The Drunk High Jumper

The short and silly story of Ivan Ukhov, one of the greatest men's high jumpers in history, with some of the greatest antics from an Olympic athlete ever.

[@JDLupus]

You mentioned how he quit basketball due to a dispute with his coach, but also that he has a doppelganger with the same name, height, build, face, etc who is a basketball player... this guy literally split the reality where he quit from the one he didn't and just lives both now.

[@highmedic2351]

What are you talking about?

[@damonrossouw9732]

​@@highmedic2351he's on that good shit

[@Norsken]

@@highmedic2351Bro did not watch the video 🫤

[@Omninfinity]

@@highmedic2351 4:01

[@hannadragon6858]

@@highmedic2351at the end of this video he mentions his doppelgänger. And it’s kind of funny cause the jumper used to play basketball and his doppelgänger is a basketball player. Wahtch the video till the end then you will get it :D

[@chloskyskies4399]

Imagine being trained and working your ass off for years only to be beat by some random dude who entered your section of the competition by accident And seeing him again years later, losing his uniform and but still winning the Olympics. Had to be wild

[@tetsuya2ko]

The first time I saw this guy jump in 2012, I thought he looked like a basketball player competing against high jumpers. His chest and shoulder definition looked like no jumper I'd ever seen at the Olympics, and it looked like he relied on his upper body muscles more than a typical jumper, like he was loading up for a slam dunk

[@gallodeplata]

do you have any workout tips? every morning i dunk 30 raw eggs into my mouth you dunk them? yes dunking is critical

[@jmo8934]

First time he didn’t reach the bar all night.

[@28russ]

👏😂😂

[@duufuss]

I still find it hilarious how he lost his 2012 gold medal 😭

[@fire4036]

He what 😭

[@duufuss]

@@fire4036 bro lost it cuz he was juiced 😹

[@davd1986]

Because of politics

[@duufuss]

@@davd1986 😐😐

[@l.d.t.6327]

@@davd1986if you call Russian doping programs = politics, yes, it's because of politics.

[@batacumba]

The poor guy just sat down instead of jumping 😂

[@fernando47180]

Hey man, sometimes the body says "I can clear 2.4 m", and others it says "Nah bro lemme sit down real quick". It's only natural.

[@hypercar3663]

Ivan Ukhov is the definition of the Russian dream. He really did enjoy his career in the end, especially all the silly things he's done 😅

[@alexla_grange8957]

Sasha Grey is the definition of the American dream

[@mistercrab8850]

Could you define a Russian dream for me please? As a Russian myself I am struggling a bit to understand what you meant by this

[@alexla_grange8957]

@@mistercrab8850 do not speak with this savages 😁

[@LiterallyNoah1596]

@@alexla_grange8957dude what is your problem

[@DreamOnDamu]

@@alexla_grange8957old news

[@emailshe]

I always wondered if an Athlete would turn up drunk for international events. Yes

[@3lit3Sp34k3rHy8rid]

i'm gonna stretch the word athlete a bit cause i think you might enjoy the adventures of Vasyl Ivanchuk

[@romko4496]

Mike Tyson turned up high to a boxing match once😂😂😂

[@Strohalm4Me]

Janne Ahonen once jumped 240m while still being drunk from the previous night.

[@123crafter123]

​@@Strohalm4MeAverage Finn

[@AJWRAJWR]

Andrew Symonds.

[@garbrls313]

I'm loving the awkward missed handshake at 3:12.

[@Meechooilka]

Great video! But as a side note - for the majority of high jumpers, their indoor results are usually slightly better than the outdoor ones. This has nothig to do with spikes, but more so with the weather and all other conditions being under control. Same goes for pole vault.

