David Volz (born May 2, 1962) is a retired American

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er, who finished fifth at the

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. In addition, he won a bronze medal at the

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. With 5.75 meters in 1982, Volz and Jean-Michel Bellot shared the number one spot on the top performers list that year. His name is memorialized for creating a technique, now illegal, of steadying or even replacing the bar while still in mid-air to prevent it from falling off, known as "

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".http://www.polevaultpower.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=132&start=24 Pole Vault Power He now resides in

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, where he is vice president of Cook, Inc. He is married to Marci Endris Volz, who teaches at Bloomington High School South. His three sons, Drake, Drew, and Deakin all pole vaulted for Bloomington High School South.

References

1982 Year List

1962 births Living people American male pole vaulters Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic track and field athletes of the United States Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade bronze medalists for the United States {{US-polevault-athletics-bio-stub Track and field athletes from Indiana