Kjell Isaksson
Sweden
Track & Field (Pole Vault)
B: February 28, 1948
Three Time World Record Holder in the Pole Vault
European silver medalist in 1969 and 1971, Isaksson set three world records in 1972. He vaulted 5.51 meters on April 8th in Austin, Texas; improved to 5.54 one week later in Los Angeles and on June 6th he vaulted 5.55 meters in Helsingborg, Sweden. He was ranked number one in the world despite not qualifying for then final at the Olympics due to the I.A.A.F. ban of the Cata-Pole with which he had set his world records. Isaksson qualified for the final, but failed to clear a height at the 1976 Olympics.
SUPERSTARS RECORD
EVENT |
PLACE | POINTS | MONEY | EVENT WINS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 European Heat 5 | 1 |
69 |
£2,500 |
100 Meter Dash, Weight Lifting, Shooting, Gym Test, Swimming, 600 Meter Steeplechase |
| 1975 European Final | 1 |
56 |
£5,000 |
Gym Test, Rowing, Weight Lifting, 600 Meter Steeplechase |
| 1976 European Heat 4 | 1 |
66 |
$5,000 |
Kayaking, Weight Lifting, Table Tennis, Shooting, Gym Test, 600 Meter Steeplechase |
| 1976 European Final | 1 |
68 |
$10,000 |
Kayaking, Weight Lifting, Table Tennis, Swimming, Gym Test |
| 1977 Worlds | 2 |
32 |
$24,600 |
Gym Test |
| 1980 International | 2 |
33 |
N/A |
Weight Lifting, Swimming |
| TOTALS | 224 |
£7,500 +$39,600 |
24 |
PERSONAL BESTS
| Swimming - 50 Yards | 28.80 |
1977 Worlds |
| Swimming - 50 Meters | 31.4e |
1980 International |
| Swimming - 66 2/3 Yards |
46.9 |
1975 European Heat 5 |
| Swimming - 100 Yards | 1:06.00 |
1977 Worlds |
| Tennis | 2nd |
1975 European Final |
| Table Tennis | 1st |
1976 European Heat 4 1976 European Final |
| Weight Lifting - Clean & Jerk |
105.0 |
1976 European Heat 4 1976 European Final |
| Weight Lifting | 265 |
1977 Worlds |
| Gym Test - Medicine Ball Throw |
10.96 |
1975 European Final |
| Gym Test - Chin-Ups | 33 |
1977 Worlds |
| Gym Test - Parallel Bar Dips |
52 |
1980 International |
| Gym Test - Squat Thrusts | 86 |
1976 European Final |
| Gym Test - Chin-Ups + Dips | 80 |
1977 Worlds |
| Basketball - 5 shots vs. time | 5 - 42.1e |
1980 International |
| Shooting (out of 100) | 92 |
1975 European Heat 5 |
| Shooting (out of 50) | 46 |
1976 European Heat 4 |
| Rowing | 38.51 |
1977 Worlds |
| Rowing - 150 Meters | 43.7 |
1975 European Final |
| Kayaking - 125 Meters | 41.4 |
1976 European Final |
| European Obstacle Course | 45.8e |
1980 International |
| 100 Meter Dash | 11.5 |
1975 European Final |
| Cycling - 800 Meters |
1:19.6 |
1975 European Heat 5 |
| Bike Race - Half Mile | 1:10.95 |
1977 Worlds |
| 600 Meter Steeplechase | 1:40.4 |
1976 European Heat 4 |
| Obstacle Course | 25.81 |
1977 Worlds |
| Points Scored (8 of 10 events) |
69 |
1975 European Heat 5 |
| Points Scored | 32 |
1977 Worlds |