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A plaque on Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria, commemorating Stefka Kostadinova's high jump world record of 2.08 m set on 31 May 1986. The first world record in the women's high jump was recognised by the Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale (FSFI) in 1922.
Meeting de Paris: Paris, France [23] High jump: 2.33 m [b] Naoyuki Daigo: 2 July 2006 Japanese Championships: Kobe, Japan Pole vault: 5.83 m Daichi Sawano: 3 May 2005 Shizuoka, Japan Long jump: 8.40 m (+1.5 m/s) Shotaro Shiroyama: 17 August 2019 Athlete Night Games in Fukui — Fukui 9.98Cup Fukui, Japan [24] Triple jump: 17.15 m (+0.9 m/s ...
The women's high jump event at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, Germany was held between 18 August and 20 August 2009.. Reigning champion Blanka Vlašić had spent the 2007 and 2008 seasons largely unbeaten, but high-profile losses in the Olympic high jump final and the 2008 IAAF Golden League final spelled the end for her lengthy winning streak.
Paris Estonia: 1.94 m (6 ft 4 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) Anna Iljuštšenko: 2 February 2013: Arnstadt Thailand: 1.93 m (6 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) Noengrothai Chaipetch: 2 November 2009: Hanoi Cyprus: 1.93 m (6 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) Leontia Kallenou: 13 March 2015: Fayetteville Japan 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Megumi Sato: 15 January 1986: Osaka: 11 February 1989: Osaka ...
The event is affiliated with the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and is an WTA 250 tournament on the WTA Tour. As successor to the Japan Open (where men and women played simultaneously, up to 2008) the event was held in women-only form for the first time in 2009 , and was the second tournament of the season held in Japan: the Pan Pacific Open ...
In the 2015 World Championships in Athletics the qualifying height for men was 2.31 m and for women 1.94 m. The championship records for the event are 2.41 m for men, set by Bohdan Bondarenko in 2013, and 2.09 m for women, set by Stefka Kostadinova in 1987.
The Japan Open was first held in 1972 as a minor ATP event and from 1973 was part of the Grand Prix tennis tour. The Japan Open was known as the "Tokyo Outdoor Grand Prix" between 1973 and 1989. From 1990 it was part of the ATP Tour. From 1979 until 2008, the Japan Open was a joint tournament for both men and women.
In July, she broke the world record in high jump by jumping 2.10 m at the Wanda Diamond League in Paris. The previous record (2.09 m) was one of the longest-standing on the books, set by Stefka Kostadinova at the 1987 World Championships. [98] On 24 October 2024, World Athletics officially ratified her world record. [99]