Discipline | Performance | Wind | Place | Date | Records |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
High Jump | 2.35 | Osaka (JPN) | 29 AUG 2007 | ||
Long Jump | 7.36 | -1.3 | Krasnodar (RUS) | 23 MAY 1998 |
Discipline | Performance | Wind | Place | Date | Records |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
60 Metres | 7.44 | Moskva (RUS) | 12 JAN 2013 | ||
1000 Metres | 3:06.24 | Moskva (RUS) | 13 JAN 2013 | ||
60 Metres Hurdles | 8.65 | Moskva (RUS) | 13 JAN 2013 | ||
High Jump | 2.38 | Stockholm (SWE) | 15 FEB 2005 | ||
Pole Vault | 4.40 | Moskva (RUS) | 13 JAN 2013 | ||
Long Jump | 7.44 | Lipetsk (RUS) | 15 FEB 1998 | ||
Shot Put | 14.32 | Moskva (RUS) | 12 JAN 2013 | ||
Heptathlon | 5800 | Chelyabinsk (RUS) | 20 FEB 2000 |
Discipline | Performance | Wind | Place | Date | Records |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
60 Metres | 7.44 | Moskva (RUS) | 12 JAN 2013 | ||
1000 Metres | 3:06.24 | Moskva (RUS) | 13 JAN 2013 | ||
60 Metres Hurdles | 8.65 | Moskva (RUS) | 13 JAN 2013 | ||
High Jump | 2.22 | Yaroslavl (RUS) | 19 JAN 2013 | ||
Pole Vault | 4.40 | Moskva (RUS) | 13 JAN 2013 | ||
Long Jump | 6.86 | Yaroslavl (RUS) | 30 DEC 2012 | ||
Shot Put | 14.32 | Moskva (RUS) | 12 JAN 2013 | ||
Heptathlon | 5389 | Moskva (RUS) | 13 JAN 2013 |
Performance | Place | Date | |
---|---|---|---|
2012 | 2.24 | Budapest (HUN) | 20 AUG 2012 |
2011 | 2.30 | Cheboksary (RUS) | 23 JUL 2011 |
2010 | 2.33 | Lausanne (SUI) | 08 JUL 2010 |
2009 | 2.35 | Cheboksary (RUS) | 25 JUL 2009 |
2008 | 2.34 | Beijing (CHN) | 19 AUG 2008 |
2007 | 2.35 | Osaka (JPN) | 29 AUG 2007 |
2006 | 2.33 | Shanghai (CHN) | 23 SEP 2006 |
2005 | 2.33 | Roma (ITA) | 08 JUL 2005 |
2004 | 2.32 | Athina (GRE) | 22 AUG 2004 |
2003 | 2.34 | Firenze (ITA) | 21 JUN 2003 |
2002 | 2.31 | Madrid (ESP) | 20 SEP 2002 |
2001 | 2.33 | Edmonton (CAN) | 08 AUG 2001 |
2000 | 2.28 | Tula (RUS) | 25 JUL 2000 |
1999 | 2.18 | Rostov (RUS) | 10 JUL 1999 |
1998 | 2.20 | Krasnodar (RUS) | 22 MAY 1998 |
Performance | Wind | Place | Date | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1998 | 7.36 | -1.3 | Krasnodar (RUS) | 23 MAY 1998 |
Performance | Place | Date | |
---|---|---|---|
2012/13 | 7.44 | Moskva (RUS) | 12 JAN 2013 |
Performance | Place | Date | |
---|---|---|---|
2012/13 | 3:06.24 | Moskva (RUS) | 13 JAN 2013 |
Performance | Place | Date | |
---|---|---|---|
2012/13 | 8.65 | Moskva (RUS) | 13 JAN 2013 |
Performance | Place | Date | |
---|---|---|---|
2012/13 | 2.22 | Yaroslavl (RUS) | 19 JAN 2013 |
2011/12 | 2.18 | Moskva (RUS) | 12 FEB 2012 |
2010/11 | 2.27 | Yaroslavl (RUS) | 18 JAN 2011 |
2009/10 | 2.33 | Arnstadt (GER) | 06 FEB 2010 |
2008/09 | 2.31 | Göteborg (SWE) | 29 JAN 2009 |
2007/08 | 2.38 | Moskva (RUS) | 10 FEB 2008 |
2006/07 | 2.38 | Arnstadt (GER) | 03 FEB 2007 |
2005/06 | 2.37 | Arnstadt (GER) | 04 FEB 2006 |
2004/05 | 2.38 | Madrid (ESP) | 06 MAR 2005 |
2003/04 | 2.32 | Budapest (HUN) | 06 MAR 2004 |
2002/03 | 2.34 | Arnstadt (GER) | 08 FEB 2003 |
2001/02 | 2.31 | Arnstadt (GER) | 26 JAN 2002 |
2000/01 | 2.33 | Moskva (RUS) | 25 FEB 2001 |
1999/00 | 2.21 | Chelyabinsk (RUS) | 20 FEB 2000 |
1998/99 | 2.15 | Moskva (RUS) | 15 JAN 1999 |
1997/98 | 2.15 | Lipetsk (RUS) | 23 JAN 1998 |
Performance | Place | Date | |
---|---|---|---|
2012/13 | 4.40 | Moskva (RUS) | 13 JAN 2013 |
