Igor Potapovich

Igor Potapovich

Igor Potapovich in Atlanta 1996
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing  Kazakhstan
World Indoor Championships
1997 Paris Pole vault
1995 Barcelona Pole vault

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 and the 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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