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The high jump was among the first events deemed acceptable for women, having been held at the 1928 Olympic Games. Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) is the world record holder with a jump of 2.45 m (8 ft 1 ⁄ 4 in) set in 1993 – the longest-standing record in the history of the men's high jump.
He won the long jump and high jump events at the 2016 Rio Paralympics [5] and 2015 Parapan American Games. In 2015 he set two world records (2.07 and 2.12 m) and won the world title in the high jump in his disability class. [6] Townsend-Roberts cleared 2.14 m (7 ft 1 ⁄ 4 in) at the 2019 Mt. SAC Relays to take his world record over 7 feet. [7]
In his junior year, he broke his high-school record with a 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) jump, and the next year took second place in the state with a 6 ft 5.5 in (1.969 m) jump. The technique gained the name the "Fosbury Flop" when in 1964 the Medford Mail-Tribune ran a photo captioned "Fosbury Flops Over Bar," [ 5 ] while in an accompanying article a ...
The center of gravity stays under the bar.. The Fosbury flop is a jumping style used in the track and field sport of high jump.It was popularized and perfected by American athlete Dick Fosbury, whose gold medal in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City brought it to the world's attention. [1]
High Jump. Class Record Athlete Nationality Date Games Place Ref. T11: 1.45 Joke Rijswijk
A plaque on Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria, commemorating Valeriy Brumel's high jump world record of 2.25 m set on 31 August 1961. The first world record in the men's high jump was recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) in 1912. As of June, 2009, the IAAF has ratified 40 world records in the ...
Franklin Jacobs (born December 31, 1957 [1]) is a former high jumper from the United States.His personal best of 2.32 meters (7 ft 7 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) was a world indoor record in 1978, [2] and at 59 centimeters (23 in) above Jacobs' own height of 1.73 meters (5 ft 8 in), [2] it remains the record for height differential, now held jointly with Stefan Holm.
This style spread quickly, and soon "floppers" became dominant in high jump competitions. The last world record jump with the straddle technique was Vladimir Yashchenko's 2.34 m (7 ft 8 in) in 1978. [3] (His best result was 2.35 m (7 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) obtained in Milan at the 1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships). He was only 19 years ...