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Patrik Sjöberg
Swedish high jumper

Patrik Sjöberg

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Swedish high jumper
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Gothenburg
Age
59 years
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Biography

Jan Niklas Patrik Sjöberg (born 5 January 1965 in Gothenburg, Västra Götaland) is a former Swedish high jumper and previous world record holder. With 2.42 metres (7 ft 11.3 in), he holds the Swedish as well as the European record in men's high jump. His 1987 world record 2.42m - set in Stockholm on 30 June 1987 - is the fourth best in history, and only Javier Sotomayor and Mutaz Essa Barshim have achieved a higher jump. Sjöberg is also a two-time world indoor record holder with marks of 2.38m (1985) and 2.41m (1987).
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.
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 2.42m was broken 15 months later, when, on the eve of the Seoul Summer Olympics, Javier Sotomayor jumped 2.43m in September 1988 at a meet in Spain.
In his 2011 autobiography, Sjöberg revealed that he had been sexually molested as a child by Viljo Nousiainen, a prominent Swedish athletics coach.
Sjöberg competed as a celebrity dancer on Let's Dance 2014 in which he made it to the top 4.
He has also a daughter, Isabelle.

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing  Sweden
1981European Junior ChampionshipsUtrecht, Netherlands8th2.16 m
1982European Indoor ChampionshipsMilan, Italy10th2.22 m
1983European Junior ChampionshipsSchwechat, Austria3rd2.21 m
World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland11th2.23 m
1984European Indoor ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden7th2.24 m
Olympic GamesLos Angeles, United States2nd2.33 m
1985World Indoor GamesParis, France1st2.32 m
European Indoor ChampionshipsPiraeus, Greece1st2.35 m
World CupCanberra, Australia1st2.31 m1
1986European Indoor ChampionshipsMadrid, Spain6th2.24 m
European ChampionshipsStuttgart, West Germany6th2.25 m
1987European Indoor ChampionshipsLiévin, France1st2.38 m
World Indoor ChampionshipsIndianapolis, United States1st (q)2.24 m2
World ChampionshipsRome, Italy1st2.38 m
1988European Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary1st2.39 m
Olympic GamesSeoul, South Korea3rd2.36 m
1989World Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary3rd2.35 m
World CupBarcelona, Spain1st2.34 m1
1991World Indoor ChampionshipsSeville, Spain13th2.24 m
World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan7th2.31 m
1992European Indoor ChampionshipsGenoa, Italy1st2.38 m
Olympic GamesBarcelona, Spain2nd2.34 m
1993World Indoor ChampionshipsToronto, Canada2nd2.39 m
1995World ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden6th2.32 m

1Representing Europe
2No mark in the final

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