# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vladimir-polyakov
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:42:29.707Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vladimir-polyakov"
name: "Vladimir Polyakov"
slug: "vladimir-polyakov"
description: "Vladimir Polyakov is a retired Soviet pole vaulter who represented the Soviet Union and later Russia. On 26 June 1981 he managed to clear 5.81 metres, beating Thierry Vigneron's six-day-old world record. Two years later Polyakov lost the record to Pierre Quinon, who jumped 5.82. Polyakov won a silver medal at the 1982 European Championships, and won the European Indoor Championships in 1983."
tagline: "Soviet pole vaulter"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1960-04-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.85
  momentum:             16.38364779874214
  historical:           10.47318266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Поляков Володимир Миколайович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D9%81"
    title: "فلاديمير بولياكوف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Poljakov"
    title: "Vladimir Poljakov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wladimir_Nikolajewitsch_Poljakow"
    title: "Wladimir Nikolajewitsch Poljakow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%AF%CE%BC%CE%B9%CF%81_%CE%A0%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%B1%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%86"
    title: "Βλαντίμιρ Πολιακόφ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Polyakov_(pole_vaulter)"
    title: "Vladimir Polyakov (pole vaulter)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad%C3%ADmir_Poliakov"
    title: "Vladímir Poliakov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Polyakov"
    title: "Vladimir Polyakov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Poljakov"
    title: "Vladimir Poljakov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Poljakov"
    title: "Vladimir Poljakov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C5%82adimir_Polakow"
    title: "Władimir Polakow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C_%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_(%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82)"
    title: "Поляков, Владимир Николаевич (легкоатлет)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1892317"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump