Viktor Spasov

Soviet pole vaulter

Viktor Spasov (born 19 July 1959) is a retired pole vaulter, who represented the Soviet Union during his career. He set his personal best (5.70 metres) on 7 March 1982 at the European Indoor Championships in Milan, earning him the gold medal.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
1982	European Indoor Championships	Milan, Italy	1st	5.70
1987	World Student Games	Zagreb, Yugoslavia	1st

References

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Viktor Spasov at World Athletics

European Athletics Indoor Champions in men's pole vault

1966: Hennadiy Bleznitsov (URS)
1967: Igor Feld (URS)
1968: Wolfgang Nordwig (GDR)
1969: Wolfgang Nordwig (GDR)
1970: François Tracanelli (FRA)
1971: Wolfgang Nordwig (GDR)
1972: Wolfgang Nordwig (GDR)
1973: Renato Dionisi (ITA)
1974: Tadeusz Ślusarski (POL)
1975: Antti Kalliomäki (FIN)
1976: Yuriy Prokhorenko (URS)
1977: Władysław Kozakiewicz (POL)
1978: Tadeusz Ślusarski (POL)
1979: Władysław Kozakiewicz (POL)
1980: Konstantin Volkov (URS)
1981: Thierry Vigneron (FRA)
1982: Viktor Spasov (URS)
1983: Sergey Bubka (URS)
1984: Sergey Bubka (URS)
1984: Sergey Bubka (URS)
1985: Sergey Bubka (URS)
1986: Atanas Tarev (BUL)
1987: Thierry Vigneron (FRA)
1988: Radion Gataullin (URS)
1989: Grigoriy Yegorov (URS)
1990: Radion Gataullin (URS)
1992: Pyotr Bochkaryov (EUN/RUS)
1994: Pyotr Bochkaryov (EUN/RUS)
1996: Dmitri Markov (BLR)
1998: Tim Lobinger (GER)
2000: Aleksandr Averbukh (ISR)
2002: Tim Lobinger (GER)
2005: Igor Pavlov (RUS)
2007: Danny Ecker (GER)
2009: Renaud Lavillenie (FRA)
2011: Renaud Lavillenie (FRA)
2013: Renaud Lavillenie (FRA)
2015: Renaud Lavillenie (FRA)
2017: Piotr Lisek (POL)
2019: Paweł Wojciechowski (POL)
2021: Armand Duplantis (SWE)
2023: Sondre Guttormsen (NOR)

v t e Summer Universiade champions in men's pole vault
1959: Noriaki Yasuda (JPN) 1961: Dimitar Khlebarov (BUL) 1963: Hennadiy Bleznitsov (URS) 1965: John Pennel (USA) 1967: Heinfried Engel (FRG) 1970: Wolfgang Nordwig (GDR) 1973–1975: François Tracanelli (FRA) 1977–1979: Władysław Kozakiewicz (POL) 1981–1983: Konstantin Volkov (URS) 1985: Radion Gataullin (URS) 1987: Viktor Spasov (URS) 1989: Bernhard Zintl (FRG) 1991–1995: István Bagyula (HUN) 1997: Khalid Lachheb (FRA) 1999: Richard Spiegelburg (GER) 2001: Aleksandr Averbukh (ISR) 2003: Oleksandr Korchmid (UKR) 2005: Björn Otto (GER) 2007: Alexander Straub (GER) 2009: Aleksandr Gripich (RUS) 2011: Łukasz Michalski (POL) 2013: Sam Kendricks (USA) 2015: Nikita Filippov (KAZ) 2017: Diogo Ferreira (POR) 2019: Ernest Obiena (PHI) 2021: Urho Kujanpää (FIN)

Summer Universiade champions in men's pole vault