Maksim Tarasov
Maxim Vladimirovich Tarasov (Russian Максим Владимирович Тарасов, English transcription Maksim Tarasov, . Born December 2, 1970 in Yaroslavl ) is a retired Russian pole vaulter, who took earlier for the Soviet Union.
Maxim Tarasov one of the few athletes who managed to become Olympic, world and European champions. Since his discipline was dominated during much of his career from the Ukrainian Serhiy Bubka superior to Tarassows title distribute to the entire 1990s.
Career
Up to Olympic victory
1988 Tarasov was second at the Junior World Championships. In 1989, Tarasov on three Junior World Records, the last with 5.80 meters. This record was still valid on 31 December 2005. Also in 1989 Tarasov was European Junior Champion.
His first medal in the senior category Tarasov won in 1991 at the World Championships in Tokyo as he left Bubka won (5.95 meters) and the Hungarian István Bagyula with (5.90 meters) bronze with 5.85 meters. With the same height of 5.85 meters, the third representative of the Soviet Union Rodion Gataullin fourth.
In 1992, instead of the Soviet Union, the Commonwealth of Independent States at the Olympic Games in Barcelona. In the pole vault, the CIS was represented by Bubka, Tarasov and Igor Trandenkow. In the qualification Bubka and Tarasov jumped the required 5.60 meters in the first attempt, Trandenkow abolished the height at the second attempt. A total of six athletes managed the 5.60 meters; six other jumpers with 5.55 meters were admitted to the finals.
In the final Tarassow entered the competition at the height of 5.60 meters. He skipped the height just like the Spaniard Javier García and the American Kory Tarpenning in first attempt. In the second experiment, the Finn Asko Peltoniemi moved to. At 5.65 meters, only the Americans David Volz, who took in the first experiment, the height jumped. While Tarasov, Tarpenning and Volz left out the 5.70 meters, came to this height at five jumpers. García and Trandenkow jumped the height in the first attempt, while Peltoniemi, Frenchman Philippe Collet and surprisingly also Bubka tore at his entry height. Bubka also tore his second attempt and saved his last attempt for 5.75 meters on. This height allowed from Tarasov and Trandenkow. In the first experiment over 5.75 meters all failed Springer, which Bubka was excreted. In the second experiment García created the 5.75 meters, which it then should be enough for bronze, while in the third experiment Tarpenning mastered the height and finished fourth. 5.80 meters managed Tarasov in the first attempt, Trandenkow in the third trial and since both failed Springer at 5.90 meters, the medals were distributed.
After the Olympic victory
Maxim Tarasov moved in 1992 from Yaroslavl to Budapest to, but retained his citizenship. He started in 1993 for Russia, since 1993 started all CIS countries separately. At the World Championships in Stuttgart in 1993 were among the ten best pole vaulters seven jumpers from the area of the former Soviet Union. It won for Ukraine Serhiy Bubka of 6.00 meters before Grigori Yegorov for Kazakhstan with 5.90 meters. Bronze won for Russia Maxim Tarasov and Igor Trandenkow each with 5.80 meters.
After Tarassow the European Championships after missing in 1994, he was back again at the World Championships in 1995. Among the first twelve were seven jumpers from the former Soviet Union, of which, however Andrei Tivontchik for Germany finished ninth. It won Bubka 5.92 meters before Tarassow with 5.86 meters and the Frenchman Jean Galfione who crossed also 5.86.
The 1996 Olympic Games won Galfione before Trandenkow and Tiwontschik. Tarasov was not at the start.
1997 Tarasov won with 5.80 meters bronze at the World Indoor Championships in Paris. The winner was Igor Potapowitsch for Kazakhstan with 5.90 meters in front of the Americans Lawrence Johnson with 5.85 meters. In the outdoor season Tarassow jumped for the first time over 6.00 meters. At the World Championships in Athens Bubka won his sixth title in a row. With 6.01 meters he was five inches in front of Tarasov. Was third with 5.91 meters of Americans Dean Starkey.
At the European Championships in 1998 in his adopted hometown of Budapest Tarasov won with 5.81 meters in front of the same height Tim Lobinger from Germany. Third with 5.76 meters was Jean Galfione.
1999 jumped Tarassow 6.05 meters on June 16 in Athens personal best. Except Bubka jumped to 2006, no one higher and only the choice Australians Dmitri Markov abolished in 2001 also 6.05 meters. At the World Championships Tarasov became the first world champion after Bubka. Tarasov jumped 6.02 meters even higher than Bubka of its six titles. Second was for Australia Dmitri Markov with 5.90 meters and the third party, the Israeli Alexander Awerbuch, comes from the Russian pole vault school.
His last major appearance was Tarasov at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. Four Knights could cross 5.90 meters to 5.96 meters all failed Springer. Gold won because of the multi- experimental rule Nick Hysong from the United States Lawrence Johnson. Maxim Tarasov won bronze at the German Michael Stolle.
Personal
At a height of 1.94 meters was Tarassows competition weight 80 kg. Today he lives in Budapest.