Top 10 best female high jumpers of all time

[@Hugo030-b3v]

Stefka Kostadinova - holding the world record for more than 3 decades now- 2.09m. Respect!

[@peter130476]

Yes, they didn't catch her like they caught Lance, that record will stand FOREVER. ✌

[@atiboyful]

@@peter130476 They will NEVER catch her like Lance because she was clean! Just a perfect specimen for Hi jump! Tall, lanky and determination!

[@octavia2]

@@peter130476 I don't think it will; Mahuchikh will have it in the next few years.

[@IYIONSTER]

@@octavia2 i am Bulgarian as Kostadinova but i also think Mahuchikh has a chance to beat her WR

[@fom81]

@@octavia2 не похоже там пропасть в 7 см это очень много

[@budgetsmartgear1167]

33 years later and Stefka Kostadinova's 2.09 still holds up! As well as Sotomayor's 2.45 27 years later! Imagine if Ballas was jumping fosbury style back then! Amazing athletes!

[@sabineb.5616]

Budjet Smart Gear, maybe, the high jump has hit a ceiling of what is possible for human beings - and even with performance enhancing drugs, which have been and will be used, the records cannot be broken anymore! Whatever, High jump is one of my favorite track and field events! The athlets seem to defy gravity itself. and often they have great personalities! records are not everthing!

[@pojuellavid]

А скажите -- допинг вкусный ? О него не пукают?

[@bswain1000]

The record of Stefka Kostadinova is unbeaten for 32 years now. I am proud to be Bulgarian.

[@lexsoft3969]

0:33-1:00 that was awesome. Old technique looks awesome now. It doesn't even look like straddle, it is more like hurdle. In men's event, there were Vladimir Yashenko and Valery Brummel with their straddle technique. In women, we have this awesome lady.

[@markcheckley3715]

I think that is Eastern Cutoff, born in the day when the feet had to precede the head over the bar (no "diving"). A scissors-kick, with feet going over first, but the body laid out as flat as may be done whilst the bar is being crossed, thus lowering the centre of mass very considerably by comparison to a simple scissor kick. More efficient than scissors, marginally less efficient than Western Roll, very much less efficient than Straddle.

[@Jgalit_Nosorong]

1.Стефка Костадинова - 209см. 2.Стефка Костадинова -208см. 3.Людмила Андонова -207см. 🇧🇬❤️🇧🇬❤️🇧🇬❤️🇧🇬❤️🇧🇬

[@nenad2427]

blanka 208cm

[@stationofdreams8242]

Thanks for sharing this. After all these years it's still a mystery to me how they manage to do that flop. I think it's a real art being a high jumper. My personal favorites were Kajsa Bergqvist and Hestrie Cloete. Kajsa with her blonde beauty made her compulsive viewing, and Hestrie with her wonderful winged approach made her look like an angel about to take off.

[@juhajaara5525]

I tried to be a bit more objective, and took into account 1) medals in major international championships (with special emphasis to Olympic success); 2) personal best result; 3) have you ever held a world record, and if so, how long a time (though this was not a major factor in my formula); and, SB statistics (a minor addition, too). Here's my top ten: 1. Stefka Kostadinova 2. Ulrike Meyfarth 3. Blanka Vlašić 4. Sara Simeoni 5. Anna Chicherova 6. Iolanda Balaş 7. Hestrie Cloete 8. Heike Henkel 9. Rosemarie Ackermann 10. Inha Babakova Bubbling uder: Yelena Yelesina, Kajsa Bergqvist, Mariya Lasitskene.

[@puydolmint1644]

haha Bergqvist not in the top 10, still a world record Holder with the second highest jump of all time....

[@juhajaara5525]

@@puydolmint1644 , yes, I too think that's crazy. However, my approach was to develop a mechanical formula that yields the ranking. How hard I tried, I could not find a way to set weights to success factors such that does not leave out someone I think should be on top 10. Or, that does not yield an ordering that otherwise does not make sense. Bergqvist's problem is poor success in Olympic games. And, Bergqvist's record is an indoor record; I put more emphasis into outdoor results. The rationale behind my approach is that we all tend to have our own favourites and those ones we do no like that much. And, some jumpers get more media attention that's not directly related to their success in sports. All this may affect our ratings, and I wanted to exclude such things, somehow try to be a bit more objective.

