Patrik Sjöberg

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Medal record
Men’s Athletics
Competitor for Sweden
Olympic Games
Silver	1984 Los Angeles	High jump
Silver	1992 Barcelona	High jump
Bronze	1988 Seoul	High jump
World Championships
Gold	1987 Rome	High jump

Patrik Sjöberg (born January 5, 1965) is a former Swedish high jumper and previous world record holder. With 2.42 m, he holds the Swedish as well as the European record in men's high jump, making him the second best high jumper of all time, after Javier Sotomayor. The record jump took place at DN-Galan, an annual athletics event in Stockholm, June 30, 1987. At the time, it was a world record. He is also a two time world indoor record holder with marks of 2.38m (1985) and 2.41m (1987).

Patrik Sjöberg has been followed by other successful Swedish high jumpers, most notably Kajsa Bergqvist and Stefan Holm. He received the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1985.

1 Medals
2 Drug incident
3 Further reading
4 External links
5 Notes and references

[edit] Medals

1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships - Silver medal
1992 Summer Olympics - Silver medal
1992 European Indoor Championships - Gold medal
1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships - Bronze medal
1988 Summer Olympics - Bronze medal
1988 European Indoor Championships - Gold medal
1987 World Championships in Athletics - Gold medal
1987 European Indoor Championships - Gold medal
1985 European Indoor Championships - Gold medal
1985 IAAF World Indoor Championships - Gold medal
1984 Summer Olympics - Silver medal

[edit] Drug incident

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Sjöberg was arrested August 13, 2006 in a Gothenburg night club with a small amount of cocaine in his pocket, and a later issued urine sample contained traces of cocaine. Sjöberg has issued a lengthy public letter of apology. Read the letter here (In Swedish)

In December 2006 the prosecutor decided that all involved would be excused from trial and would only be fined. This was a stroke of luck for Patrik Sjöberg since he has no official income. Sjöberg was sentenced to 150 unit fines à 30 Swedish kronor, 4500 Swedish kronor. When this text was written 4500 Swedish krona equals ≈627 $US. ^[1]

[edit] Further reading

Sjöberg, Patrik: Att Leva på Hoppet. Sportförlaget i Europa AB. ISBN 9188540480. (Swedish)

[edit] External links

Men's high jump records - IAAF
IAAF profile for Patrik Sjöberg

Records
Preceded by Igor Paklin	Men's High Jump World Record Holder 1987-06-30 – 1988-09-08	Succeeded by Javier Sotomayor
Awards
Preceded by Gunde Svan	Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal 1985	Succeeded by Tomas Johansson
Sporting positions
Preceded by Igor Paklin	Men's High Jump Best Year Performance 1987	Succeeded by Javier Sotomayor