Kjell Isaksson

Sweden

Track & Field (Pole Vault)

B: February 28, 1948

Three Time World Record Holder in the Pole Vault

European silver medalist in 1969 and 1971, Isaksson set three world records in 1972. He vaulted 5.51 meters on April 8th in Austin, Texas; improved to 5.54 one week later in Los Angeles and on June 6th he vaulted 5.55 meters in Helsingborg, Sweden. He was ranked number one in the world despite not qualifying for then final at the Olympics due to the I.A.A.F. ban of the Cata-Pole with which he had set his world records. Isaksson qualified for the final, but failed to clear a height at the 1976 Olympics.

SUPERSTARS RECORD
EVENT
PLACE POINTS MONEY
EVENT WINS
1975 European Heat 5
1
69
£2,500
100 Meter Dash, Weight Lifting, Shooting, Gym Test, Swimming, 600 Meter Steeplechase
1975 European Final
1
56
£5,000
Gym Test, Rowing, Weight Lifting, 600 Meter Steeplechase
TOTALS
125
£7,500
10

PERSONAL BESTS
Swimming - 50 Meters
35.2
1975 European Final
Swimming - 66 2/3 Yards

46.9

1975 European Heat 5
Tennis
2nd
1975 European Final
Weight Lifting - Clean & Jerk

97.5

1975 European Final
Gym Test - Medicine Ball Throw

10.96

1975 European Final
Gym Test - Parallel Bar Dips

36

1975 European Final
Gym Test - Squat Thrusts
69
1975 European Final
Shooting
92
1975 European Heat 5
Rowing - 150 Meters
43.7
1975 European Final
100 Meter Dash
11.5
1975 European Final
Cycling - 800 Meters

1:19.6

1975 European Heat 5
Points Scored (8 of 10 events)

69

1975 European Heat 5


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