This video missed two of the greatest female high jumpers of all time: (1) Sara Simeoni got #1 in the Olympic Games in 1980, besides being world record holder with 2,01m between 1978 e 1983; and (2) Ulrike Meyfarth as the youngest olympic champion (in 1972) of all time and she would be gold in Los Angeles as well beating Sara Simeoni in one of the best duo contests ever seen. Rosemarie Ackermann comes also as the first woman to jump over 2 metres, she's won gold in Montreal. But it's hard to list The 10 Top Female High Jumpers of All Time when so many others made their way to place high jump as one of the most beautiful modality. Cheers for the video anyway! I used to be a high jumper from 1977 to 1983 (including a junior record in 1982 here in Brazil) and I just still love it indeed.

[@helenvancougat3770]

Well Mario we can kick out Slesarenko and Chicherova who both finally got confirmed as drug cheats, and use their spots :)

[@airmaxxxer]

great comment. i ve been a 110 m hurdle-sprinter, member of our national junior team. we see those things more a bit more elaborated, i suppose :-)

[@frankiehunter.]

@@helenvancougat3770 You can kick out yourself. They were never drug cheats and were never stripped of their gold medals. You are a Russia hater to the core.

[@electronichome1153]

Bla bla bla... There can be only one and this is Stefka! Nothing else matters! I never heard about those two women, but Stefka is known by any fan of the sport.

[@jamesnazon8714]

@@helenvancougat3770 you are a ridiculous woman making insane accusations

[@201081hero]

I'm glad you mentioned Iolanda Balas for the more nostalgic of us but a little disappointed you didn't mention either Meyfarth, Ackermann or Simeoni. Still a good list however.

[@monsterous7116]

Any high jump list not including Sara Simeoni and Ulrike Meyfart is at least incomplete. Stefka deserves the 1st place as the amazing and consistent athlete she was throughout her career..

[@comegetthathitter6935]

Does she hold the record? If not, pipe down.

[@blade1950]

Cheers from Bulgaria. Stefka Kostadinove is born in Plovdiv,, Bulgaria

[@anuradhainamdar8967]

Thanks you for downloading this video, I had started seeing Olympics from 1984 onwards and has seen it with fervour till August 2016. I enjoy all athletic events of the Olympics. And even the final of Volleyball and Basketball. But this cumulative presentation of high jumps by female athletes was a clincher. What style and smooth of action.

[@aleksk4151]

Bulgaria on TOP of the world, best record ever. Proud TO BE BULGARIAN!

[@joejoematic8206]

Aleksandar Kan Nationalist. You did nothing to be Bulgarian and Stefka did nothing to be Bulgarian. So it is just stupid be proud of your nationality.

[@goawaygosh]

JOJOmatic Don't be such a fedora tipper. It's perfectly reasonable to feel proud of your country when you're connected to it by blood.

[@joejoematic8206]

Aleksandar Kan Never. We need people which fight against patriotism and nationalism to make the world peaceful.

[@vswilll4400]

Aleksandar Kan I am bulgarian здрасти

[@Hugo030-b3v]

I'm Conscious Laden Shut up you chav- go educate!

[@MrSwj2009]

Shame on you for not mentioning Ulrike Meyfarth. She won the 72 Olympic gold and 12 years later the 84 gold. Truly a most amazing accomplishment.

[@Smido83]

I second that!

[@sabineb.5616]

I made the same remark! Meyfarth definitely deserves to be reckognized as an all-time great! Interestingly highjump stagnated for many decades now, and these legends could have won a medal in Tokio 2021!

[@Mazurka1001]

...i second that. Was she like the youngest to win (aged about 16) in MUnich, 1972, and then the oldest, twelve years later! Totally worthy of the top five IMO...even thogh I am not sure she ever cleared 2.00 m. ...No matter. Uhlie Meyfarth all the way!

[@Powerbertl66]

BO55, her personal best is 2,03. She won 1984 with 2.01.

[@Mazurka1001]

@@Powerbertl66 Thank you for the update.

[@aakesson1]

In my opinion I would rate both Heike Henkel and Kajsa Bergqvist higher. Kajsa with 1 outdoor WC gold, 2 indoor WC gold, 1 outdoor EC gold and 1 indoor. Add the indoor world record (still standing), 5 more medals from international championships and a better PB outdoor than a few of the women above her on the list, she definately goes higher on my list. Have a nice day!