Performance | Place | Date | |
---|---|---|---|
2012/13 | 6.86 | Yaroslavl (RUS) | 30 DEC 2012 |
1999/00 | 7.37 | Chelyabinsk (RUS) | 20 FEB 2000 |
1997/98 | 7.44 | Lipetsk (RUS) | 15 FEB 1998 |
Performance | Place | Date | |
---|---|---|---|
2012/13 | 14.32 | Moskva (RUS) | 12 JAN 2013 |
Performance | Place | Date | |
---|---|---|---|
2012/13 | 5389 | Moskva (RUS) | 13 JAN 2013 |
1999/00 | 5800 | Chelyabinsk (RUS) | 20 FEB 2000 |
1998/99 | 5637 | Chelyabinsk (RUS) | 14 FEB 1999 |
Place | Discipline | Mark | Wind | Place | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
3. | High Jump | 2.34 | Beijing (CHN) | 19 AUG 2008 | |
6. | High Jump | 2.32 | Athina (GRE) | 22 AUG 2004 |
Place | Discipline | Mark | Wind | Place | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | High Jump | 2.32 | Berlin (GER) | 21 AUG 2009 | |
2. | High Jump | 2.35 | Osaka (JPN) | 29 AUG 2007 | |
2. | High Jump | 2.29 | Helsinki (FIN) | 14 AUG 2005 | |
2. | High Jump | 2.33 | Edmonton (CAN) | 08 AUG 2001 |
Place | Discipline | Mark | Wind | Place | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | High Jump | 2.37 | Moskva (RUS) | 11 MAR 2006 | |
2. | High Jump | 2.31 | Doha (QAT) | 14 MAR 2010 | |
2. | High Jump | 2.34 | Valencia (ESP) | 08 MAR 2008 | |
2. | High Jump | 2.32 | Budapest (HUN) | 06 MAR 2004 | |
2. | High Jump | 2.33 | Birmingham (GBR) | 15 MAR 2003 | |
7. | High Jump | 2.25 | Lisboa (POR) | 11 MAR 2001 |
Place | Discipline | Mark | Wind | Place | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | High Jump | 2.31 | Madrid (ESP) | 20 SEP 2002 |
Place | Discipline | Mark | Wind | Place | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
5. | High Jump | 2.18 | Annecy (FRA) | 31 JUL 1998 |
Place | Discipline | Mark | Wind | Place | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | High Jump | 2.31 | München (GER) | 08 AUG 2002 | |
5. | High Jump | 2.30 | Göteborg (SWE) | 09 AUG 2006 |
Place | Discipline | Mark | Wind | Place | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | High Jump | 2.34 | Thessaloniki (GRE) | 12 SEP 2009 | |
1. | High Jump | 2.30 | Monaco (MON) | 14 SEP 2003 | |
2. | High Jump | 2.30 | Monaco (MON) | 19 SEP 2004 | |
3. | High Jump | 2.29 | Stuttgart (GER) | 10 SEP 2006 | |
3. | High Jump | 2.32 | Monaco (MON) | 10 SEP 2005 | |
4. | High Jump | 2.29 | Stuttgart (GER) | 13 SEP 2008 | |
6. | High Jump | 2.27 | Stuttgart (GER) | 23 SEP 2007 |
Place | Discipline | Mark | Wind | Place | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2. | High Jump | 2.28 | Paris (FRA) | 14 SEP 2002 |
Place | Discipline | Mark | Wind | Place | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | High Jump | 2.32 | Berlin (GER) | 04 SEP 2005 |
Place | Discipline | Mark | Wind | Place | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2. | High Jump | 2.38 | Madrid (ESP) | 06 MAR 2005 | |
3. | High Jump | 2.30 | Wien (AUT) | 03 MAR 2002 |
Place | Discipline | Mark | Wind | Place | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | High Jump | 2.34 | Firenze (ITA) | 21 JUN 2003 | |
1. | High Jump | 2.28 | Bremen (GER) | 23 JUN 2001 | |
2. | High Jump | 2.28 | Annecy (FRA) | 23 JUN 2002 |
Place | Discipline | Mark | Wind | Place | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
3. | High Jump | 2.16 | Riga (LAT) | 07 AUG 1999 |
