Sergei Bubka
Sergei Bubka
Serhiy Nazarovych Bubkais a former Ukrainian pole vaulter. He represented the Soviet Union until its dissolution in 1991, was twice named Athlete of the Year by Track & Field News, and in 2012 was one of 24 athletes inducted as inaugural members of the International Association of Athletics Federations Hall of Fame...
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth4 February 1963
sports six needs
You need to work very hard, you have to spend a lot of time practicing your sport - six to seven hours daily.
sports giving good-things
My policy was just to give good things for sports in my region.
sports athlete careers
I have spoken with many former athletes, and they tell me the best time they had was in sports. I listen to them and use their experience in my career.
track track-and-field fields
I began with track and field because this is what I know.
important quality helping
And, of course, method is very important as is a high-quality specialist (trainer) working with you to keep you going in the right direction for your improvement and to help create results.
sports dream clubs
I decided to create a sports club during the Soviet times. It was my dream.
vaults events complicated
The pole vault is a very complicated event, there are many things involved.
crazy risk needs
Often you need to take some risk, but it must be a realistic risk, you can't take a crazy risk.
cost pay vaults
I have bought pole vault equipment, the landing areas, posts, which costs a lot of money. We pay for coaches
sports heart want
Even now, I want to keep my amateur spirit, to spend my time, to be in the sport with all my heart.
motivational athlete competition
The Olympics are always a special competition. It is very difficult to predict what will happen.
around-the-world strategy all-the-best
The strategy of my coach and me was that we looked at pictures of all the best pole vaulters from around the world, and we took the best parts from them, and we created a person that had never existed. We then started to work toward being such a person.
firsts action
First do it, then say it.
sports running thinking
I love the pole vault because it is a professor's sport. One must not only run and jump, but one must think. Which pole to use, which height to jump, which strategy to use. I love it because the results are immediate and the strongest is the winner. Everyone knows it. In everyday life that is difficult to prove.