High+Jump

The High Jump The High Jump is a very fun event for an audience to watch, it consists of athletes running up to and jumping as high as they can in the air in order to clear a horizontal bar.

The world record for this event is 2.45 meter, set by Javier Sotomayer (Cuba). Can you imagine clearing a bar over 2 m in the air without the aid of any equipment (just your legs)? This is what makes this event so fun to watch, it is almost like these high class athletes have springs in their legs!

The man pictured above is the Swedish jumper Stefan Holmes. For years he has been on top of the high jump circuit, he finally retired last year after being the 2004 Olympic champion and having won multiple World Championships over the last decade.

What makes this so phenomenal is that this man is not even 6 feet tall!!!

This video shown below depicts the worlds best jump ever as mentioned above by Javier Sotomayer. It is done in slow motion to really show the importance of technique and just how phenomenal this athletic feat really is. I hope you enjoy it! media type="youtube" key="IclEQA48IOE" width="425" height="350"