Dmitri Markov

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Dmitri Markov ( Belarusian Дзьмітры Маркаў , Dsmitry Markau ; born March 14, 1975 in Vitebsk , Belarusian SSR , Soviet Union ) is a former Australian pole vaulter of Belarusian origin.

At the Junior World Championships in 1994 he finished second. In 1996 he became European indoor champion with 5.85 meters. At the 1996 Olympic Games he was sixth with 5.86 meters; the three medalists crossed 5.92 meters, the Frenchman Jean Galfione won .

In April 1997 his wife Valentina moved to Australia. Dmitri Markov no longer started for Belarus. In April 1999 Valentina Markov received Australian citizenship after a two-year stay. A month later, Dmitri Markov also became Australian.

At the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Markov first appeared for Australia. With a jump of 5.90 meters, he won silver behind Maxim Tarassow , who jumped 6.02 meters. All three medalists learned the pole vault in the Soviet Union , but all of them had meanwhile shifted their center of life. The world champion Maxim Tarasov from Yaroslavl started for Russia, but has lived in Budapest since 1992, and the winner of the bronze medal, Alexander Awerbuch , who started for Israel, comes from Irkutsk.

At the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney , Dmitri Markov was naturally the focus of interest among the Australian public. Markov and Viktor Chistiakov , another new Australian, finished fifth with 5.80 meters. The four first placed jumped 5.90 meters. Markov had saved one attempt for 5.96 meters, which would have been enough for gold, but he tore the bar. The American Nick Hysong became Olympic champion .

Markov celebrated his greatest success at the 2001 World Championships on August 9, 2001 in Edmonton. After he jumped his starting height of 5.75 meters in the third attempt, he skipped 5.85 meters, while four jumpers crossed 5.85, namely Awerbuch, Hysong, the German Michael Stolle and the French Romain Mesnil , who then in this Order of places 2 to 5 occupied. Because Markov crossed 5.90 meters, then 5.95 meters and also mastered his best performance of 6.05 meters. With this height, Markov still ranks second in 2006, together with Maxim Tarassow, on the all-time best list behind the Ukrainian Serhij Bubka .

At the Commonwealth Games 2002 Markov reached a disappointing fourth place with 5.5 meters, the South African Okkert Brits won . Markov also achieved fourth place at the 2003 World Championships . At 5.85 meters he was level with Okkert Brits (silver) and the Swede Patrik Kristiansson (bronze); the Italian world champion Giuseppe Gibilisco crossed 5.90 meters.

Neither in the 2004 Olympic Games nor in the 2005 World Championships , Markov survived the qualification. But at the Commonwealth Games in 2006 he won silver with 5.60 meters behind his compatriot Steve Hooker , who crossed 5.80 meters.

A chronic foot injury forced the end of his career in early 2007. With a height of 1.82 meters, his competition weight was 82 kg.

literature

  • Peter Matthews (Ed.): Athletics 2006. The international Track and Field Annual. SportsBooks, Cheltenham 2006, ISBN 1-899807-34-9 .

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personal data
SURNAME Markov, Dmitri
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Маркаў, Дзьмітры; Markau, Dsmitry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian pole vaulter of Belarusian origin
DATE OF BIRTH March 14, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Vitebsk , Belarusian SSR , Soviet Union