HIGH JUMPER • RUSSIA • 1986

Indoor World Champion athlete

Best results

Personal best:

239 cm
2012, Cheboksary

DSQ 241 cm
2014, Doha
(outdoor)

240 cm
2009, Piraeus

DSQ 242 cm
2012, Prague
(indoor)

Olympic Games:

1x 1. place*
2012, London: 238 cm

*his result was subsequently disqualified and his Olympic medal was stripped (DSQ)

Indoor World Championships:

1x 1. place
2010, Doha: 236 cm

1x 2. place*
2014, Sopot: 238 cm

*his result was subsequently disqualified and his silver medal was stripped (DSQ)

1x 3. place
2012, Istambul: 231 cm

At the Jumping Gala:

1x participant
2009 – 231 cm – 1. place

The personal story of museum founder János Angyal about this pair of sport shoes

The spike shoes in our Museum of Sports Shoes are the top category products of world-famous brands, such as adidas, Puma, Nike, Asics, Mizuno. Each pair of shoes were made while taking into account the athlete’s unique foot position as they are the best brand ambassadors.

Fun fact: high jumpers of world star status usually jumped in shoes with spikes at the heels, however, the owner of these snow-white shoes, 2010 World Champion, Uhov cleared 240 centimetres without spikes at the heels.

Ivan Uhov’s jump in Somoskő