More about Alex Averbukh, Israeli pole vaulter who won the gold medal at European Championships in Munich.

"Coming a day before a memorial service for the victims of the September 5 attack by Palestinians at the 1972 Olympics that resulted in the death of 11 Israeli athletes, Averbukh's triumph was highly emotional, and the 27-year-old athlete, draped in the Israeli flag, fought back the tears as the national anthem was played to a packed house."