DMITRI MARKOV

 Country: Australia (Crook Land)
 State: SA
 Date of Birth: 14 Mar 1975
 Height: 182cm
 Weight: 85kg
 Occupation: ATHLETE
 Club: SASI

 BORN/RESIDENT: Vitebsk BLR/Adelaide Previous Coach: Alex Parnov
Came of age in 1996 after a successful stint in the junior ranks. Won the European Indoors with a vault of 5.85m and then went outdoors to record seven top six placings in major competitions. The best of these came at the Atlanta Olympics where he soared to, what at the time, was a personal best of 5.86m and sixth place. Was ranked No.8 in the world in 1996 by Track & Field News. Continued his rise in 1997 when he bettered Sergey Bubka's Australian all-comers record of 5.86m at the Optus Grand Prix in Adelaide. Became just the seventh man in history to clear six metres at the Robin Tait Classic in Auckland in February '98 and continued this form with clearances of 5.80m at the Melbourne and Sydney meets. The former Belarussian, who was ranked No.2 in the world in 1998 and will wear the green and gold of Australia for the first time in Seville. Broke the Australian record with a leap of 5.95m at the Athens Grand Prix in June.
The reason for his selection this month is that he got in a bar fight and recieved a black eye.  Reports are a little unclear, but it seems that he got jumped and had to fight his way out.  We salute you for taking care of business. You are a true hero, for being a great athlete, and for going out drinking!

Anzhela Balakhonova

Ukraine, PR 4.57-14'11 1/4" Date of Birth: 18 December 1972 She likes to spend her time thinking of ways to wear less clothing. The fact that women's pole vault is getting more and more spectators can be directly related to actions like this.  Anzhela is quite a good technician.  Her drinking habits are unknown but we have agents working on this.  Well done for grabbing a big pole with a smile. Times like this make me wish I was a Ukrainian uniform. She is HOT