Place | Discipline | Mark | Wind | Place | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | High Jump | 2.33 | Kazan (RUS) | 19 JUL 2008 | |
1. | High Jump | 2.30 | Tula (RUS) | 02 AUG 2007 | |
1. | High Jump | 2.30 | Tula (RUS) | 31 JUL 2004 | |
1. | High Jump | 2.28 | Tula (RUS) | 09 AUG 2003 | |
1. | High Jump | 2.28 | Cheboksary (RUS) | 13 JUL 2002 |
Place | Discipline | Mark | Wind | Place | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | High Jump | 2.38 | Moskva (RUS) | 10 FEB 2008 | |
1. | High Jump | 2.30 | Moskva (RUS) | 19 FEB 2004 |
Date | Competition | Cnt. | Cat | Race | Pl. | Result |
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12 JAN 2013 | Moskva Regional CE Ch. |
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F | CE | 7. | 7.44 |
Date | Competition | Cnt. | Cat | Race | Pl. | Result |
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13 JAN 2013 | Moskva Regional CE Ch. |
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F | CE | 5. | 3:06.24 |
Date | Competition | Cnt. | Cat | Race | Pl. | Result |
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13 JAN 2013 | Moskva Regional CE Ch. |
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F | CE | 4. | 8.65 |
Date | Competition | Cnt. | Cat | Race | Pl. | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12 JAN 2013 | Moskva Regional CE Ch. |
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F | CE | 1. | 2.19 |
19 JAN 2013 | Yaroslavl Regional Ind. Ch. |
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F | F | 1. | 2.22 |
12 FEB 2013 | Moskva Russian Ind. Ch. |
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D | Q | 1. | 2.18 |
Date | Competition | Cnt. | Cat | Race | Pl. | Result |
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13 JAN 2013 | Moskva Regional CE Ch. |
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F | CE | 3. | 4.40 |
Date | Competition | Cnt. | Cat | Race | Pl. | Result |
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12 JAN 2013 | Moskva Regional CE Ch. |
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F | CE | 5. | 6.80 |
Date | Competition | Cnt. | Cat | Race | Pl. | Result |
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12 JAN 2013 | Moskva Regional CE Ch. |
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F | CE | 3. | 14.32 |
Date | Competition | Cnt. | Cat | Race | Pl. | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
13 JAN 2013 | Moskva Regional CE Ch. |
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F | F | 2. | 5389 |
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Updated 24 February 2008
Yaroslav RYBAKOV, Russia (High Jump)
Born: 22 November 1980, Mogilev (Belarus)
Height: 1.98m; Weight: 84kg
Lives: Moscow
Coach: Vladimir Rybakov
Yaroslav Rybakov was born into a sporting family. His father, Vladimir, was a high jumper (2.07) and was trained by Vladimir Djachkov, who reared the 1964 Olympic champion Valery Brumel. Now Yaroslav trains under the direction of his father. His mother, Ljudmila Luschenkova, was a champion of former USSR republic, Belarus, in heptathlon.
In his childhood, therefore, Rybakov spent much time at training and competition with his parents. And, when he was 10 years old, his father started to train him. Four years later their family moved to Yaroslavl, closer to Moscow, to better living conditions.
