Vlasic 2.06!!!

[gh]

And if you care, the name is not pronounced like Vlasic (rhymes with plastic) Pickles!

It's VLAH--sheech.

[Jon]

How many good attempts now at 2.10, for Vlasic this year? She's attacked that height in 2 meets?

This is the third time she's tried for the WR - the two other occasions being Doha and Madrid.

And it's her 10th outdoor competition (13th in whole of 2007) over 2m! :shock: Last athlete to notch up that many was Bergqvist in 2002.

[pela2]

How many good attempts now at 2.10, for Vlasic this year? She's attacked that height in 2 meets?

This is the third time she's tried for the WR - the two other occasions being Doha and Madrid.

And it's her 10th outdoor competition (13th in whole of 2007) over 2m! :shock: Last athlete to notch up that many was Bergqvist in 2002.

She is closing in here, really.... (still only July)

total of +2m competition outdoors/season


17
1987 Stefka Kostadinova
15
1992 Stefka Kostadinova
13
1986 Stefka Kostadinova
1995 Inga Babakova
1996 Stefka Kostadinova
11
1988 Stefka Kostadinova
10
1992 Heike Henkel
1993 Stefka Kostadinova
1996 Inga Babakova
2002 Kajsa Bergqvist
2007 Blanka Vlasic

[Abebe Bikila]

VIDEO: Blanka Vlasic - Jump over 206

[Mennisco]

how tall is she. Im too lazy to look it up, she just looks pretty gigantic on video. My PR will be intact for a while I assume, but until I jumped 2.10 my high school coach would always say you wouldnt even be the best girl around.

6' 3 1/1/2. Tall drink of water!!

Who is the tallest world record holder in the history of this event?

[Abebe Bikila]

there is some nice story about her first name : blanka

her father was a sportsmen & competed well at some place & named her after it

if someone coud kindly provide the whole story...

Blanka was named after Casablanca, Morocco, a city where her father competed at the Mediterranean Games around the time of her birth.
Joško Vlašić's decathlon personal best, set in 1984, still stands as the Croatian national record; the two are a rare example of father and daughter simultaneously holding athletics national records.

[Per Andersen]

Who is the tallest world record holder in the history of this event?

That woud be Iolanda Balas of Romania who was 1.85 (6' 1"). Greatest female HJer of all time. Jumped 1.91 (shade over 6' 3") in 1961 using a technique that was a cross between the Scissors and the Eastern Cut-off.

Tallest male WR holder is Buddy Davis at 6' 8" (2.03)

[gh]

there is some nice story about her first name : blanka

her father was a sportsmen & competed well at some place & named her after it

if someone coud kindly provide the whole story...

Blanka was named after Casablanca, Morocco, a city where her father competed at the Mediterranean Games around the time of her birth.
Joško Vlaši?'s decathlon personal best, set in 1984, still stands as the Croatian national record; the two are a rare example of father and daughter simultaneously holding athletics national records.

rare, or unique? Can anybody name others? (I can't)