Javier Gazol

Javier Sebastián Gazol Condón^[a] (born 27 October 1980 in Zaragoza), known as Javier Gazol, is a Spanish pole vaulter.^[1] 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 Almería.^[2] Throughout his sporting career, Gazol trained for the track and field club Transbaso Monzón Polidux, under his personal coach Hans Ruf.^[3]

Javier Gazol

Personal information
Full name	Javier Sebastián Gazol Condón
Nationality	Spain
Born	(1980-10-27) 27 October 1980 (age 44) Zaragoza, Spain
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Pole vault
Club	Transbaso Monzón Polidux
Coached by	Hans Ruf
Achievements and titles
Personal best	Pole vault: 5.60 (2004)

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 Almería.^[2][4] 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 Štěpán Janáček and Australia's Steven Hooker at the end of the qualifying round.^[5][6]

Notes

1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gazol and the second or maternal family name is Condón.