Javier Sotomayor

Cuban high jumper who holds the world record of 2.45m set in 1993, won Olympic gold in 1992 and two World Championship titles in the 1990s

Javier Sotomayor is a Cuban high jumper who holds the outdoor world record of 2.45m, set in 1993, which remains the longest-standing track and field world record. A technically superb athlete whose Fosbury Flop technique was perfected to an extraordinary level, Sotomayor's record is considered by many to be the most unbreakable in all of athletics. He was the dominant high jumper of the late 1980s through the 1990s.

Exceptional technique and natural jumping ability

Greatest high jumper in history, only man to jump over 8 feet

• Olympic Gold Medal High Jump Barcelona 1992
• Olympic Silver Medal High Jump Atlanta 1996
• World Championship Gold Medal High Jump Tokyo 1991
• World Championship Gold Medal High Jump Seville 1999
• World Indoor Championship Gold Medal High Jump Budapest 1989
• World Indoor Championship Gold Medal High Jump Seville 1991
• World Indoor Championship Gold Medal High Jump Barcelona 1995
• Pan American Games Gold Medal High Jump 1987
• Pan American Games Gold Medal High Jump 1991
• Pan American Games Gold Medal High Jump 1995
• World Record 2.45m High Jump Salamanca 1993
• Central American and Caribbean Games Gold Medal High Jump 1986
• Central American and Caribbean Games Gold Medal High Jump 1990
• Central American and Caribbean Games Gold Medal High Jump 1993