[@Fixmer-O-Tayl]

Thank you !

[@josephazzopardi322]

I would say Balas was the best ever. She was far ahead of her contemporaries and her world record is still a good jump more than 50 years later.

[@comegetthathitter6935]

Whoever has the current record is the best ever. Not a debate.

[@atlanticist4763]

Agreed. You could maybe argue Kostadinova, but no-one else on this list. Balas' record is simply astonishing and if she's not the best high jumper of all time, she's at least second best. As others have said, Simeoni and Meyfarth both belong on this list too.

[@laurenzvandechs5562]

Ulrike Meyfarth (GER)? - won the Olympic Goldmedal two times, 1st 1972 with WR-hight, 2nd 1984 (12 years later) again with WR-hight, won also the European Championships both, indoor and outdoor! Legend!

[@GottdieEhre]

Youngest Gold Medalist ever!!

[@scsperber]

And Hellebaut better than Henkel? Why?

[@KosovaArkiv]

♥ Stevka Kostadinova ♥ 👌

[@jurgenraabe491]

I miss Ulrike Meyfahrt from Germany. Olympic Gold in Munich 1972 with 1,92m egalitate WR. and 12 Years later (!) in Los Angeles 1984 with 2,02 m. What a big LifeJob.😎

[@GottdieEhre]

In 1984 the 2,02 m was Olympic Record!

[@dimitarkamukov7989]

Stefka Kostadinova is the best

[@dandenongroad]

No place for Meyfarth, Simeoni, Bykova, Ackermann ? You can't be serious.

[@cesarmirandaabreu6091]

I was thinking the same while watching.

[@rainerhenniger3689]

Jep quite weird these "top ten". Double Olympic Champion Ulrike Meyfarth not mentioned. Another missing is Ariane Friedrich (2,06 outdoor/ 2,05 indoor)

[@Volker7578]

Exactly, these 4 are a MUST!

[@richard92251]

Meyfahrt is way more popular and known in Germany than Henkel

[@Fixmer-O-Tayl]

RAINER HENNIGER I wouldn’t put Friedrich in this top 10. She was never a world champion Never an Olympic champion. Few athletes are definitely higher than her...Babakova is one of them

[@SerchhipChelsea]

I miss Vlasic. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@thebeatnumber]

@Archie Bunker Has she actually retired? I don't think she's announced a retirement yet. I suspect she might retire after next year's Olympics when she'll be 38 years old.

[@comrademod4503]

@@thebeatnumber She announced her retirement today.

[@thebeatnumber]

@@comrademod4503 That's sad news. I was hoping Tokyo 2020 would be her curtain call. I guess that means she never fully recovered from her foot injury. I wish her a happy retirement.

[@AkiraNakamoto]

I call her King Edward I (Long Shank) of the women's high jump sport.

[@yt_iman]

Mariya Lasitskene can join this bunch now. 😊

[@МаксНовиков-н1л]

And still now in 2019:)

[@Tigerex966]

definitely. i think she needs that rare 207 or 208, however she is so dominant that might not matter.

[@MikeO32989]

She's good but she is never going to touch Stefka. Did you see how high she cleared that bar on her world record? Mariya is never going to touch it.

[@lancelotdulac6076]

@@MikeO32989 erm, Maria has become the world champion 3 times in a row already? :) let's see!

[@jamesnazon8714]

Yes Lasitkene will join them

[@ivanarestov5818]

? Sara Simeoni: 3 olimpic medals (2 silver 1 gold) 4 olimpic final=16 years long one of the bests + a lot more+record 2,01 ? Ulrike Meyfahrt: 2 gold olympic medals + a lot more + records 2,02 ? Ackermann, first woman over 2,00 in a time when it was impossible

[@ДениславЙорданов-л6о]

Ivan Arestov Evryone has a chance that thier time did not compete with the Bugarian Stefka Kostadinova. Stefka Kostadinova-197 tims jumps over 200 centimetrs!!!

[@microcap7770]

Very cool. Good rundown!

[@thku4grace]

Gotta be impressed with a woman hurdling 1.91m. That's insane.

[@ballofwax9yards]

Record for over 30 yrs. Congratulations .

[@karaoke6213]

Stefka Kostadinova! RESPEKT!

