Talk:Sergey Bubka

World Record Videos
Anyone with the WR video from Sestriere, Italy (or the indoor one), upload to putfile.com and add to this article. From what I've gathered, they're both very rare (do not exist on the internet). The clip appears on:

Beginner to Bubka companion DVD Vault 2000 DVD by Dr. Spencer Chang (supposedly)

Not on:

http://www.neovault.com/mem_video_starkey_archives.asp This misleadingly contains only an attempt at WR in Lausanne.

This appears to have it, It sure announces itself as that, though I might be deceived: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTfX_JDank8  Trackinfo (talk) 04:08, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Serhei/Sergei
Serhei or Sergei? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Garli (talk • contribs)

Serhei is Ukrainian and Sergei is Russian. I am not sure what the Wikipedia convention would be. He is Ukrainian, but did most of his competing for the USSR, which was dominated by Russian. Also, he is, I think, better known in the west as Sergei. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.172.147.90 (talk • contribs)
 * Certainly the name used in English is Sergei, so there is no doubt it should stay that way on the en wiki. Clearly for the Russian wiki this is debatable. David D. (Talk) 08:04, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Why would it be debatable for Russian wiki? There is no alternative name for Sergei in Russian. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.185.133.119 (talk) 06:00, 18 April 2007 (UTC).
 * The Ukrainian spelling is Serhii, not Serhei. Homme (talk) 20:36, 21 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Per the previous consensus at, and WP:COMMONNAME, please revert your page move. TheDragonFire (talk) 09:59, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Serhei official ukrainian name transliteration https://geonames.nga.mil/gns/html/Romanization/Romanization_Ukrainian.pdf (taken from uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Транслітерація)Pita guy (talk) 13:09, 30 December 2021 (UTC)

Physical measurements
The height and weight of athletes is provided in other articles. I would appreciate someone adding that information to this article, particularly because the article imparts the success of Buka to his strength and speed.

Consistency
This article mixes "metres" and "meters"; also, sometimes the "m" is spaced from the number and sometimes is not. I suggest a cleanup according to WP:UNITS. Nineko 12:37, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

at the end there is something about 20 feets, but pole vault jumpers jump in meters (or metres)! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.87.13.70 (talk) 22:18, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Actually, Bubka was aware of the system of measurement used in the United States. Once when he knew he had won a meet in the U.S., he intentionally had the bar set at 6.10m (20 feet) and cleared it just because he knew the significance of that number to American track fans. That, and he probably had a deal on the side with the event organizers to pay him more if he hit 20 feet. Jsc1973 (talk) 07:45, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

Carreer is over?
Most professional gymnasts have a carreer, usually a public one, after they resign from competition. What did Bubka go on to become? --JeR (talk) 22:37, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
 * He now works with the IAAF in a council member capacity: generally promoting the sport, discussing organisation decisions etc. I hope to improve this article at some point in the future. Sillyfolkboy (talk) (edits) WIKIPROJECT ATHLETICS NEEDS YOU!  17:43, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Requested Move

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the proposal was consensus not to move the page, per the discussion below. Dekimasu よ! 11:26, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Sergey Bubka → Serhiy Bubka &mdash; His name is transliterated from Ukrainian as Serhiy Bubka --Riwnodennyk ✉ 18:06, 10 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Most English language sources call him "Sergey". As does his official website. — sjorford++ 13:01, 11 June 2009 (UTC)


 * This is a figure well known in the English-language media, and almost exclusively under the spelling Sergey. I don't think we can justify a standardised transliteration when another spelling is well-established. Knepflerle (talk) 17:14, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I think the current title and introduction sentence deal with this issue perfectly. Some readers might not even recognise that Serhiy Bubka is Sergey Bubka! Sillyfolkboy (talk) (edits) WIKIPROJECT ATHLETICS NEEDS YOU!  20:54, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Height and weight
I found here (on BBC Sport) that he was 1.84 m and 80 kg (while he was competing) but I don't know how to edit the infobox.--Abuk SABUK (talk) 20:13, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

Why is there a quotes section?
A quotes section is not standard on Wikipedia. Should These be moved to WikiQuotes? 2600:1000:B00A:BA4F:A874:A3:DD4F:E590 (talk) 13:23, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I disagree with the transwiki, that would only serve to hide the appropriate content. Quotes can be very effective in revealing the subject's character.  I think we can get rid of the quotes section and instead find more appropriate places for the quotes to appear in prose.   One of the quotes is not even from Bubka, but about him. Trackinfo (talk) 04:17, 18 May 2014 (UTC)

Bubka not the current outdoor world-record holder in the pole vault?
In the third paragraph of the opening section there's a statement referencing IAAF "rule 260.18a" as the standard for Lavillenie being the current outdoor world record holder in the pole vault; there is no such rule, though there currently is a rule 260.18 on pages 273-4 of the IAAF's competition rules for 2016-17, and I acknowledge that the IAAF does consider Lavillenie to be the current outdoor record holder. Would someone please clarify? Was Bubka's 1994 record wind-aided, or at least set in conditions that exceeded the current 2m/second IAAF standard? If not then why isn't Bubka regarded as the current outdoor world-record holder? BLZebubba (talk) 14:33, 19 August 2016 (UTC)
 * There is no "outdoor world record" in pole vault, I think. Lavillenie is the world record holder, as he has jumped higher than Bubka.  I think it would be better, fairer and more interesting to differ between indoor and outdoor records in all athletics events, but in pole vault the rule is that records can be set either in- or outdoor... Fomalhaut76 (talk) 19:33, 25 August 2019 (UTC)

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