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Pyotr Bochkaryov

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Name
  
Pyotr Bochkaryov


Role
  
Olympic athlete

Pyotr Bochkaryov (Russian: Петр Бочкарев; born November 3, 1967) is a retired Russian pole vaulter. He won the European Indoor Championships twice, setting an indoor personal best in 1994 with 5.90 metres. This remained the championship record until Renaud Lavillenie cleared 6.03 m in 2011. He placed 5th at the 1996 Summer Olympics with a jump of 5.86 m, his best outdoor result apart from a 5.90 m jump in a city square competition at Karlskrona.

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Pyotr Bochkaryov Wikipedia