pole vaulter

See also: pole-vaulter

English

Alternative forms

• pole-vaulter

Noun

pole vaulter (plural pole vaulters)

1. (athletics) An athlete who competes in the pole vault.
   • 1972 January 28, “Sports of The Times”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Indeed, with a world record‐holder or Olympic champion in almost every race, with six milers who have broken 4 minutes, eight high jumpers who can top 7 feet and seven pole vaulters who have cleared 17 feet, there is no way guessing how many Olympic champions‐elect will be on display in the hatbox over Penn Station.

Translations

athlete who competes in the pole vault

• Catalan: perxista m or f
• Danish: stangspringer c
• Dutch: polsstokhoogspringer
• Finnish: seiväshyppääjä (fi)
• French: perchiste (fr) m or f
• German: Stabhochspringer (de) m, Stabhochspringerin (de) f
• Hungarian: rúdugró (hu)
• Italian: astista (it) m or f
• Japanese: 棒高跳び選手 (bōtakatobi senshu)
• Maori: kaipeke tītoko
• Polish: tyczkarz (pl) m, tyczkarka f, skoczek o tyczce m
• Romanian: săritor cu prăjina m, săritoare cu prăjina f
• Spanish: garrochista (es) m or f, pertiguista m or f
• Swedish: stavhoppare (sv) c
• Turkish: sırıkla atlamacı