Who is a retired German high jumper who excelled at indoor competitions, setting the world indoor record on three occasions between 1984 and 1988, second only to the national record and Asian record holder with a best mark of 2.43 m ?
Mutaz Essa Barshim Mutaz Essa Barshim (Arabic: معتز عيسى برشم‎ ‎ ; born 24 June 1991) is a Qatari track and field athlete who specialises in the high jump. He is the national record and Asian record holder with a best mark of 2.43 m (7 ft floor(((2.43)*3.28084)−(floor((2.43)*3.28084)) *12) in) . He won a gold medal at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics, a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. He was earlier the Asian Indoor and World Junior champion in 2010, and won the high jump gold medals at the 2011 Asian Athletics Championships and 2011 Military World Games. He jumps off his left foot, using the Fosbury Flop technique, with a pronounced backwards arch over the bar.
Kyriakos Ioannou Kyriakos Ioannou (Greek: Κυριάκος Ιωάννου , Turkish: "Κiriyakos Yoannu" ; born 26 July 1984) is a Cypriot high jumper. He's a three-time world championships medalist (Osaka 2007, Valencia 2008 & Berlin 2009), the only medalist for Cyprus since the creation of the Championships in 1983. He's also the Cypriot record holder, both outdoors (2.35 m) and indoor (2.32 m). Ioannou took the gold medal at 2005 and 2009 Mediterranean Games.