Igor Potapovich
Appearance
![]() Igor Potapovich in Atlanta 1996 | ||
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Representing ![]() | ||
World Indoor Championships | ||
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1997 Paris | Pole vault |
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1995 Barcelona | Pole vault |
Igor Potapovich (Игорь Потапович; born September 6, 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. His personal best was 5.92 metres.
International competitions
1Representing Asia
External links
- Igor Potapovich at World Athletics
- 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 2011-05-19.
Categories:
- 1967 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Almaty
- Kazakhstani male pole vaulters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Kazakhstan
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Asian Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Asian Games
- Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Asian Games gold medalists for Kazakhstan
- Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games
- World Athletics Indoor Championships winners
- Kazakhstani athletics biography stubs