Pole vault
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Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pol
Tim Lobinger
…Tim Lobinger (3 September 1972 – 16 February 2023) was a German pole vaulter. Lobinger's discipline was pole vault and he was an elite competitor from the 1990s. His best results came in 1997 and 1999 when he jumped over 6.00 meters, becoming the first German to…
An athlete in the middle of the vaulting phase
Pole vault in the 1890s at US Naval Academy
Pole vaulter Allison Stokke prepares for her jump.
An athlete passes the bar with the aid of a pole.