Igor Potapovich
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| Born | 6 September 1967 Almaty, Kazakhstan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Dynamo Almaty | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Igor Potapovich (Игорь Потапович; born 6 September 1967, in Almaty) is a former pole vault athlete from Kazakhstan. Potapovich won his first World Junior Championship in 1986. He won the World Cup in 1992. He also finished second at the 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships and became the indoor World Champion two years later in 1997.
Potapovich also won the Asian Games in 1994 and the 1998. Potapovich finished 4th at the 1996 Olympic Games and did not make the finals of the 2000 Olympic Games.[1] His personal best was 5.92 metres.
International competitions
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1Representing Asia
References
[edit]- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Igor Potapovich". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011.
External links
[edit]- Igor Potapovich at World Athletics
- Igor Potapovich at Olympics.com
- Igor Potapovich at Olympedia
- Igor Potapovich at InterSportStats
- Igor Potapovich at Olympic.kz (archived) (in Russian)
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World U20 Champions in men's pole vault | |
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