[@sachakopa7964]

We can easily be misled or manipulated by statistics. All depends on how someone words or reports them. My favourite in the 90s was a toothpaste commercial that stated “2 out of 3 dentist agree, that “insert brand” toothpaste is the most effective”. What they don’t mention is that in their legitimate study, 20 dentist’s were asked and only 3 backed the product. So they just shrunk the study group down from 20 to the 3 that include the 2 that agree. They’re not lying…just purposely leaving out important information.

[@coleunknown6509]

Yeah like rain does affect you especially on high school tracks where it might not be the best quality. Seen mfs eat shit lmao

[@Psychology_Exposed]

I think using the sprint spikes is the wildest part!

[@JBH123]

What a great video! I didn't follow track & field much during Ukhov's time, so I'd never heard of him. But the way you told his story was utterly captivating.

[@youngKOkid1]

My favorite high jumper as well; he deserves his gold medal back.

[@beepbopboop7727]

This is not him “being goofy”. He has an addiction.

[@fakesilver746]

the american mind cannot comprehend slavic drinking habits

[@Shadowboost]

That pshop of Ronaldo is gold. I was not expecting that

[@jonathansands1836]

Being high for the high jump makes perfect sense

[@raylopez99]

Drunken master...what a character

[@ASMRDoodlez]

0:19 That's a very anime haircut. I like it.

[@samuelajones]

This guys awesome. Thanks for showing

[@sehu1291]

He was a generational talent. A shame that he not broke the legendary world record

[@khumokwezimashapa2245]

Average Russian high jumper or should I say Drunk Jumper

[@fishfrogs8231]

learn to spell before trying to be funny

[@lonesome3958]

*should I say

[@khumokwezimashapa2245]

@@lonesome3958 Thank you. I hate this phones auto correct 🤦‍♂️

[@99seaweed]

Great coverage! 10/10

[@ayrtonpavot3096]

excelent vid, can't believe it doesn't have more views

[@jackdias9263]

This feels like someone from a Sam O Nella video

[@Psychology_Exposed]

Wonder what this guy would have achieved with the theoretically optimum training and diet

[@squidge903]

Less than he did on PEDs

[@Psychology_Exposed]

@@squidge903 Fair. Wonder what if peds and no alcohol..

[@elamharnish100]

@@squidge903 Every athlete nowadays is on PED, americans have more advanced ones.

[@phoenix6235]

​@@squidge903all of them are on peds so he'd probably be the best in the world. Also peds help less then you'd think because they have to put in so much effort to not get caught

[@teijaflink2226]

Not sure how much PEDs would help in high jumping specially as you have to be more skinny, blood doping would be totally unnessesary too.

[@ethanfoster2601]

Me coming back to high jump content 4 years after stopping track to find out Ukhov was one of the boys 😅

[@Brother_In_Christ]

Next up, the high high jumper.

[@blazingstar9638]

Love this guy 😂😂

[@dhruveparoda9498]

You can't just tell me there’s two of them and then end the video!?!?

[@jimmyboy131]

It's like your favorite TV series that gets cancelled after one season.

[@imnodog]

Imagine being able to show up drunk for work and not get fired!

[@leonhardeuler675]

He wasn't just drunk. He was high. Crazy jumper.

[@lightmind20]

Damn, that's crazy.

[@JREinaNutshell331]

Thats was a damn good video my friend. I'm not into high jumping AT ALL but still watched it till the end Maybe because I'm procrastinating to do work but still

[@allyson--]

What a story!

[@jevonsutherland]

1:39 'the hardest competition he fced that eveing, was himself apparently'

[@iRunfastXC]

Once a doper, always a doper.

[@placeholder3863]

What a guy

[@725etw7w]

Real high jumper

[@28russ]

Fuck yeah. Love his style!! He's the embodiment of hold my beer/ vodka. With style like that I say we make him an honorary aussie mate. 👍👍😂

[@daynasafranek7807]

See how funny chronic alcoholism is when it shows up to every holiday, family function that they aren’t invited to or are no longer welcome at, ends up in jail or when you pay for their early funeral. Hysterical. 🙄

[@28russ]

@@daynasafranek7807Gee, someone's a spoil sport. 😕

[@28russ]

@@daynasafranek7807Try livin in a country where most of the population are alchos. It's funny asf mate. Shit, one of our prime ministers was drunk for most of the 80's and literally held the world record for sculling a yard glass of beer. Calm the fk down and have a beer mate🤷‍♂😂😂

[@ArthurKiyanovski]

what a great video. Thanks!

