The Banskobystricka latka is an annual indoor

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competition which takes place at the Stiavnicky Sport Hall in

Banská Bystrica Banská Bystrica (, also known by other alternative names) is a middle-sized town in central Slovakia, located on the Hron River in a long and wide valley encircled by the mountain chains of the Low Tatras, the Veľká Fatra, and the Kremnica Mo ...

, Slovakia. It was formerly known as the Europa SC High Jump due to sponsorship by the Europa Shopping Center, the city's main shopping mall.

History

The event was established in 1993 by a group of athletics enthusiasts, including Ľubomír Roško, Július Nyárjas, Róbert Ruffíni, and Robert Rozim. The first edition was held in the city's Štiavničkách Sports Hall and saw

Šárka Kašpárková Šárka Kašpárková (, born 20 May 1971) is a Czech Republic, Czech former track and field athlete who specialised in the triple jump. She attended her first Summer Olympics in 1992 Summer Olympics, 1992, participating in th ...

win the women's contest with a Czech record of 1.95 metres. The competition quickly attracted a high calibre of European competitors: Dalton Grant won the second men's competition prior to his victory at the

1994 European Athletics Indoor Championships The 1994 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in Paris, the capital city of France in between 11 and 13 March 1994. This was the last edition to feature race walking. Medal summary Men Women Medal table * Athletes of the Federal ...

and

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set a meet record of 2.36 m at the third edition.BANSKOBYSTRICKÁ LATKA V ROKOCH 1993 - 2011
. Hrdosport. Retrieved on 2012-02-20. The meeting was not held in 2002.

Stefan Holm Stefan Christian Holm (born 25 May 1976) is a retired Swedish high jumper. He won an Olympic Games, Olympic gold medal, a silver medal, silver in the World Championships in Athletics, World Championships, and one silver and one bronze medal in ...

was the winner of the 10th edition in 2003 with a jump of 2.34 m and he went on to take his second World Indoor title two months later. Holm repeated his clearance to win the year after – the same year he became Olympic champion. Blanka Vlašić raised the women's meet record to 2.05 m which was a Croatian record and made her the fourth best indoor jumper ever at the time. In the men's contest that year

Andrey Sokolovskiy Andriy Sokolovskyy ( uk, Андрій Соколовський; born 16 July 1978) is a Ukrainian high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights w ...

equalled the meet record of 2.36 m and

Kyriakos Ioannou Kyriakos Ioannou ( el, Κυριάκος Ιωάννου, born 26 July 1984) is a Cypriot high jumper. He has twice won medals at the World Championships in Athletics (2007 and 2009) and was the bronze medallist at the IAAF World Indoor Champions ...

cleared a Cypriot record of 2.30 m in third place. In 2007 Holm took his third career victory with a meet record of 2.37 m and also managed to clear the 2.30 m mark for the 100th time in his competitive career.

Venelina Veneva Venelina Veneva-Mateeva (née ''Veneva,'' bg, Венелина Венева-Матеева, born June 13, 1974 in Ruse) is a Bulgarian high jumper. Biography Talented at a young age, she jumped 1.93 metres indoor in 1990 to record a world best p ...

won the women's jump in 2.02 m, but was later disqualified for doping. Runner-up Antonietta Di Martino broke the Italian record with her two-metre jump.Doping Rule Violation
IAAF (2008-02-13). Retrieved on 2012-02-20. At the 2009 edition both

Linus Thörnblad Linus Thörnblad (born 6 March 1985) is a Swedish former track and field athlete competing in high jump. He won the bronze medal at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships and a silver medal at the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships. He ...

and Jesse Williams cleared 2.36 m, which made them joint second best in the world that year. Russia's

Ivan Ukhov Ivan Sergeyevich Ukhov (russian: Иван Сергеевич Ухов; born 29 March 1986) is a Russian high jumper. He won a gold medal at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships and is a two-time European Indoor champion (2009 and 2011). ...

broke the meet record with a jump of 2.38 m in 2010 and repeated the feat in 2011 – both marks were the best indoor performances that year. Vlašić took her fourth career victory in 2.04 m in 2010 and Di Martino improved her Italian record to that standard in 2011.Gordon, Ed (2011-02-10)
Ukhov again over 2.38m, Di Martino surprises with 2.04m in Banska Bystrica
IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-02-20.

Past winners

Key: * ^† = Later disqualified for doping. Antonietta Di Martino was the runner-up with 2.00 m.

Statistics

Multiple time winners

Men

Women

Winners by country

* ^† = Later disqualified for doping. was the runner-up with 2.00 m.

References

;List of winners
Winners
Hrdosport. Retrieved on 2012-02-20.

External links

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