A determined Tomas is pictured above after clearing the bar during
the final of the mens High Jump at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
Janku, the silver medallist at the 2006 European Championships,
finished in 7th place with a jump of 2.29m.
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Men's High Jump Final.
2008 Olympic Games.
|
| 1. Andrey SILNOV |
|
RUS |
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2.36m |
| 2. Germaine MASON |
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GBR |
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2.34m |
| 3. Yaroslav RYBAKOV |
|
RUS |
|
2.34m |
| 4. Stefan HOLM |
|
SWE |
|
2.32m |
| 5. Raul-Roland SPANK |
|
GER |
|
2.32m |
| 6. Jaroslav BABA |
|
CZE |
|
2.29m |
| 7. Tomas JANKU |
|
CZE |
|
2.29m |
| 8. Tom PARSONS |
|
GBR |
|
2.25m |
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Photos taken 27th. August 2007 by G. Herringshaw. ©
The centre photo above shows Tomas during the final of the men's High Jump at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka.
Janku, the silver medalist at the 2006 European Championships, finished in joint 5th place with Cuba's Victor Moya
with a jump of 2.30m.
The right and left hand pictures show Janku during qualifying for the final.
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Men's High Jump Final.
2007 World Athletics Champs
|
| 1. Donald THOMAS |
|
BAH |
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2.35 |
| 2. Yaroslav RYBAKOV |
|
RUS |
|
2.35 |
| 3. Kyriakos IOANNOU |
|
CYP |
|
2.35 |
| 4. Stefan HOLM |
|
SWE |
|
2.33 |
| 5. Tomas JANKU |
|
CZE |
|
2.30 |
| 5. Victor MOYA |
|
CUB |
|
2.30 |
| 7. Eike ONNEN |
|
GER |
|
2.26 |
| 8. Jaroslav BABA |
|
CZE |
|
2.26 |
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Photos by G.H. taken on 10th. August 2006.
| The pictures above show Tomas during the final of the mens High Jump
at the 2006 European Championships in Gothenburg. He won the silver
medal with a new PB jump of 2.34m, 2 cm behind the gold medal winner
Andrey Silnov whose leap was a new championship record. The bronze
medallist Stefan Holm and the fourth place athlete Linus Thornblad, both
Swedes, also cleared 2.34m but Janku finished ahead of them on the
countback rule. |
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Men's High Jump Final.
European Athletics Championships 2002.
|
| 1. Yaroslav Rybakov |
|
Rus |
|
2.31 |
| 2. Stefan Holm |
|
Swe |
|
2.29 |
| 3. Staffan Strand |
|
Swe |
|
2.27 |
| 4. Alessandro Talotti |
|
Ita |
|
2.27 |
| 5. Tomas Janku |
|
Cze |
|
2.25 |
| 6. Svatoslav Ton |
|
Cze |
|
2.25 |
| 7. Martin Buss |
|
Ger |
|
2.25 |
| 8. Jan Janku |
|
Cze |
|
2.22 |
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Men's High Jump Final.
European Athletics Championships 2006.
|
| 1. Andrey SILNOV |
|
RUS |
|
2.36 CR |
| 2. Tomas JANKU |
|
CZE |
|
2.34 |
| 3. Stefan HOLM |
|
SWE |
|
2.34 |
| 4. Linus THORNBLAD |
|
SWE |
|
2.34 |
| 5. Yaroslav RYBAKOV |
|
RUS |
|
2.30 |
| 6.=Niki PALLI |
|
ISR |
|
2.27 |
| 6.=Nicola CIOTTI |
|
ITA |
|
2.27 |
| 6.=Svatoslav TON |
|
CZE |
|
2.27 |
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