly voted the world's best athlete, he represented the Soviet Union until its dissolution in 1991. Bubka won 6 consecutive IAAF World Championships, an Olympics gold and broke the world record for men's pole vaulting 35 times (17 outdoor and 18 indoor records). He was the first to clear 6.0 metres and the only (as of February 2012) to clear 6.10 metres (20 ft). He holds the current outdoor world record of 6.14 metres (20 feet 1⁄4 inches), set on 31 July 1994 in Sestriere, Italy and the current indoor world record of 6.15 meters, set on 21 February 1993 in Donetsk, Ukraine.

Personal facts

Birth date	December 04, 1963
Birth place	Soviet Union , Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic , Luhansk
Nationality	Ukraine
Height (meters)	1.83
Weight (Kilograms)	80.0