Greatest Vaulter of All time

VTechVaulter · Unread postby **VTechVaulter** » Sat Oct 18, 2003 11:22 pm

Aight, so i got a little question to ask. Who is the greatest vaulter ever. Im not talking the highest, but the greatest.

My vote goes to John Pennel, who went 17 feet into sawdust. CRAZY. what do u all think

PVJunkie · Unread postby **PVJunkie** » Sat Oct 18, 2003 11:33 pm

ugh oh..........here we go again!!!

Bruce Caldwell · Unread postby **Bruce Caldwell** » Sun Oct 19, 2003 1:38 am

Kjell Issakson swedish former World record Holder 18'2" and in 1982 practice vault of 18'9"
Had a real nice form and swing in his technique

VTechVaulter · Unread postby **VTechVaulter** » Sun Oct 19, 2003 10:15 am

Yeah, hes also real good proof you dont need a locked left arm to jump high. great swing. awesome runway speed.

Bruce Caldwell · Unread postby **Bruce Caldwell** » Sun Oct 19, 2003 10:41 am

and for you short vaulters who think you have a disadvantage he was short also.

His plant was very high at the moment of the take-off
His plant was in the box to create a negative bend that when it bounced back he had a positive curve in the pole. The momne tof takeoff was at the time that occurred just before the pole hit the back of the box.
He generate power storage in the pole also from the swing and in most of his successful jumps his back was parallel to the ground before committing to the pull phase.

Barto · Unread postby **Barto** » Sun Oct 19, 2003 11:45 am

Best technician ever: Kjell Issakson

Best pole vaulter ever: Joe Dial

Joe could jump on the greatest range of pole sizes, with the greatest range of techniques, under the most conditions of any vaulter ever.

Barto

lonestar · Unread postby **lonestar** » Sun Oct 19, 2003 2:16 pm

Scott Huffman - just because no one else would probably vote for him.

Seriously though - Dutch Warmerdam - if you know anything about pole vaulting, you know that what he accomplished was so far ahead of his time that he seemed superhuman.

SlickVT · Unread postby **SlickVT** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 4:40 pm

Tarasov. Hands down. I have never seen someone jump so high so consistently while at the same time making it look so easy and so freakin smooth and graceful.

achtungpv · Unread postby **achtungpv** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 7:16 pm

SlickVT wrote:Tarasov. Hands down. I have never seen someone jump so high so consistently while at the same time making it look so easy and so freakin smooth and graceful.

In either '97 or '98, Tarasov competed 26 times and jumped 5.90+ 24 times...his other two marks were 5.85 & 5.60.

Ajint_Smith · Unread postby **Ajint_Smith** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 1:38 pm

I'm not saying he's the best ever (obviously), but didn't hartwig have a streak of times vaulting 19'+ for a while? Or did I just make this up?

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