Ruhan Isim
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Ruhan Işim is a retired Turkish
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 pole vault
Pole vault
Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...

er.

He competed at the 1990 European Championships
1990 European Championships in Athletics - Men's Pole Vault
These are the official results of the Men's Pole Vault event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia. There were a total number of fifteen participating athletes...

 and the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

 without reaching the final.

His personal best jump was 5.70 metres, achieved in June 2000 in Jonesboro.

He formerly concentrated on the 110 metres hurdles
110 metres hurdles
The 110 metres hurdles is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is incuded in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metre hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hurdles of 1.067 metres in height are evenly spaced along a straight...

. He competed at the 1991 World Championships
1991 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 110 metre hurdles
These are the official results of the Men's 110 metres Hurdles event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total number of 38 participating athletes, with two semi-finals and five qualifying heats and the final held on Thursday August 29, 1991.-Medalists:-Schedule:*All...

, but failed to finish his race.
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