[@yodasmomisondrugs7959]

Seems like a fun dude.

[@rhatid]

👏👏👏 Nice video 👍 good guy👌

[@CatNerfer3000]

respect

[@TheRTrizzy]

haha in elementary school they put me on the high jump team just because I was the tallest kid but couldnt run because I have asthma. Im pretty sure I came either last or second last in the actual competition

[@cutiepiecatloveallanimals6602]

So he was doping the best years of his career, yea that will do it

[@ericwong3868]

Is there an another alternate universe where we focuses hard and actually uses HJ spikes and beats the WR and dominates the scene until retirement?

[@CaribbeanMischief]

Why don't you look around for a while and try to find out?

[@_HMCB_]

1:07 the camera man walking away was funny. “Nothing to see here.”

[@z0uLess]

Naaw, you had me liking him and then broke my heart with the drugs

[@djjumps11]

Question is the 2008 Olympic mens high champion really the championship. His training partner was striped of her Olympic medal. Also the same man whom gave/had Ukhov vest. Apparently!

[@myfriend7129]

Wed-thur-fri

[@rikke3323]

The high drunk jumper

[@Taylor-gb5gf]

paul morphy of high jump

[@superyamagucci]

highdrunker

[@heffreypulford616]

And thats how the fosbury flop was created

[@Yoshi92]

Never understood why the most damaging drug is the most available & legal drug here in this world

[@eliterumbles3492]

Honestly can’t imagine him going up to 105kgs

[@rojeliorojo8711]

Oh Yeayea

[@eliterumbles3492]

Oh yeayea

[@Vespyr_]

He shouldnt lose his medals of he never failed a test.

[@Kinnijup]

I have the exact same birthday as him lol year too

[@jonwalkiewicz3966]

He looks like jerma

[@JumpmanTF]

LMFAO. The slightest bit bahaha

[@nightboiii]

what are we supposed to take away from this? that he jumped good and got screwed?

[@lilstonerdiva5235]

yeah sounds like this dude was doping lol

[@NeoN-PeoN]

Me looking for a video to watch. "Oh. 'The Drunk High Jumper? Who on Earth would even DO such a thing!?" Click* "This is Ivan Ukhov." "OOoohhhh yeah."

[@satiremuch2643]

Has anyone ever seen Ivan Ukhov and Ivan Ukhov at the same place and time? Not implying anything, just say'n!!!

[@SuperTtKiller]

Hugh drunker

[@flisko123]

no surprise he was juiced to the gills, everyone is

[@samxyx]

So basically this Olympic gold medalist could've been even better if he was more serious about the sport, but we also don't know if his success was due to steroids or not?

[@sehu1291]

The olympic gold is not as crazy as the third best height ever

[@CoIoneIPanic]

How did you do that? It is almost as if you summed up the entire video in one sentence..

[@butter_nut1817]

if he was cutting weight so much he must have been doping

[@kray3883]

My thought, too, honestly, it seems like pretty easy dots to connect. A shame since it seems like the athletes were pressured pretty heavily to break the rules, and he clearly has some personal demons. I hope at least he got some help after this.