[@albertozerain1115]

ulrike meyfarth gold 1972 as a 16 year old and in 1984 as 28 year old !!!!

[@ikipemiko]

Her second gold was only due to the East Block boycott 1984 - she did not stand a chance against the Russians and Bulgarians back then.

[@helenvancougat3770]

Well at least number 1 won't be in dispute.

[@andreasblock3486]

Heike Henkel should be higher as number 4 in my opinion. Meyfarth, Simeoni, Bykova is missing and perhaps also Ackerman and Babakova

[@dimitarkamukov7989]

What about Stefka Kostadinova?

[@ivansanders8459]

What an AMAZING spectacle top high jumping is! Some of the ladies look like top models.

[@jeanfourcade]

Where are Meyfarth and queen Sara Simeoni? Great video, thanks. My Bianca, supreme Bianca, is here, so all good.

[@lynx6871]

You just can’t forget Meyfarth and Ackermann

[@oregonone132]

Such fun watching these gals at 67 years old. Wishing I had been there. Thanks.

[@FIFAWii2011]

I'm also working in this top 10 and the final top 10 is very different,but very good video!

[@MotionAthlete]

When will you upload this ?

[@FIFAWii2011]

I think tomorrow,I took a long "holidays"...

[@FIFAWii2011]

From where do you get the song?

[@MotionAthlete]

FIFAWii2011 I get the songs from 2 channels : . La Belle Musique : kzbin.info .TheSoundYouNeed : kzbin.info

[@FIFAWii2011]

Bfff...I'm trying searching in Jamendo,but it's difficult... Thank you!

[@siberiantiger3917]

Stefka Kostadinova predicted that Maria Lasitskene would be the one to break her 2.09 cm world record which has stood for 32 years. After watching the just-turned-18 Yaroslava Mahuchikh (DOB: 9/17/2001) jump 204 cm to tie Maria last 9/30 to win the 2019 World Championships silver medal (Maria won gold for fewer misses), Stefka may have to reconsider her prediction.

[@AkiraNakamoto]

Mahuchikh now 2.06m as a 19 years old teenager.

[@elliecardner8134]

great video!

[@jamendetvarjukul]

I would personally put Kajsa Bergkvist 3rd, since she has the 2nd highest jump ever and it's indoor world record standing for 12 years. Only disappointment in her great career is no Olympic gold medal, since she was never in top injury free form. Blasic is 2nd because she jumped also 2.08 but has a slightly better international record

[@Myrslokstok]

Kajsa jumps the most beutifull and she tryed at world record hights!

[@apkungen89]

Yeah! Kajsa shares the second best of all time with 2.08. I would have ranked her third or fourth.

[@petarfender1975]

Stefka is nomber 1 for ever !!!! No bady change the record 2.09 !!!! This is Bulgaria !!!!

[@mustaphamarrakech12]

kostadinova and heike heinkel is the best high jumpers in all the times .... its my openion i respect your favorit...

[@helenvancougat3770]

Best techniques of all of them, and fitness...they both looked so strong, both cleared by a mile. Slesarenko would be my other technical choice.

[@comegetthathitter6935]

Not a debate. Either someone jumped higher or lower. Pretty cut and dry.

[@chrissherrill49]

That was a fun jaunt through high jump history. Thanks.

[@wilhelmw3455]

Rosemarie Ackermann was the best non flopper with a best of 2.01m and Olympic champion in 1976 using the straddle.

[@DeanMk1]

I thought Debbie Brill won in '76?

[@juhajaara5525]

No, she won 1979 World Cup (that was held in Montreal, too).

[@babakbagheri2243]

How in the world isn't Ulrike Meyfarth on the list? One of only 2 women who won the Olympic gold more than once (her gold medal performances were 12 years apart). When she won at LA in 1984, she got the unique distinction of being both the youngest and oldest Olympic champion in women's high jump.

[@randomvintagefilm273]

That one woman looked like she was 7 feet tall

[@hanamichelle]

I would include Ulrike Meyfarth too and Ruth Beytia. A legend in the making at only 19 and already Olympic medalist is Yaroslava Mahuchikh)).

[@banjoist123]

What is not shown here, and what preceded Fosbury was the western roll. The earlier form (seen here) was called the straddle. In my high school jumping days we all did the western roll. This was a few years before Fosbury came along.

