Aleksandr Solovyov (pole vaulter)
Russian pole vaulter (born 2002)
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Aleksandr Solovyov (born 18 February 2002) is a Russian pole vaulter. He won the 2024 Russian Indoor Athletics Championships. He won the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships.[1]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 February 2002 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Pole vault |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best | Pole vault: 5.83 m (2024) |
Early life
From an athletics family, his grandfather was also a pole vaulter. From the age of three and eleven years-old, however, his focus was on ice dancing. He began to be coached from young age in pole vaulting by Oleg Vyacheslavovich.[2]
Career
He finished seventh in the pole vault at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya.[3]
He cleared 5.77 metres to win the Russian Indoor Athletics Championships in Moscow in February 2024.[4] Later that year, he won the Russian summer youth championship and the Russian team championship in Sochi with a jump of 5.72 metres. At the BRICS Games in Kazan in June 2024, he finished in second place overall with a height of 5.82 metres.[5][6] He also won the 2024 Russia Cup with a personal best height of 5.83 metres.[7]
He began competing for Texas A&M University in the United States in December 2024.[8][9] He recorded no height at the SEC Indoor Championships, but won the SEC Outdoor Championships in May with a clearance of 5.72 metres.[10][11] He jumped 5.78 metres to win the 2025 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon, in June 2025.[12][13] His effort helped the Texas Aggies to a share of the overall NCAA Men's team title.[14]
Competing at the 2026 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships in March, he placed second overall behind Ashton Barkdull.[15]