Sorin Matei (born 6 July 1963) is a retired

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er. His personal best jump is 2.40 metres, achieved in June 1990 in

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. As of August 2018, Matei is tied for 7th place on the men's high jump outdoor, all time top list, behind

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Mutaz Essa Barshim Mutaz Essa Barsham (; born 24 June 1991) is a Qatari track and field athlete who competes in the high jump and is the former Olympic Champion. He is also the former World Champion and second highest jumper of all-time with a personal best of 2.4 ...

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 ...

, Bohdan Bondarenko,

Igor Paklin Igor Vasilyevich Paklin (; born 15 June 1963 in Frunze, Kirghiz SSR) is a retired Soviet Kyrgyz athlete who represented USSR and later Kyrgyzstan. He trained at Armed Forces sports society in Frunze. Competing in the high jump, he won the ...

and

Ivan Ukhov Ivan Sergeyevich Ukhov (; 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 Athletics Indoor Championships, European Indoor champion (2009 and 2011). He was ...

. Matei competed at the 1980, 1988 and 1992 Olympics and placed 13th in 1980 and 1992.

International competitions

References

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