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.
International competitions
References
External links
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* (1988 Summer Olympics, competing for Soviet Union)
* (1992 Summer Olympics, competing for Unified Team)
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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
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