Konstantin Semyonov (; born 20 November 1969 in the

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) is a retired

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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, bar. Pole jumping was already practiced by the ...

er. Before becoming an Israeli citizen he won the bronze medal at the 1992 European Indoor Championships for the Unified Team and became Belarusian national champion in 1993. He then finished eighth at the 1996 European Indoor Championships. He also competed at the 1995 World Championships and the

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without reaching the final. His personal best is 5.76 metres, achieved in July 1996 in

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. The current Israeli record belongs to Aleksandr Averbukh with 5.93 metres.Israeli athletics records

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* 1969 births Living people Israeli male pole vaulters Belarusian male pole vaulters Soviet male pole vaulters Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Israel 20th-century Israeli sportsmen 20th-century Belarusian sportsmen {{Israel-athletics-bio-stub