Leonid Pumalainen

Russian high jumper

Leonid Vladimirovich Pumalainen (Russian: Леонид Владимирович Пумалайнен; born 13 April 1970) is a retired Russian high jumper.

Career

He finished fifth at the 1994 European Indoor Championships,^[1] seventh at the 1994 European Championships,^[2] and won a bronze medal at the 1994 Goodwill Games behind Javier Sotomayor and Hollis Conway.^[3] In 1996 he won the silver medal at the European Indoor Championships in Stockholm with a jump of 2.33 metres.^[4]

Pumalainen became Russian high jump champion in 1994. Rivals around this time include Aleksey Yemelin, Grigoriy Fedorkov and Aleksey Denisov.^[5] He also became indoor champion in 1996.^[6]

His personal best outdoors was 2.30 metres, achieved in July 1995 in Eberstadt.^[7] Indoors, his 2.33 metres was a personal best.^[8]

References

^ "1994 European Indoor Championships, men's high jump final". Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
^ "Men High Jump European Championships 1994 Helsinki (FIN)". Todor Krastev. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
^ "Goodwill Games". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
^ "European Indoor Championships (Men)". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
^ "Russian Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
^ "Russian Indoor Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
^ World men's all-time best high jump (last updated 2001)
^ World men's all-time best high jump indoor (last updated 2001)