Igor Vasilyevich Paklin (russian: Игорь Васильевич Паклин; born 15 June 1963 in Frunze,

Kirghiz SSR The Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic (Kirghiz SSR; ky, Кыргыз Советтик Социалисттик Республикасы, Kyrgyz Sovettik Sotsialisttik Respublikasy, ky, Кыргыз ССР, Kyrgyz SSR, russian: Киргизск ...

) is a retired Kyrgyz athlete who represented

USSR The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...

and later

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the ea ...

. He trained at Armed Forces sports society in Frunze. Competing in the high jump, he won the 1987 World Indoor Championships as well as a silver medal at the 1987 World Championships for the USSR. His personal best jump of was also the world record from 4 September 1985 to 30 June 1987, when Patrik Sjöberg beat it by one centimetre. His leap of places him as the fifth-highest jumper in history. Like all modern high jumpers, Paklin used the Fosbury Flop style, and he was the first to do so jumping off his right leg. In 1996, Paklin was imprisoned for beating a business partner to death.

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* * (1988 Summer Olympics, competing for Soviet Union) * (1992 Summer Olympics, competing for Unified Team) *
1963 births Living people Kyrgyzstani high jumpers Soviet male high jumpers Olympic athletes of the Soviet Union Olympic athletes of the Unified Team Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics World record setters in athletics (track and field) Sportspeople from Bishkek World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Male high jumpers Kyrgyzstani male athletes Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Asian Games Universiade gold medalists for the Soviet Union Asian Games competitors for Kyrgyzstan CIS Athletics Championships winners Soviet Athletics Championships winners World Athletics Indoor Championships winners Medalists at the 1983 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1985 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games {{USSR-athletics-bio-stub