[@zorak0044]

2.09m in 1987 !!!??? This is unbeliveable!! 7:55 S. Kostadinova!!

[@Miguel53de]

Interesting video. Most of the "Girls" I met when I was part of an organisation in Germany, that organized international competitions with men and women in that sports (indoor events with music). But that of course was after Yolanda Balas etc. It might be a bit delicate to say. But she, Yolanda Balas, was under discussion already then, when she still was activ. It was about her gender, like some others, sprinter Eva Klobukowska from Poland and the Press sisters. Antonin Pauvarel, please dont take it wrong. Just to remember those old times back then.

[@helenvancougat3770]

Well considering she got married and had a child I don't think there's much doubt about gender. Get a grip.

[@bassstrangla9264]

3. Anna is so gorgeous!

[@mofo7689]

I stumbled onto this video. I am impressed by the ability. I landscaped in college and got in really good shape dropping fat to well under %10 and had all kinds of energy. These girls train with greater dedication. I can't imagine how tall they actually are to reach the height, in addition to passign their whole body over it and ABOVE their height.

[@TubemastaC]

The sass at @6:48 is great

[@helenvancougat3770]

Going to have to put in Maria Lasitskene now :)

[@DeanMk1]

This video was made in 2014. Not many people knew Mariya Lasitskene back then.

[@helenvancougat3770]

DeanMk1 True :) Definitely the best atm, with 2:06

[@siberiantiger3917]

Watch out for 18-year-old Ukrainian phenom Yaroslava Mahuchikh who jumped 204 cm to tie Lasitskene at Doha to win the 2019 World Championships silver medal (Maria won gold for fewer misses).

[@MrWolfen63]

Rosemarie Ackermann - GDR, First woman over 2 meters !!!

[@arkrazor354]

Balas is an easy #1. Undefeated for 10 years in the event- 150 straight meet wins. She dominated the event like perhaps no athlete has ever dominated any T&F event. Even Moses only won 107 straight. High jumpers rarely stay on top for than a 1 or 2 at a time to boot. Also, Ulrike Meyfarth needs to be somewhere on the list. 2x Olympic champion, 12 yrs apart at 16! and at 28. Also, pretty unheard of. Silver medalist at Worlds. 2x Gold at the Europeans, each for indoor and outdoor.

[@fredrikandersson1141]

Kajsa Bergqvist should be higher on the list!

[@gumark1975]

Yes. Indoor WR..

[@no-bozos]

Blanka Vlasic is perfection.

[@c.h.1066]

I don't like her.

[@no-bozos]

@@c.h.1066 - Different strokes for different folks.

[@lexsoft3969]

Former wr holders should be in honorable mention : Sara Simeoni and Ulrike Meyfarth. After Meyfarth came Tamara Bykova. Beside Stefka, these three names were familiar to me back in 1980s.

[@george820822]

Stefka Kostadinova 2.09 unbeaten since 1987

[@clementeperez2870]

Ruth Beitia, 1 Olympic Gold, 2 Diamond League, 3 European Outdoors Championship, 1 Indoors and 43 National Spanish Championship

[@frankiehunter.]

She would never had won had the Russians been allowed to compete. She cleared only 197 cm to win. All three Russians would have jumped over 2,00 metres, especially Kuchina.

[@jesusfranco]

@@frankiehunter. And? Is it her fault? The results are there. Period. If Rafa Nadal, Nole Djokovic and Roger Federer doesn't play a Roland Garros Slam because they were injured, not allowed or whatever, does it make less important? The winner will be "less winner" because of that?

[@danielcollins9850]

I love the dancing one. So beautiful.

[@omnivorous65]

Ulrike Meyfarth? Two gold medals in two consecutive Olympic Games? She has to be on that list.

[@pg060594]

nice vid, though you could have mentioned that hellebaut became mother twice between Beijing and London, that does something to a body making her fifth (I think) place there not a bad achievement at all ;)

[@vincibrug]

My ranking: 1. Stefka Kostadinova 2. Yolanda Balas 3. Ulrike Meyfarth 4. Sara Simeoni 5. Rosemarie Ackermann 6. Heike Henkel 7. Tia Hellebaut 8. Blanka Vlasic 9 Hestrie Cloete 10. Kajsa Berqvist

[@macedonianchristian7063]

Haha Blanka Vlasic with 2.08 on 8.place ?

