Yaroslav Rybakov

Yaroslav Rybakov
Personal information
Full nameYaroslav Vladimirovich Rybakov
Born (1980-11-22) November 22, 1980
Mogilyev, Belarusian SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight84 kg (185 lb)
Sport
Country Russia
SportMen's athletics
EventHigh jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)2.35 m
2.38 m (indoors)
Medal record
Olympic Games
2008 BeijingHigh jump
World Championships
2009 BerlinHigh jump
2001 EdmontonHigh jump
2005 HelsinkiHigh jump
2007 OsakaHigh jump
World Indoor Championships
2006 MoscowHigh jump
2003 BirminghamHigh jump
2004 BudapestHigh jump
2008 ValenciaHigh jump
2010 DohaHigh jump
European Championships
2002 MunichHigh jump
European Indoor Championships
2005 MadridHigh jump
2002 ViennaHigh jump

Yaroslav Vladimirovich Rybakov (Ярослав Владимирович Рыбаков, born November 22, 1980, in Mogilyev, Soviet Union) is a retired Russian high jumper.

He is the 2002 European Champion high jumper, and at the 2005 World Championships he shared the silver medal with Víctor Moya of Cuba.

In 2006 he won the World Indoor Championships, and finished fifth in the high jump final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. The next year he won his third World Championships silver medal in a new personal best jump of 2.35 metres. In 2009, he finally won gold at the World Championships in Berlin.

His indoor personal best is 2.38 metres, set in February 2005 in Stockholm. Since then he has equalled the mark three times, which has included a meet record for the Hochsprung mit Musik.