Władysław Kozakiewicz

Kozakiewicz won the 1980 Moscow Olympic title with a world record of 5.78m while a hostile home crowd whistled at him, and answered with a defiant arm gesture that became a symbol in Poland. Technically he was a fast, aggressive vaulter who exploited the fibreglass pole's whip as well as anyone of his time. Winning with a record, in a stadium against him, is one of the event's great examples of nerve.