[@peterhammer6915]

@@macedonianchristian7063 no olympic gold

[@animeleek]

6:12 she looks like a greek god XD

[@sammycs8929]

I know 4ighr

[@retrogaminga1072]

Actually.. godess

[@bremCZ]

@@retrogaminga1072 Actually.. goddess

[@burymedeep-be7dm]

Yes. Incredible

[@JABARDELLI]

Goddess!!!

[@clementeperez2870]

Ulrike Meyfarth, Olympic Gold Medalist in 1972 and 1984

[@atiboyful]

She still holds the WR for 34 yrs now! Amazing! Is that a Guiness book of records ?

[@aleksandaraleksovski2423]

WR on 800 m (W) is from 1983 (Jarmila Kratochvilova - TCH, Czechoslovakia). This one is the oldest.

[@atiboyful]

Do you think Jarmila was using peds?@@aleksandaraleksovski2423

[@basstothebone4311]

Sir. The jumping action, from run-up to landing are obscured by the text box information you provide in the video. Perhaps either right before or after the jump is completed, the information can then be brought forth. Jumping technique is a complete process. It is most interesting to see the details of their techniques without the data being shown during the execution of their respective techniques.

[@pucho8983]

35 years since Stefka's world record. It seems like it was yesterday. No need for rankings. Stefka is on top and everything else doesn't matter. Cheers to the anniversary.

[@peterwho9380]

@ 4:40 Yelena looked like the shortest of these top 10 high jumpers but her technique and jumping strength is just out of this world!

[@pandaplutten2573]

I believe that Kajsa Bergqvist should be in the top 5 - adding NINE national titles (8 outdoor, 1 indoor),, and hadn't it been for tearing her achilles tendon just before the 2004 Olympics...

[@tonimonchristi8335]

Croatian one of the best sport people on this planet! Small country but represent in every sport ! Big stars

[@chestermicek]

I have a pickle that I'd like to show Vlassic. She's lovely, has a sense of humor, and is a little nuts. I like that in a woman.

[@haranbanjo5747]

You forgot Sara Simeoni, and Antonietta di Martino (height 1.69 - jumped 2.03, the biggest difference ever jumped)

[@hjander]

Well done!

[@acr21957]

WOW 😯All are so great so wonderful

[@jkim2770]

Keep the hard work man great job! May I even throw in requests?

[@satishganta4276]

WoW Amazing... Thank you :)

[@frankiehunter.]

Ackermann should be on the list. She was the first to jump 2 meters

[@geronimogr854]

Niki Bakogianni at 1,70m jumped 2,03m and won silver at the Olympics behind Konstantinova! This is the world record for height difference.

[@osvaldobono5557]

Di Martino : 1.69 , 2,04 indoor

[@giannistsoukatos4205]

Balas is on a different league, she basically jumped like it was hurdles for God's sake!!!! Imagine what her records would be if she was jumping using the fosbury flop technique!!!!!!!

[@musicaando]

Ulrike Meyfarth Sara simeoni Rosemarie Ackermann bad bad bad

[@larciabella]

you forgot Ulrike Meyfarth.

[@Владимир-т8к2й]

Best female jumper born in 2001

[@juhajaara5525]

In what sense do you think Iolanda Balaș was the best ever not using the Fosbury flop? There are jumpers not using Fosbury flop technique whose PB is better than Balaș' one. For instance, Olympic champion Rosemarie Ackermann who used straddling technique. Of course, it's possible to argue Balaș was the best non-flopper ever as she was so devastatingly dominant during her career. But, rated by that criterion, she might be the best one of all, not just of non-floppers.

[@ЮрийФ-ы2и]

Могучих всех затмит, такой высотницы ещё не было)

[@ВалерийБыков-з6я]

Ну ну. Пока еще нет, а там видно будет. Прогнозы вещь неблагодарная.

[@hypolitej]

Fantastic women, poetry in motion.

[@АлешаШнюк]

Considering her very small height for a high jumper (only 175 cm), and her jump of 208 cm, Kajsa Bergqvist is undoubtedly the most outstanding high jumper in history.

[@ahmedabdullah8909]

No one can touch the record of Stefka Kostadinova 2.9.

[@arioskuter]

So does Sotomayor 2.45 ....

[@anamorph]

typical doping record

[@billyu6199]

Maria lasitskene......

