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| Full name | Yaroslav Vladimirovich Rybakov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1980-11-22)November 22, 1980 (age 45) Mogilyev,Belarusian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Men'sathletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | High jump | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personalbest(s) | 2.35 m 2.38 m (indoors) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yaroslav Vladimirovich Rybakov (Ярослав Владимирович Рыбаков, born November 22, 1980, inMogilyev, Soviet Union) is a retired Russianhigh jumper.
He is the2002 European Champion high jumper, and at the2005 World Championships he shared the silver medal withVíctor Moya ofCuba.
In 2006 he won theWorld Indoor Championships, and finished fifth in the high jump final at the2006 European Athletics Championships inGothenburg. The next year he won his third World Championships silver medal in a new personal best jump of 2.35 metres. In 2009, he finally won gold at theWorld Championships in Berlin.
His indoor personal best is 2.38 metres, set in February 2005 inStockholm. Since then he has equalled the mark three times, which has included a meet record for theHochsprung mit Musik.
Rybakov set the Russian national record of 2.38, indoors, at the 16thGE Galan meet at the Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden on Tuesday 15 February 2005. It was the highest indoor leap in the world since March 2000, and improved his personal best by one cm. He was pushed to the record by Czech jumperJaroslav Baba, who finished second at 2.34. Rybakov set the record by making 5-consecutive first try clearances at 2.21, 2.26, 2.29, 2.32 and 2.34, and then clearing 2.38 on his third, and final, attempt.[1]
Two years later, Rybakov would push his younger compatriotIvan Ukhov to break his national record at the Moscow Winter Cup meet on 28 January 2007. In a tactical duel, Rybakov would finish second at 2.35 (with one attempt at 2.37 and two at 2.39), while 20-year-old Ukhov had a first try clearance at 2.39.[2] One week later, at the Arnstadt, Germany meet on 3 February 2007, Rybakov would win, tying his personal best of 2.38, while Ukhov finished fourth at 2.31.[3]
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| Preceded by | Men's High Jump Best Year Performance alongside Ivan Ukhov (i),Andrey Silnov2006(i) | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Men's High Jump Best Year Performance alongside Andrey Silnov2008(i) | Succeeded by |
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European Athletics Championships champions in men'shigh jump | |
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