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Javier Sotomayor

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World Record High Jump

 

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High Jump 2.45 world record - Javier Sotomayor

 

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25 years on, Cuba's Sotomayor still holds high jump record

 

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Javier Sotomayor and Stefka Kostadinova High Jump World Record

 

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Javier Sotomayor - Men's High Jump - 1996 Atlanta Grand Prix

Javier Sotomayor Sanabria is a Cuban former track and field athlete, who specialized in the high jump and is the current world record holder. The 1992 Olympic champion, he was the dominant high jumper of the 1990s; his personal best of 2.45 m makes him the only person ever to have cleared eight feet.
  • Personal 

  • World junior record in 1984 

  • First world record 1988 

  • Raises record in 1989 and again in 1993 

  • World indoor record in 1989 

  • Olympic champion in 1992 

  • 1996 outdoor season 

  • 2000 Olympics in Sydney 

  • Technique 

  • Drug tests