Pentti Nikula

Pentti Nikula
Medal record


Representing Finland
Men's athletics
European Championships
	1962 Belgrade	Pole vault

Pentti Nikula (born 3 February 1939 in Somero) is a retired Finnish pole vaulter. During his career he won the European Championships and held the world record. He was the first pole vaulter to clear 5.0 metres.

See also

External links

Profile at Sports Reference

Records
Preceded by David Tork	Men's Pole Vault World Record Holder April 28, 1962 – April 27, 1963	Succeeded by Brian Sternberg

European Athletics Championships champions in men's pole vault

1934: Gustav Wegner (GER)
1938: Karl Sutter (GER)
1946: Allan Lindberg (SWE)
1950: Ragnar Lundberg (SWE)
1954–58: Eeles Landström (FIN)
1962: Pentti Nikula (FIN)
1966–71: Wolfgang Nordwig (GDR)
1974: Vladimir Kishkun (URS)
1978: Vladimir Trofimenko (URS)
1982: Aleksandr Krupskiy (URS)
1986: Sergey Bubka (URS)
1990–94: Radion Gataullin (RUS)
1998: Maksim Tarasov (RUS)
2002–06: Aleksandr Averbukh (ISR)
2010–14: Renaud Lavillenie (FRA)
2016: Robert Sobera (POL)

Finnish Sports Personality of the Year

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