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

  1. "1994 European Indoor Championships, men's high jump final". Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
  2. "Men High Jump European Championships 1994 Helsinki (FIN)". Todor Krastev. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
  3. "Goodwill Games". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
  4. "European Indoor Championships (Men)". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
  5. "Russian Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
  6. "Russian Indoor Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
  7. World men's all-time best high jump (last updated 2001)
  8. World men's all-time best high jump indoor (last updated 2001)
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