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To be fair Valerij Brumel and Dick Fosbury should have been in that list. It's not only about breaking records but how they contributed to the history of high jump.
But taller also means longer legs to get over the bar. You csnt be more impressive than Sotomayor who has jumped over 2.40 many more times than anyone else.
@@taylorburtis I am Cuban myself and I find he was lucky at 2 45 outdoors and 2 43 indoor, both times he touched the bar but luckily it didn't fall down. You couldn't say he jumped OVER those heights ( and in any case he jumped 2 45 and 2 43 just once )
After ECh in Split 1990 (european gold), he was never placed better than 4-th place in other big event, outdoor. Just 4 th place in 1996 (OG) & 1997 (WCh). Maybe his daughter Angelina will be much better than dad`s pretty long 22-23 yrs career.
Acknowledgements to Jianhua Zhu (China), Guennadi Adveenko and Rudolf Povarnitsin (Rússia) e Gerd Wessing (Germany), world record holder in 1980 com 2.36m.
9 of these guys would be nothing without Dick Fosbury. This list is only based on height not on contribution. Heck in 1968 I scissor kicked 5' in High School and I was only 5'9". These guys are so tall they are not jumping much over their own height. Brumel was 6'1" and jumped to 7'4" WITHOUT the flop!
The most impressive jumpers in the history of the sport are Holm and Sotomayor. What both were capable of borders on the freakish. Holm probably producing the highest jump ever (relative to body height) - possibly in the history of mankind - and Sotomayor clearing 2.45, which simply looks impossibly high.
You missed the 2.43m of Mutaz Barshim in the world indoor champion, Brussels 2014, which stands as the second highest jump of all time after world record 2.45 m of Sotomyor of Cuba in 1993
Can you mention other top athletes who use straddle technique beside Jaschenko : from 1980s to now ? I have seen others, but don't remember who ? Dietmar Moegenburg, Rudolf Povartnitsyn ?
Was Dick Fosbury any good? He revolutionized the event. All these athletes are amazing. It's a shame Zhu isn't on the list, although I don't know who he bumps.
Love high jump. At 10 years old I cleared 1.41m on a grass field meet. Made it to state titles and bowed out at 1.38m if I remember correctly. The winner on that day jumped 1.45m! I had beat this kid numerous times in the past on grass but he Was a pro on tarten fields.
In other sports like sprint etc the athletes are making progress over the years due to new and better training, more knowledge about nutrition and whatnot. Not so in high jump it seems.
Hmmm... the list is predictable which is understandable given that it is based on best performances which are a matter of record. However, it is tempting to put Holm higher up the list just because he jumped a height above his own head greater than any other athlete has ever achieved...59 cm. In comparison, Sotomayor, who was much taller than Holm, only managed 52cm above his own head. Perhaps there is an argument for a new list based on who jumped the greatest height above their own head....this is a similar notion to having weight categories in boxing and weightlifting. PS. I am not Swedish in case you ask hehe.
Very hard not to wonder about that. Somehow I find the straddle more of a pure jump, like the way some ancient athletic person would leap over something. Who's going to go over a wall so that they land on their back or neck on the other side?
😵💫@@diegofraile2651 Javier Sotomayor jumped 2.43, 2.44 and 2.45. And he is not a double Olympic champion because Cuba did not attend the 1988 Olympics in Seoul (just when Sotomayor was in his prime). When Barshim jumps 2.44 and 2.45 then we talk.