Dmitri Markov

Dmitri Markov

Personal information
Native name	Дзьмітры Маркаў
Nationality	Australian
Born	14 March 1975 (1975-03-14) (age 49) Vitebsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
Country	Belarus (1993–1998) Australia (1999–2006)
Sport	Athletics
Event	Pole vault
Achievements and titles
Personal best	6.05 m (2001)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing Australia World Championships 2001 Edmonton Pole vault 1999 Seville Pole vault

Dmitri Markov (Belarusian: Дзьмітры Маркаў; born 14 March 1975 in Vitebsk, Byelorussian SSR) is a retired Belarusian and Australian pole vaulter. He is a former world champion and current Oceanian record holder. His gold medal winning jump at the 2001 World Championships made him the third person ever (of five, as of 2017) to clear 6.05 m.

Biography

He originally competed for his birth country Belarus, but fell out with the Belarusian Athletics Federation and refused to compete for the country at the 1998 European Championships. He moved to Australia and was granted citizenship in 1999. He soon set a new Oceanian record in pole vault with 5.95 metres, having already jumped 6.00 in 1998 while representing Belarus. He later improved the Oceanic record to 6.05 metres, the third person ever to clear that height, as he won the 2001 World Championships.

His best Olympic performance was in 2000 when he finished fifth. His last major competition was the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, where he won the silver medal with a 5.60 m vault.

He was named Western Australian Sports Star of the Year in 2001. Dmitri was the South Australian 2005-2006 Open Male Athlete of the Year and inducted into the South Australian Hall of Fame in 2007. In 2012 he was inducted into the Athletics Australia Hall of Fame.

Dmitiri Markov announced his retirement in early 2007 due to chronic foot injuries. His last competition was the World Athletics Tour in Melbourne on 2 March 2007.

His son Oleg Markov is a promising young Australian rules footballer, who has been drafted into the Australian Football League at the 2015 AFL draft by the Richmond Tigers.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing Belarus
1994	World Junior Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	2nd	5.50 m
1996	European Indoor Championships	Stockholm, Sweden	1st	5.85 m
	Summer Olympics	Atlanta, United States	6th	5.86 m
Representing Australia
1999	World Championships	Sevilla, Spain	2nd	5.90 m
2000	Summer Olympics	Sydney, Australia	=5th	5.80 m
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	1st	6.05 m
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	4th	5.85 m
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	3rd	5.76 m
2006	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	2nd	5.60 m

Personal best

• Pole Vault: 6.05 (2001)

See also

• List of nationality transfers in athletics
• List of pole vaulters who reached 6 metres

References

• Dmitri Markov at World Athletics