Patrik Sjöberg

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.

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Sweden
1981	European Junior Championships	Utrecht, Netherlands	8th	2.16 m
1982	European Indoor Championships	Milan, Italy	10th	2.22 m
1983	European Junior Championships	Schwechat, Austria	3rd	2.21 m
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	11th	2.23 m
1984	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	7th	2.24 m
	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States	2nd	2.33 m
1985	World Indoor Games	Paris, France	1st	2.32 m
	European Indoor Championships	Piraeus, Greece	1st	2.35 m
	World Cup	Canberra, Australia	1st	2.31 m1
1986	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	6th	2.24 m
	European Championships	Stuttgart, West Germany	6th	2.25 m
1987	European Indoor Championships	Liévin, France	1st	2.38 m
	World Indoor Championships	Indianapolis, United States	1st (q)	2.24 m2
	World Championships	Rome, Italy	1st	2.38 m
1988	European Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	1st	2.39 m
	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	3rd	2.36 m
1989	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	3rd	2.35 m
	World Cup	Barcelona, Spain	1st	2.34 m1
1991	World Indoor Championships	Seville, Spain	13th	2.24 m
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	7th	2.31 m
1992	European Indoor Championships	Genoa, Italy	1st	2.38 m
	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	2nd	2.34 m
1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Canada	2nd	2.39 m
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	6th	2.32 m

1Representing Europe
2No mark in the final