Leonid Pumalainen
Leonid Vladimirovich Pumalainen(Russian:Леонид Владимирович Пумалайнен;born 13 April 1970) is a retiredRussianhigh jumper.
Career
[edit]He finished fifth at the1994 European Indoor Championships,[1]seventh at the1994 European Championships,[2]and won a bronze medal at the 1994Goodwill GamesbehindJavier SotomayorandHollis Conway.[3]In 1996 he won the silver medal at theEuropean Indoor ChampionshipsinStockholmwith a jump of 2.33 metres.[4]
Pumalainen became Russian high jump champion in 1994. Rivals around this time includeAleksey Yemelin,Grigoriy FedorkovandAleksey Denisov.[5]He also became indoor champion in 1996.[6]
His personal best outdoors was 2.30 metres, achieved in July 1995 inEberstadt.[7] Indoors, his 2.33 metres was a personal best.[8]
References
[edit]- ^"1994 European Indoor Championships, men's high jump final".Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite.Retrieved30 January2010.
- ^"Men High Jump European Championships 1994 Helsinki (FIN)".Todor Krastev.Retrieved4 March2010.
- ^"Goodwill Games".GBR Athletics.Athletics Weekly.Retrieved30 January2010.
- ^"European Indoor Championships (Men)".GBR Athletics.Athletics Weekly.Retrieved30 January2010.
- ^"Russian Championships".GBR Athletics.Athletics Weekly.Retrieved30 January2010.
- ^"Russian Indoor Championships".GBR Athletics.Athletics Weekly.Retrieved30 January2010.
- ^World men's all-time best high jump(last updated 2001)
- ^World men's all-time best high jump indoor(last updated 2001)
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