you need to be able to lift your own weight plus ten-fifteen puonds
The female world record in the pole vault is held by Yelena Isinbayeva at 5.06m (outdoors) and 5.00m (indoors).
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Yelena Isinbayeva
In 1952 Bob Mathias, a decathlon athlete, became the first Olympian to use a fiberglass pole.
Denys Yurchenko - http://www.iaaf.org/news/athletes/newsid=46581.html
Steve Hooker in men's pole vault.
It is called the pole vault pit.
Well, participants use a long pole to vault (jump) over a rod, thus the name pole vault
Pole Vault Poles used to made out of materials such as wood, metal and bamboo. Pole Vault Poles are now made out of bendable materials such as Fiberglass and Carbon Fiber
Bill Miller - pole vault - was born in 1912.
Bill Miller - pole vault - died in 2008.
The acceleration zone is the portion of the runup area for the pole vault, long jump, etc. where the athlete starts his run and gets up to speed.