Nikolay Nikolov (; born 15 October 1964, in

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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. He is best known for winning a silver medal at the 1988 European Indoor Championships. His personal best jump was 5.72 metres, achieved in July 1991 in

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. This ranks him third among Bulgarian pole vaulters, only behind Spas Bukhalov and Atanas Tarev. - The Athletics Site

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* 1964 births Living people Bulgarian male pole vaulters Bulgarian Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Bulgarian sportsmen {{Bulgaria-athletics-bio-stub