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Igor Paklin

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Igor Vasilyevich Paklin (Russian: Игорь Васильевич Паклин; born 15 June 1963 in Frunze, Kirghiz SSR) is a retired Soviet Kyrgyz athlete who represented USSR and later Kyrgyzstan. He trained at Armed Forces sports society in Frunze. Competing in the high jump, he won the 1987 World Indoor Championships as well as a silver medal at the 1987 World Championships for the USSR. His personal best jump of 2.41 metres (7.9 feet) was also the world record from 4 September 1985 to 30 June 1987, when Patrik Sjöberg beat it by one centimetre. His leap of 2.41 m (7 ft 11 in) places him as the fifth-highest jumper in history. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Igor Paklin is the 2,216th most popular athlete (down from 1,521st in 2019), the 35th most popular biography from Kyrgyzstan (down from 28th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Kirghiz Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Igor Paklin ranks 2,216 out of 6,025. Before him are Ferenc Konrád, Jasna Šekarić, Lídia Sákovicsné Dömölky, Keith Gardner, Lisa Martin, and Thierry Vigneron. After him are Manfred Germar, Gerald Logan, Karl Schnabl, William D'Amico, Steve Ovett, and Iván García.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Igor Paklin ranks 512. Before him are Marcus Nispel, Kevin Chamberlin, Timothy Kopra, Urjit Patel, Malcolm Gladwell, and Lisa Nowak. After him are Joanna Going, Mari Iijima, Govinda, Ambika, Daniel Roebuck, and Jeff Ament.

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In Kyrgyzstan

Among people born in Kyrgyzstan, Igor Paklin ranks 35 out of 62. Before him are Valentina Shevchenko (1988), Dinara Asanova (1942), Azim Isabekov (1960), Vladimir Maksimov (1945), Satymkul Dzhumanazarov (1951), and Kubatbek Boronov (1964). After him are Mukhammedkalyi Abylgaziev (1968), Temir Sariyev (1963), Azimzhan Askarov (1951), Tatyana Kolpakova (1959), Daniar Usenov (1960), and Igor Chudinov (1961).

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Among ATHLETES In Kyrgyzstan

Among athletes born in Kyrgyzstan, Igor Paklin ranks 3. Before him are Mariya Pinigina (1958), and Satymkul Dzhumanazarov (1951). After him are Tatyana Kolpakova (1959), Nikolay Chernetskiy (1959), Ryan Murphy (null), Maiya Maneza (1985), Lilli Schwarzkopf (1983), Aisuluu Tynybekova (1993), Zholaman Sharshenbekov (1999), Meerim Zhumanazarova (1999), and Uzur Dzhuzupbekov (1996).

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