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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{MedalTableTop|JO Atlanta 1996 - Saut à la perche.jpg|250px|Igor Potapovich in [[Atlanta]] 1996}}<br />
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Athletics (sport)|Athletics]]}}<br />
{{MedalCountry | {{KAZ}} }}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|World Indoor Championships}}<br />
{{MedalGold |[[1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1997 Paris]]|Pole vault}}<br />
{{MedalSilver |[[1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships|1995 Barcelona]]|Pole vault}}<br />
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'''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.<br />
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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.<br />
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==International competitions==<br />
{| {{AchievementTable}}<br />
|-<br />
!colspan="5"|Representing the {{URS}}<br />
|-<br />
|1986<br />
|[[1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Indoor Championships]]<br />
|[[Athens, Greece]]<br />
|bgcolor=gold|1st<br />
|[[1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault|5.50 m]]<br />
|-<br />
|1989<br />
|[[1989 European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]]<br />
|[[Hague, Netherlands]]<br />
|bgcolor=silver|2nd<br />
|[[1989 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault|5.75 m]]<br />
|-<br />
|1992<br />
|[[Athletics at the 1990 Goodwill Games|Goodwill Games]]<br />
|[[Seattle, United States]]<br />
|7th<br />
|[[Athletics at the 1990 Goodwill Games – Results#Pole vault|5.57 m]]<br />
|-<br />
!colspan="5"|Representing the {{EUN}}<br />
|-<br />
|1992<br />
|[[1992 IAAF World Cup|World Cup]]<br />
|[[Havana, Cuba]]<br />
|bgcolor=gold|1st<br />
|[[1992 IAAF World Cup results#Pole vault|5.60 m]]<br />
|-<br />
!colspan="5"|Representing {{KAZ}}<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan=3|1993<br />
|[[1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]<br />
|[[Toronto, Canada]]<br />
|9th<br />
|[[1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault|5.50 m]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]<br />
|[[Stuttgart, Germany]]<br />
|14th (q)<br />
|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault|5.65 m]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1993 Asian Championships in Athletics|Asian Championships]]<br />
|[[Manila, Philippines]]<br />
|bgcolor=silver|2nd<br />
|5.50 m<br />
|-<br />
|1994<br />
|[[Athletics at the 1994 Asian Games|Asian Games]]<br />
|[[Hiroshima, Japan]]<br />
|bgcolor=gold|1st<br />
|5.65 m<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan=2|1995<br />
|[[1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]<br />
|[[Barcelona, Spain]]<br />
|bgcolor=silver|2nd<br />
|[[1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault|5.80 m]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]<br />
|[[Gothenburg, Sweden]]<br />
|9th<br />
|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault|5.60 m]]<br />
|-<br />
|1996<br />
|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]]<br />
|[[Atlanta, United States]]<br />
|4th<br />
|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault|5.86 m]]<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan=2|1997<br />
|[[1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]<br />
|[[Paris, France]]<br />
|bgcolor=gold|1st<br />
|[[1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault|5.90 m]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]<br />
|[[Athens, Greece]]<br />
|14th (q)<br />
|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault|5.60 m]]<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan=3|1998<br />
|[[1998 Asian Championships in Athletics|Asian Championships]]<br />
|[[Fukuoka, Japan]]<br />
|bgcolor=gold|1st<br />
|5.55 m<br />
|-<br />
|[[1998 IAAF World Cup|World Cup]]<br />
|[[Johannesburg, South Africa]]<br />
|4th<br />
|[[1998 IAAF World Cup results#Pole vault|5.60 m]]<sup>1</sup><br />
|-<br />
|[[Athletics at the 1998 Asian Games|Asian Games]]<br />
|[[Bangkok, Thailand]]<br />
|bgcolor=gold|1st<br />
|[[Athletics at the 1998 Asian Games – Men's pole vault|5.55 m]]<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan=2|1999<br />
|[[1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]<br />
|[[Maebashi, Japan]]<br />
|4th<br />
|[[1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault|5.70 m]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]<br />
|[[Seville, Spain]]<br />
|7th<br />
|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault|5.70 m]]<br />
|-<br />
|2000<br />
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]]<br />
|[[Sydney, Australia]]<br />
| –<br />
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault|NM]]<br />
|}<br />
<sup>1</sup>Representing Asia<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{iaaf name|id=2313|name=Igor Potapovich}}<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110519162332/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/igor-potapovich-1.html sports-reference]<br />
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[[Category:1967 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Sportspeople from Almaty]]<br />
[[Category:Kazakhstani male pole vaulters]]<br />
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]<br />
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]<br />
[[Category:Olympic athletes of Kazakhstan]]<br />
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)]]<br />
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