2014 Event Renaud Lavillenie, French champion pole vaulter, breaks the previous height record, held by athlete Sergey Bubka, at the Pole Vault Stars meet in Donetsk, Ukraine; Lavillenie reached 6.16 meters indoors, exceeding Bubka's world record of 6.15 m indoors achieved in 1993 1974 Birthday James Miller, Australian pole vaulter 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday William Deering, Jr., South Bend Indiana, pole vaulter 1969 Birthday Konstantin Semyonov, Israel, Men's pole vaulter, 1996 Olympics 1966 Birthday Simon Arkell, Australian pole vaulter, Olympics-17th-92, 96 1965 Birthday Rodion Gataullin, Uzbekistan, pole vaulter, Olympics-silver-88 1965 Birthday Melita Ruhn, born in Romania, horse vaulter 1980 Olympics bronze 1963 Birthday Sergey Bubka, Ukraine, pole vaulter, Olympics gold 88, 92 1962 Birthday Kory Tarpenning, born in Portland, Oregon, pole vaulter 1961 Birthday Natalya Shaposhnikova, born in U.S.S.R., sidehorse vaulter, 1980 Olympics gold 1946 Birthday Bob Seagren, Pomona California, actor, Soap, pole vaulter, Olympics gold 68 1945 Birthday Fred Hansen, U.S., pole vaulter 1964 Olympic gold 1940 Birthday John Pennel, pole vaulter, James E Sullivan Award-1963 1926 Birthday Robert Eugene Richards, Illinois, pole vaulter, Olympics gold 48, 52, 56
