Igor Potapovich
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Igor Potapovich (born September 6, 1967 in Almaty) is a former pole vault athlete from Kazakhstan. He finished second at the 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships and became indoor world champion two years later. He also won the Asian Games in 1994 and 1998. Potapovich finished 4th at the 1996 Olympic Games and did not make the finals of the 2000 Olympic Games. His personal best was 5.92 metres.
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- IAAF profile for Igor Potapovich
| World champions in men's pole vault |
| Outdoor 1983: Sergei Bubka | 1987: Sergei Bubka | 1991: Sergei Bubka | 1993: Sergei Bubka | 1995: Sergei Bubka | 1997: Sergei Bubka | 1999: Maksim Tarasov | 2001: Dmitri Markov | 2003: Giuseppe Gibilisco | 2005: Rens Blom | 2007: Brad Walker |
| Indoor 1985: Sergei Bubka | 1987: Sergei Bubka | 1989: Rodion Gataullin | 1991: Sergei Bubka | 1993: Rodion Gataullin | 1995: Sergei Bubka | 1997: Igor Potapovich | 1999: Jean Galfione | 2001: Lawrence Johnson | 2003: Tim Lobinger | 2004: Igor Pavlov | 2006: Brad Walker |
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