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A plaque on Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria, commemorating Stefka Kostadinova's high jump world record of 2.08 m set on 31 May 1986. The first world record in the women's high jump was recognised by the Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale (FSFI) in 1922.
[8] 96% of her body is covered in tattoos, according to Guinness World Records. [ 1 ] [ 9 ] The remaining 4% includes the palms of her hands which is a problematic area to tattoo. Her body modifications also include a split tongue , subdermal implants , piercings , ear expansions , eye tattoos , scarification , and dental implants .
The championship records for the event are 2.41 m for men, set by Bohdan Bondarenko in 2013, and 2.09 m for women, set by Stefka Kostadinova in 1987. Additionally, Kostadinova's championship record jump of 2.09 m was also the only time the world record has been broken at the World Athletics Championships.
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Championship record: World Leading Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR) 2.03 m: Brno, Czech Republic: 22 June 2022 African Record Hestrie Cloete (RSA) 2.06 m: Saint-Denis, France: 31 August 2003 Asian Record Nadezhda Dubovitskaya (KAZ) 2.00 m: Almaty, Kazakhstan: 8 June 2021 North, Central American and Caribbean record Chaunte Lowe (USA) 2.05 m: Des ...
And making the bar on her last attempt, world leader Chaunté Lowe was in fourth place. All but Demireva had cleared 2.00 before, Lowe in 2016. All but Demireva had cleared 2.00 before, Lowe in 2016. Earlier in her career Vlašić made 2.00 routine and was attempting the world record of 2.10 on occasion.
The women's world record has been broken on three occasions at the Olympics, with records coming in 1928, 1932 and 1972. [ 1 ] Ellery Clark was the first Olympic champion in 1896 and Ethel Catherwood became the first female Olympic high jump champion 32 years later.
Julia Gnuse (guh-NOO-see) (January 18, 1955 - August 11, 2016), commonly known by the nickname The Illustrated Lady or The Irvine Walker, was an American woman who had 95% of her body (including her face) covered in tattoos [1] and held the Guinness Record for being the most tattooed woman in the world. [2]