[@martintsanov4341]

@@anamorph so the other competitors are drug-free??? Yea sure...

[@stevegeorge6880]

Balas should be number one with room to spare. The most dominant high jumper ever and, as you noted, the best jumper ever with the techniques and coaching available to her. 157 consecutive wins, two Olympic gold medals, 14 World Records, the last of which was beaten 10 years later and only after better techniques had been adopted. There is no metric by which you should consider her anything less than the best historically.

[@lisavanniekerk1319]

Go Hestrie Cloete!! I loved watching you jump!!

[@sanderslongdrive]

The interesting facet of the technique of most of the world's best female jumpers is that they technically jump similarly to the world's best male high jumpers who use the the fos. fl. technique. Insofar as they do not suffer a massive power leak like nearly all females. Meaning exactly what? With all power sports the athlete attempts to secure a power return as close to the level of power applied. So with high jumping great power is initially applied by running forwards. As the attack foot is stamped down to generate height one tries to use all of the forward energy used in running. Due to the laws of physics that is impossible as some loss of energy is bound to occur. But such must be minimised. This is principally minimised by jumping square to the ground, that is by creating a 90 degree angle as one gains height. Compare say the male record holder Soto.... with the female world record holder Kosto.....and they both do exactly that. They were both incredibly efficient in not losing energy, they both jumped at 90 degrees. Now look at the technique at all of today's female high jumpers: Where they leave the ground with their attack foot is as much as two metres away from where they finally cross the bar! That is they jump along the bar rather that directly over it. Why female high jumpers fail to properly absorb impact force I do not know. It's one of those mystery questions like 'why can't nearly all pentathletes be taught to efficiently throw a javelin?'

[@jsaus21]

Mention Russian athlete's is always tricky :-)

[@borisagayn4959]

Stefka is world's undisputable number 1. Bulgarians are the best.

[@trackyeab]

lasteskene definateley one of the top 5 3x world champion the 2020 olympic champion, 3x world indoor champion, 4x diamond league champion 2.06 pb come on gus she deserves better

[@marcwage]

I miss Ulrike Mayfarth.She was the best of all.

[@bibigogu1838]

HELLO SOMETIMES I THINK THAT SOME PEOPLE THEY DON'T HAVE THE NOTION OF SHAME. I CAN ADMIRE THE BEST PERFORMANCES REALIZED. I CAN UNDERSTAND THE SYMPATIES AND NATIONAL PATRIOTISM BUT TO PUT SOMEONE WHO DID RECORDS AFTER RECORDS BY HERSELF (THAT MEANS CONSECUTEVELY) AND ALSO TO BECOME TWICE OLIMPIC GOLD MEDALIST ON SAND, ON THE 9TH PLACE IN THIS PRESENTATION IS ONLY MORE THAN NOTHING AND I CAN APPRECIATE ONLY THE FACT THAT HAD THE POWER TO RECOGNICE THOUGH SOMEHOW THE EXTRAORDINARY VALUE OF THE ATHLETE AND COULD NOT EXCLUDE FROM THIS. THANK YOU FOR THE EFFORT ON THIS

[@bibigogu1838]

PS.IT WERE THE 50TH IES AND THE 60TH IES. NO RELAXA

[@anthonyparkinson5544]

How vlasic never broke the world record I dont know. She was so close umpteen times

[@donaldvanvliet9039]

she had the most potential, but she seemed insecure and unable to deal with the expectations... Also, most of her competitors hated her and thought she was arrogant (because of her attitude, resting bitch face and that dancing after a jump) In the Bejing Olympics she caved under pressure against Hellebaut (who won gold), and she never really came back from that... it's a pity, cause when she was good, she was really good !

[@todorvranchev2091]

That record won't be able to get broken for a long time from a female... The expectations from them after that will be to high some can't handle the pressure before the jump knowing that will happem

[@ikipemiko]

not good enough

[@djfunkychicken]

Not sure why Iolanda Balas didn't use the other technique. She's jumping over the pole like it's just a hurdle! I'm sure that if she used the revised method she'd have an unbeaten record to this day

[@dietmarg.2751]

Wo sind Rosi Ackermann (die erste 2 Meterspringerin, Olypiasiegerin, sie sprang im Straddle-Stil) und Ulrike Meyfarth (Olympiasiegerin 1972 und 1984) ??????