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{{MedalTableTop|JO Atlanta 1996 - Saut à la perche.jpg|250px|Igor Potapovich in [[Atlanta]] 1996}}
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Athletics (sport)|Athletics]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{KAZ}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|World Indoor Championships}}
{{MedalGold |[[1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1997 Paris]]|Pole vault}}
{{MedalSilver |[[1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1995 Barcelona]]|Pole vault}}
{{MedalBottom}}
'''Igor Potapovich''' (Игорь Потапович; born September 6, 1967 in [[Almaty]]) is a former [[pole vault]] athlete from [[Kazakhstan]]. Potapovich won his first World Junior Championship in 1986. He won the World Cup in 1992.  He also finished second at the [[1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships]] and became the indoor World Champion two years later in 1997.

Potapovich also won the [[Asian Games]] in [[1994 Asian Games|1994]] and the [[1998 Asian Games|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.

==International competitions==
{| {{AchievementTable}}
|-
!colspan="5"|Representing the {{URS}}
|-
|1986
|[[1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Athens, Greece]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault|5.50 m]]
|-
|1989
|[[1989 European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]]
|[[Hague, Netherlands]]
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|[[1989 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault|5.75 m]]
|-
|1992
|[[Athletics at the 1990 Goodwill Games|Goodwill Games]]
|[[Seattle, United States]]
|7th
|[[Athletics at the 1990 Goodwill Games – Results#Pole vault|5.57 m]]
|-
!colspan="5"|Representing the {{EUN}}
|-
|1992
|[[1992 IAAF World Cup|World Cup]]
|[[Havana, Cuba]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[1992 IAAF World Cup results#Pole vault|5.60 m]]
|-
!colspan="5"|Representing {{KAZ}}
|-
|rowspan=3|1993
|[[1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Toronto, Canada]]
|9th
|[[1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault|5.50 m]]
|-
|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Stuttgart, Germany]]
|14th (q)
|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault|5.65 m]]
|-
|[[1993 Asian Championships in Athletics|Asian Championships]]
|[[Manila, Philippines]]
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|5.50 m
|-
|1994
|[[Athletics at the 1994 Asian Games|Asian Games]]
|[[Hiroshima, Japan]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|5.65 m
|-
|rowspan=2|1995
|[[1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Barcelona, Spain]]
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|[[1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault|5.80 m]]
|-
|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Gothenburg, Sweden]]
|9th
|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault|5.60 m]]
|-
|1996
|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]]
|[[Atlanta, United States]]
|4th
|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault|5.86 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|1997
|[[1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Paris, France]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault|5.90 m]]
|-
|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Athens, Greece]]
|14th (q)
|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault|5.60 m]]
|-
|rowspan=3|1998
|[[1998 Asian Championships in Athletics|Asian Championships]]
|[[Fukuoka, Japan]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|5.55 m
|-
|[[1998 IAAF World Cup|World Cup]]
|[[Johannesburg, South Africa]]
|4th
|[[1998 IAAF World Cup results#Pole vault|5.60 m]]<sup>1</sup>
|-
|[[Athletics at the 1998 Asian Games|Asian Games]]
|[[Bangkok, Thailand]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[Athletics at the 1998 Asian Games – Men's pole vault|5.55 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|1999
|[[1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Maebashi, Japan]]
|4th
|[[1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault|5.70 m]]
|-
|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Seville, Spain]]
|7th
|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault|5.70 m]]
|-
|2000
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]]
|[[Sydney, Australia]]
| –
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault|NM]]
|}
<sup>1</sup>Representing Asia

==External links==
*{{iaaf name|id=2313|name=Igor Potapovich}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110519162332/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/igor-potapovich-1.html sports-reference]
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[[Category:1967 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Almaty]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani male pole vaulters]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes of Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)]]

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