Aleksandrs Obižajevs (born 16 September 1959) is a retired

pole vault 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. Pole jumping competitions were known to the My ...

er who represented the

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and later

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. His personal best jump was 5.80 metres, achieved in July 1987 in Bryansk. His result of 5.74 metres in 1983 placed him second on the top performers list during the indoor season that year, behind American Billy Olson. He competed for

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and the 1996 Summer Olympics.

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Aleksandrs Obižajevs
at the ''Latvijas Vieglatlētikas Savienība'' * * * 1959 births Living people Latvian male pole vaulters Soviet male pole vaulters Olympic athletes of Latvia Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics {{Latvia-athletics-bio-stub