Leonid Vladimirovich Pumalainen (russian: Леонид Владимирович Пумалайнен; born 13 April 1970) is a retired

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er.

Career

He finished fifth at the 1994 European Indoor Championships, seventh at the 1994 European Championships, and won a bronze medal at the 1994

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behind

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and

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. In 1996 he won the silver medal at the European Indoor Championships in

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with a jump of 2.33 metres. Pumalainen became Russian high jump champion in 1994. Rivals around this time include

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, Grigoriy Fedorkov and Aleksey Denisov. He also became indoor champion in 1996. His personal best outdoors was 2.30 metres, achieved in July 1995 in

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. Indoors, his 2.33 metres was a personal best.World men's all-time best high jump indoor
(last updated 2001)

References

1970 births Living people Russian male high jumpers Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games Russian Athletics Championships winners Athletes from Moscow Russian people of Finnish descent {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub