Javier Gazol, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Javier Gazol

Olympic pole vaulter

Date of Birth: 27-Oct-1980

Place of Birth: Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain

Profession: athletics competitor

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Javier Gazol

  • Javier Sebastián Gazol CondĂłn (born October 27, 1980 in Zaragoza) is a Spanish pole vaulter.
  • 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 AlmerĂ­a.
  • Throughout his sporting career, Gazol trained for the track and field club Transbaso MonzĂłn Polidux in his native Zaragoza, under his personal coach Hans Ruf.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 AlmerĂ­a.
  • 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 Ĺ tepán Janácek and Australia's Steven Hooker at the end of the qualifying round.

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