Vitaly Petrov (athletics)
Vitaly Afanasevich Petrov (Ukrainian: Віталій Опанасович Петров, Russian: Виталий Афанасьевич Петров; born 6 October 1945 in Donetsk) is a Ukrainian athletics coach, mainly specialising in pole vault.[1] He was the coach of legendary pole vaulters, like Sergey Bubka, Yelena Isinbayeva and Giuseppe Gibilisco. All three were world champions, with the first two also winning Olympic gold medals and setting world records.
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| Full name | Vitaly Afanasevich Petrov | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Ukrainian | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | October 6, 1945 Staline, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Ukraine | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Pole vault | |||||||||||||||||
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Biography Edit
Vitaly Petrov was the first coach of the Ukrainian Sergey Bubka, which he took in technique foster care in 1974, when Bubka was just eleven years old. The relationship was broken on June 16, 1990 after 16 years of collaboration. He has also coached the Italian Giuseppe Gibilisco (2003-2007 and 2011) and the Russian Yelena Isinbayeva (2005-2010).[2] He was main coach of the Pole vault Centre in Formia, Italy.[3]
In 2007 he received the award from International Association of Athletics Federations the IAAF Coaches Award for his achievements with Isinbayeva.[1] In 2010 he started to coached in Italy the Brazilian pole vaulter Fabiana Murer,[4][5] she became the fourth pole vaulter brought to World Championships to Petrov.[6]
Technique Edit
Petrov's innovation in the pole vault was the swing of the vaulter's legs later into the vault, thus retaining more of the energy and depending less on the recoil effect of the bent pole.[7]
Achievements Edit
| Athlete | Year | Competition | Venue | Event | Result | Measure | Notes |
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| Sergey Bubka | 1983 | World Championships | Helsinki | Pole vault | 1st | 5.70 m | |
| 1987 | World Championships | Rome | Pole vault | 1st | 5.85 m | ||
| 1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul | Pole vault | 1st | 5.90 m | ||
| Giuseppe Gibilisco | 2003 | World Championships | Paris | Pole vault | 1st | 5.90 m | |
| 2004 | Olympic Games | Athens | Pole vault | 3rd | 5.85 m | ||
| Yelena Isinbayeva | 2005 | World Championships | Helsinki | Pole vault | 1st | 5.01 m | |
| 2007 | World Championships | Osaka | Pole vault | 1st | 4.80 m | ||
| 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing | Pole vault | 1st | 5.05 m | ||
| Fabiana Murer | 2011 | World Championships | Daegu | Pole vault | 1st | 4.80 m | = [8] |
| 2015 | World Championships | Beijing | Pole vault | 2nd | 4.85 | ||
| Thiago Braz | 2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro | Pole vault | 1st | 6.03 m | |
| 2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo | Pole vault | 3rd | 5.87 m | ||
| Ernest John Obiena | 2022 | World Championships | Eugene | Pole vault | 3rd | 5.94 m | AR |
| 2023 | World Championships | Budapest | Pole vault | 2nd | 6.00 m | =AR |
References Edit
- ^ a b "VITALY PETROV TAKES IAAF COACHES' AWARD". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
- ^ "ISINBAYEVA CHANGES COACHING SET-UP AS SHE SEEKS NEW SPORTING TARGETS". iaaf.org. 18 November 2005. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
- ^ "WORLD POLE VAULT CENTRE, FORMIA (ITA)". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
- ^ "WALKER AND MURER'S WORLD LEADS TOP RIO RESULTS– IAAF WORLD CHALLENGE". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
- ^ "Fabiana Murer pole vaulting to success". infosurhoy.com. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
- ^ "The Man who Set 35 World Records". moti-athletics-histo.it. 27 April 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
Fabiana Murer is the fourth pole vault world champion guided by Vitaly Petrov
- ^ "Men's Pole Vault: An Impossible World Record to Break". Bleacher Report.
- ^ "2011 IAAF WORLD CHALLENGE REVIEW". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
'My main goal for the season is the World Championships, but I also want to get closer to 5m,' said Murer, who planned to train in Italy under the supervision of coach Vitaly Petrov
External links Edit
- Coach profile at IAAF web site
- Vitaly Petrov's Vault Model 2014-03-08 at the Wayback Machine