[@WilsonPendarvis-tn3wm]

I jumped my height when I was 5 foot 2 inches for the battle Mountain invitational in battle Mountain, Nevada, 19, 76,/ 77 sometime like that. First place thank you

[@dustinh4175]

They should just let everybody dope

[@MarMaxGaming]

Great video! The end of the vid news is sad - It doesn’t make sense to “remove” somebody’s record… you can’t change what they did. You can’t erase history. If somebody jumps over 8 feet, but you saw them smoking pot later, it doesn’t mean they didn’t clear 8 feet… not how this works

[@Appletank8]

It's partially to discourage doping too. Sure you may or may not have cleared the height legitimately, but we're not going to acknowledge it as official because you were caught doping. Want that record? Don't dope.

[@sehu1291]

Of course it makes sense

[@MarMaxGaming]

@@Appletank8 you can discourage them with penalties if it’s against the law, but the sport removing the RECORD doesn’t make sense. I’m honestly all about health, ran track and played soccer in college… but if somebody ran the fastest time or jumped the furthest / highest, their mark needs to remain unchanged because you’re just trying to alter reality, it’s a lie, and doesn’t make any sense. Totally different if it’s CHEATING but it isn’t at all lol in fact, in some cases you could argue it’s even more impressive 😅

[@MarMaxGaming]

@@sehu1291 if it was steroids, then I’d agree with you. If somebody drinks alcohol, smokes a cig, or weed, their performance still happened… it isn’t performance enhancing at all. That’s all I’m trying to make clear. If it’s illegal, let the law take care of that… But this has absolutely nothing to do with a mark or time in the sport of Track & Field.

[@sehu1291]

@@MarMaxGaming yeah of course i talk only about performance enhanced drugs. And there are a lot of, not only roids. But there are also plenty of bullshit on that WADA list like weed. But with the Russians is the same as it was in the GDR. You have no choice. He was for sure juiced

[@mertholomy8414]

That’s unfortunate

[@brunomcleod]

The whole video ??

[@beezowdoodoozoppitybopbopb9488]

What about the high drunk jumper?

[@anandnairkollam]

This is why they still haven't found where Kyiv is 😊

[@IstAuchEgal_]

Of course he's a Russian named Ivan

[@schwarz8614]

Don't pronounce "kg" as "k" "g", but just say "kilograms".

[@mattisderbabo596]

This also shows that performance doesn't equal health. Like yeah it's a funny story of course. But cutting 20kg in a couple of weeks multiple times is not a healthy behavior. But for me that just makes him better

[@D0rlisok]

Just so you know, nobody says “kg” orally 😅 it would be like saying “lb” instead of pound

[@JumpmanTF]

Where are you from? Ain't weird in New Zealand or Australia

[@av8213]

yeah im from aus and it's not that weird to say 'kgs'

[@D0rlisok]

My bad yall, learned something new toda 😬

[@CoIoneIPanic]

I predict you will get a number of weird responses from weirdos saying its not weird to say kgs. Signed, A fellow american

[@daynasafranek7807]

See how funny chronic alcoholism is when it shows up to every holiday, family function that they aren’t invited to or are no longer welcome at, ends up in jail or when you pay for their early funeral. Hysterical and “goofy”…. He ruined his life. Glad it’s a “yuk” for you. 🙄

[@JumpmanTF]

Yeah it is funny. It's almost as if he did it to himself! He's also not actually an alcoholic. He's an ex athlete that enjoyed a drink too much and probably doped.

[@sepg5084]

Alcoholism is fun

[@wasnatehere]

Give us STEROID Olympics!!!!!

[@xeroxknight]

I'm absolutely triggered by you pronouncing "kilo's" as "kg's" 🤣

[@yspegel]

Just the sheer luck some people have with genetics. Others life for their sport, are disciplined all year to achieve their goals... this man jumped records drunk..... Funny story yes, respect for some one like this? No.

[@timn4481]

and he was also a drug cheat who had his results stripped...there is that.

[@thearcticlord3920]

Addiction is never funny

[@GrugginNClubbin]

Not true. Didnt you watch the video?

[@kennonricheson2298]

Jesus is the way and the truth and life no one gets to the father except through him

[@AikanaroSauron]

All that doping bs is 100% political.