Talented at jumping, running and throwing, at 18 Rybakov demonstrated potential as a decathlete. His performances included: 100m, 10.6; 110m hurdles, 14.0; 400m indoors, 48.00; long jump, 7.50m; pole vault, 4.70m; shot put 15m. It is this basis that helps him to achieve top results in his specialty – high jumping. “The height casts a spell over me,” Rybakov says.
At 14 he jumped 1.80, at 15 1.95, at 16 2.09 (2.10i) and at 17 2.20. He was Russian champion in every age group. When he was 17, Rybakov participated in the 1998 World Junior Championships, in Annecy, France, placing fifth (2.18). Three years later, at the senior 2001 World Championships, in Edmonton, he gained the silver medal with a personal best 2.33. That year he moved from 40th on World List to third and was the only athlete that season to clear 2.30 or higher on 11 occasions.
In 2002 Rybakov became European champion (2.31), in Munich, and celebrated the glory at the World Cup in Madrid with the same height. But the next three years were all silver for him as he took second place at three World Championships (2003 and 2004 World Indoors, 2005 outdoor World Championships). Even in raising his personal best to 2.38 at the 2005 European Indoor Championships, he had to settle for runner-up place behind Sweden’s Stefan Holm (2.40).
Rybakov managed, however, to change the situation fundamentally in his favour during the winter of 2006. At the World Indoor Championships, in Moscow, he was urged on not by just his friends and relatives but also by a multitude of supporters. To the delight of his father, mother and sister Alesya, he rose to the occasion, clearing 2.37 for victory over Holm, denying the Swede a fourth successive World Indoor title and reversing the first and second places of the previous two World Indoor Championships.
After that victory the family moved to Moscow and Rybakov started to train hard again, concentrating on preparing for the 2007 World Championships in Osaka. Unfortunately for him, he slipped back to second again, losing out to Donald Thomas, of Bahamas, after a thrilling competition in which the top three each recorded 2.35.
The medal was won despite several injuries and, in October 2007, Rybakov underwent knee surgery and it took him three weeks to recover. It was very painful even to walk. He started training only at the end of November and wasn’t sure if he could compete in the 2008 winter season. However, at the beginning of February, in the Russian Indoor Championships, he equalled his personal best of 2.38 and now he is dreaming of making 2.40.
Personal Bests
2.35 (2007)
2.38i (2005, 2008)
Yearly Progression
1996 - 1.95; 1997 - 2.10i/2.09; 1998 - 2.20; 1999 - 2.19i/2.18; 2000 - 2.28;
2001 - 2.33i/2.33; 2002 - 2.31i/2.31; 2003 - 2.34i/2.34; 2004 - 2.32i/2.32;
2005 - 2.38i/2.33; 2006 - 2.37i/2.33; 2007 - 2.38i/2.35; 2008 - 2.38i
Career Highlights
1997 1 Russian Indoor U18 Championships 2.10
1 Russian U18 Championships 2.08
1998 5 World Junior Championships 2.18
1999 1 Russian U20 Championships 2.18
3 European U20 Championships 2.16
2000 1 Russian U23 Championships 2.25
3 Russian Championships 2.28
2001 2 Russian Indoor Championships 2.28
1 European Cup 2.28
2 Russian Championships 2.31
2 World Championships 2.33
2002 3 European Indoor Championships 2.30
2 European Cup 2.28
1 Russian Championships 2.28
1 European Championships 2.31
2 World Athletics Final 2.28
1 World Cup 2.31
2003 2 World Indoor Championships 2.33
1 European Cup 2.34
1 Russian Championships 2.28
2003 1 World Athletics Final 2.30
2004 1 Russian Indoor Championships 2.30
2 World Indoor Championships 2.32
1 Russian Championships 2.30
6 Olympic Games 2.32
2 World Athletics Final 2.30
2005 2 European Indoor Championships 2.38
2 World Championships 2.29
3 World Athletics Final 2.32
2006 1 World Indoor Championships 2.37
3 World Athletics Final 2.29
2007 1 Russian Championships 2.30
2 World Championships 2.35
6 World Athletics Final 2.27
2008 1 Russian Indoor Championships 2.38
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