Igor Vasilyevich Paklin (; born 15 June 1963 in Frunze,

Kirghiz SSR The Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic (Kirghiz SSR), also known as the Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic (Kyrgyz SSR), KySSR or Kirgiz Soviet Socialist Republic (Kirgiz SSR), was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union (USSR) from 1 ...

) is a retired Soviet Kyrgyz athlete who represented

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and later

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia lying in the Tian Shan and Pamir Mountains, Pamir mountain ranges. Bishkek is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Kyrgyzstan, largest city. Kyrgyz ...

. He trained at Armed Forces sports society in Frunze. Competing in the

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 without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

, 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 Jan Niklas Patrik Sjöberg (; born 5 January 1965) is a Swedish former high jumper. He broke the world record with in Stockholm on 30 June 1987. This mark is still the European record and ranks him third on the world all-time list behind Javie ...

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 1995, he was imprisoned for manslaughter.

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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 for the Soviet Union Olympic athletes for 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) Athletes 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 FISU World University Games 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 Sportspeople convicted of crimes {{USSR-athletics-bio-stub