Ruslan Gataullin (; born 1 December 1979) is a Russian

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

er. His personal best jump is 8.29 metres, achieved in May 2007 in

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. Early in his career he was also a pole vaulter achieving a personal best vault of 5.60m before focusing solely on the long jump. He finished seventh at the

2006 European Athletics Championships The 19th European Athletics Championships were held in Gothenburg, Sweden, between 7 August and 13 August 2006. The competition arena was the Ullevi Stadium and the official motto "Catch the Spirit". Gothenburg also hosted the 1995 World Champions ...

and at the

2006 IAAF World Cup The 10th IAAF World Cup in Athletics was an international track and field sporting event, held under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, which took place on 16 and 17 September 2006 at the Olympic Stadium in At ...

. He also competed at the 2006 World Indoor Championships and the 2007 World Championships without reaching the final. An ethnic

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from

Tashkent Tashkent (), also known as Toshkent, is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uzbekistan, largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of more than 3 million people as of April 1, 2024. I ...

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, he is the younger brother of

pole vaulter 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 was already practiced by the ancie ...

Rodion Gataullin.

International competitions

References

* 1979 births Living people Athletes from Tashkent Russian male long jumpers World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia Russian Athletics Championships winners Uzbekistani people of Tatar descent Russian people of Uzbekistani descent Tatar sportspeople {{Russia-longjump-athletics-bio-stub