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Who holds the record for the high jump?

Who holds the record for the high jump?

Javier Sotomayor
High jump

Athletics High jump
Canadian high jumper Nicole Forrester demonstrating the Fosbury flop
World records
Men Javier Sotomayor 2.45 m (8 ft 1⁄4 in) (1993)
Women Stefka Kostadinova 2.09 m ( 6 ft 101⁄4 in) (1987)

What is the Indian record in high jump?

2.29 m
Men

Event Record Athlete
Track Events
High jump 2.29 m Tejaswin Shankar
Pole vault 5.30 m Subramani Siva
Long jump 8.20 m (0.0 m/s) Sreeshankar Murali

Who holds the Indian men’s national record in long jump?

Sreeshankar Murali
Long jump. Sreeshankar Murali holds the national record in the event with a jump of 8.26 m (0.0 m/s), which he achieved on March 16, 2021, at the Federation Cup athletics, a feat that also earned him a ticket to Tokyo 2020.

What is age of Milkha Singh?

91 years (1929–2021)
Milkha Singh/Age at death

What is the record of Usain Bolt?

Bolt ran the fastest ever 100m in 9.58 seconds at the World Championships in 2009. No other track athlete has ever come within one-tenth of a second of that record with Tyson Gay and Yohan Blake both recording times of 9.69. Bolt also holds the Olympic record with nobody yet to beat the 9.63 time he set at London 2012.

Who is the best high jumper?

Cuba’s Javier Sotomayor is the greatest high jumper of all time and has held the world record since 1993. Sotomayor, 6-foot-4, won the gold medal at the 1992 Olympics and the silver medal at the 2000 Olympics and sandwiched an appearance at the 1996 Olympics in which he did not place because of an injury.

What is Milkha Singh record?

Milkha SINGH

Discipline Performance Place
200 Metres 20.7h * Lahore (PAK)
400 Metres 45.6h * Stadio Olimpico, Roma (ITA)
4×400 Metres Relay 3:08.8h * National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN)

Who is Indian athlete of long jump?

With this achievement, she became the first Indian athlete ever to win a medal in a World Championships in Athletics jumping 6.70 m….Anju Bobby George.

Personal information
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Long jump Triple jump
Achievements and titles

Who broke Milkha record?

Paramjeet Singh
Paramjeet Singh broke the legend’s 38-year-old national record in 400 metres at a domestic meet in 1998.

Which is the national high jump record in India?

Already a national record holder, Tejaswin Shankar, in April 2018, bettered his own personal best to breach 2.29 metres at NCAA’s Texas Tech Corky/Crofoot Shootout. The national high jump India record still stands. Tejaswin Shankar admits that being in the NCAA has moulded him into a better athlete.

Who was the last person to set the world record for the high jump?

The namesake of the technique, Dick Fosbury impressed the world by winning the 1968 Olympics with the flop, but never held the world record. The last Straddle style jumper to hold the World Record was Vladimir Yashchenko (Soviet Union/Ukraine) in 1978; all record-setters since then have used the Flop technique.

Who is the national record holder in Athletics in India?

Meanwhile, the women’s team of Archana S, Dhanalakshmi, Hima Das and Dutee Chand hold the record with a timing of 43.37, achieved at the Indian GP-IV in June 2021. The Indian men’s team comprising Kunhu Muhammed, Muhammed Anas, Ayyasamy Dharun and Arokia Rajiv clocked 3:00.91 at the 3rd Indian Grand Prix in Bangalore to set the national record.

Who is the Indian record holder in 10 km run?

The team comprising Muhammed Anas, M.R Poovamma, Hima Das and Arokia Rajiv hold the record with a timing of 3:15.17, achieved at the Asian Games in 2018. Kashinath Aswale holds the record in 10 km run, with timing of 29:43, achieved in Hyderabad back in 2008.