Patrik Sjöberg
 Patrik Sjöberg during the Göteborg Book in September 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Jan Niklas Patrik Sjöberg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 January 1965 Gothenburg, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.99 m (6 ft 6.7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Örgryte IS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 2.42 m 2.41 m (indoors) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jan Niklas Patrik Sjöberg (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈpɑ̌ːtrɪk ˈɧø̂ːbærj]; born 5 January 1965) is a Swedish former high jumper. He broke the world record with 2.42 metres (7 ft 11.3 in) in Stockholm on 30 June 1987. This mark is still the European record and ranks him third on the world all-time list behind Javier Sotomayor and Mutaz Essa Barshim. He twice held the world indoor record holder with marks of 2.38 m (1985) and 2.41 m (1987). He was the 1987 World Champion and three-times an Olympic medallist.
Early life[]
Sjöberg was born in Gothenburg, Västra Götaland and was a member of the Örgryte IS club.
Career[]
Sjöberg has a gold medal from the World Championships in Rome 1987 and has three Olympic medals: silver medals from Los Angeles 1984 and Barcelona 1992, and a bronze medal from Seoul 1988. Sjöberg is the only high jumper to have won medals in more than two Olympic Games. He won the 1985 World Indoor Games, is a four-time European Indoor champion and twice won the World Cup title.
Sjöberg received the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1985. He has inspired many later Swedish high jumpers, most notably Kajsa Bergqvist, Linus Thörnblad, Staffan Strand, and Stefan Holm. His world record of 2.42 m was broken 15 months later, when, on the eve of the Seoul Summer Olympics, Javier Sotomayor jumped 2.43 m in September 1988 at a meet in Spain.
Sjoberg competed as a celebrity dancer on Let's Dance 2014, finishing fourth.
Personal life[]
In his 2011 autobiography, Sjöberg revealed that he had been sexually molested as a child by Viljo Nousiainen, a prominent Swedish athletics coach.[1]
He has a daughter, Isabelle.
Competition record[]
1Representing Europe
2No mark in the final
References[]
- ^ Wallechinsky, David; Loucky, Jaime (2012). The Complete Book of the Olympics 2012. London: Aurum Press. pp. 216–217. ISBN 978-1845136956.
Further reading[]
- Sjöberg, Patrik; Sjöberg, Birgitta (1994). Att leva på hoppet (in Swedish). Sportförlaget. ISBN 978-9188540485.
- Sjöberg, Patrik; Lutteman, Markus (2011). Det du inte såg (in Swedish). Norstedts Förlag. ISBN 978-9113034300.
External links[]
- Patrik Sjöberg at World Athletics
- Patrik Sjöberg at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Men's high jump records – IAAF
- 1965 births
- Living people
- Swedish male high jumpers
- Olympic athletes of Sweden
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Sweden
- Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden
- World record setters in athletics (track and field)
- Sportspeople from Gothenburg
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- Örgryte IS Friidrott athletes
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- World Athletics Indoor Championships winners
- World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists
- World Athletics Championships winners