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| Full name | Vitaly Afanasevich Petrov | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Ukrainian | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | October 6, 1945 Staline, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Ukraine | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | Pole vault | |||||||||||||||||
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Vitaly Afanasevich Petrov (Ukrainian: Віталій Опанасович Петров, Russian: Виталий Афанасьевич Петров; born 6 October 1945 in Donetsk, Soviet Union) is a Ukrainian athletics coach, mainly specialising in pole vault.[1] He was the coach of legendary pole vaulters, like Sergey Bubka, Yelena Isinbayeva and Giuseppe Gibilisco. All three were world champions, with the first two also winning Olympic gold medals and setting world records.
- ^ "VITALY PETROV TAKES IAAF COACHES' AWARD". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2 January 2013.