Yaroslav Rybakov
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Yaroslav Vladimirovich Rybakov (Ярослав Владимирович Рыбаков, born November 22, 1980, in Mogilyev, Belarusian SSR) is a retired Russian high jumper.
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Full name | Yaroslav Vladimirovich Rybakov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1980-11-22) November 22, 1980 (age 43) Mogilyev, Belarusian SSR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Men's athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | High jump | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 2.35 m 2.38 m (indoors) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He is the 2002 European Champion high jumper, and at the 2005 World Championships he shared the silver medal with Víctor Moya of Cuba.
In 2006 he won the World Indoor Championships, and finished fifth in the high jump final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. 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 the World Championships in Berlin.
His indoor personal best is 2.38 metres, set in February 2005 in Stockholm. Since then he has equalled the mark three times, which has included a meet record for the Hochsprung mit Musik.