Valeri Bukrejev (born June 15, 1964, in

Tallinn Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and ...

) is a retired

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

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 finished seventh at the 1993 World Championships, eighth at the 1994 European Indoor Championships in a new Estonian indoor record of 5.60 metres and fourth at the

1994 Goodwill Games The 1994 Goodwill Games was the third edition of the multi-sport event, created by Ted Turner, which was held in Saint Petersburg, Russia between July 23 and August 7, 1994. The event – designed to improve Soviet Union – United States relatio ...

. He renewed Estonian indoor record in March 1995 in

Kuopio Kuopio ( , ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of North Savo. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Kuopio is approximately , while the Kuopio sub-region, sub-region has a population of approximately . It is the mos ...

, which is also the current Estonian indoor record. His personal best is 5.86 metres, achieved in July 1994 in

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. This is the current Estonian record.Eesti Rekordid
Eesti Kergejõustikuliit

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1964 births Living people Athletes from Tallinn Estonian male pole vaulters Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Estonia Estonian people of Russian descent World Athletics Championships athletes for Estonia Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games {{Estonia-athletics-bio-stub