Javier Gazol

Javier Gazol
Personal information
Full name	Javier Sebastián Gazol Condón
Nationality	Spain
Born	27 October 1980 (age 41); Zaragoza, Spain
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Pole vault
Club	Transbaso Monzón Polidux
Coached by	Hans Ruf
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Pole vault: 5.60 (2004)

Javier Sebastián Gazol Condón^[a] (born 27 October 1980 in Zaragoza), known as Javier Gazol, is a Spanish pole vaulter.^[1] Representing his nation Spain in the men's pole vault at the 2004 Summer Olympics, Gazol cleared a height at 5.60 metres to set his own personal best from the Spanish Championships in Almería.^[2] Throughout his sporting career, Gazol trained for the track and field club Transbaso Monzón Polidux in his native Zaragoza, under his personal coach Hans Ruf.^[3]

Gazol qualified for the Spanish squad as a lone athlete in the men's pole vault at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Nearly a week before the Games commenced, Gazol improved his personal best and an Olympic B-standard of 5.60 m to earn a spot on the Spanish team at the national championships in Almería.^[2]^[4] Gazol successfully vaulted 5.30 m on his first attempt, but failed to raise the bar at a targeted height of 5.50 m after three straight misses, leaving him in a twenty-eighth place draw with Czech Republic's Štěpán Janáček and Australia's Steven Hooker at the end of the qualifying round.^[5]^[6]

Notes[]

^ This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Gazol and the second or maternal family name is Condón.

References[]

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Javier Gazol". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
^ ^a ^b Martti, Ricardo (2 August 2004). "Gazol y los García consiguen medalla y plaza en los Juegos" [Gazol and García earns a medal and a place for the Games] (in Spanish). El Periódico de Aragón. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
^ Martti, Ricardo (23 February 2004). "Javier Gazol conquista el oro en Valencia" [Javier Gazol takes the gold in Valencia] (in Spanish). El Periódico de Aragón. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
^ "Spain sends largest ever team to Athens". IAAF. 12 August 2004. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
^ "IAAF Athens 2004: Men's Pole Vault Qualification". Athens 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
^ "Termina el sueño olímpico de Javier Gazol en pértiga" [Pole vaulter Javier Gazol ends his Olympic dream] (in Spanish). Radio Huesca. 25 August 2004. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2015.