Stefan Holm | High Jump | World Record Holder of Effective Height | Olympic Champion
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- Опубліковано 17 лип 2020
- Stefan Holm is a retired legendary Swedish high jumper. He has the best high jump technique in the world. Also, he represents the dream of short high jumpers and he is my idol. Hope this video useful.
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240. To put that into context, he's jumped 60cm or 2 feet over himself. Absolutely insane! Legend
To be precise, 59 cm over himself, which is the unofficial shared world record (Franklin Jacobs also did 59 cm back in 1978, although only 2.33 so Holms is better in some ways ) for effective height.
His vertical is so high that it seems like he is floating, and his form is so fluid that it looks like he is being poured over the bar. As a former high jumper, all I can say is Wow!!!
Stefan is only 5’11 1/4” tall he jumps almost 2’ over his head
His 2.40 indoor jump is the best jump I’ve ever seen. Speed to vertical lift
Holm also stands out because he has so many different techniques. He was apparently born and designed to jump - but the sporting deities forgot to give him a little bit more height 😀
Why does someone have to be tall to have strong muscles? ... I would imagine a person would just have to be really fit, and lean.
@@wayando , I think that athlets who are great jumpers, cannot be too bulky because it would increase the weight of the body which needs to be moved from one place to another, but all successful jumpers need explosiveness. Many great long-jumpers are also great short-distance sprinters, but they are bulkier than high-jumpers. All world class high-jumpers are quite thin and tall, and their legs are very long. I need to research this, but my guess is that the center of gravity of their bodies is higher, and tall high-jumpers with long legs don't need to hurl their butts as much upwards as smaller athlets. And it's also possible that tall high-jumpers have a mechanical advantage because of their long limbs.
As I said, I need to research this in order to fully understand, why all worldclass high-jumpers are tall and thin.
While many long-jumpers are also great sprinters, the same cannot be said about high-jumpers. Most of them are probably too tall for being able to compete with the best sprinters.
@@wayando , you are right, and all first class high-jumpers are lean and fit. But the best of them are also very tall and have long legs. I tried to give an explanation in my previous comment. But I need to research in order to provide a valid explanation.
At 12 I was the fat kid in school. I took last place in every event in the pentathlon. But the most embarrassing was the high jump. I decided right then and there that I would change my life. I practiced and lost weight and at 16 I won the regional high jump competition. Not only the best in my school but the whole county. I Went on to be very successful in life thanks to the high jump.
Who cares ...
@@rosrebel7280 I do
@@rosrebel7280 jealous? Bruh
@@rosrebel7280 That you even make such an idiotic comment...
I care too.
@@rosrebel7280 everyone who is not pathetic like you and has some goals in their life do care
The 2000's was such a miraculous time for Swedish atheltics. Stefan Holm, Carolina Klüft, Kajsa Berqvist, Christian Olsson, Susanna Kallur. All were world peak at nearly the same time!
This is the goat. His ritual before the jump funny as fuck and how much he could jump more than everyone being much smaller than his rivals was amazing to watch in every World athletics and Olympics event.
Most high jumpers are pretty damn tall, so his height makes it waaaaaay more impressive, especially when he beats these tall guys.
Very true ...at under 6 foot ...amazing power ....
He was my idol when I was a high jumper of 19 years with 2.08cm of record
As a former high jumper, I can attest, out of ALL the highs of life, nothing beats being able to say you hurled your entire body over a bar that is higher that you stand.
I agree, his technique is amazing--all great athletes, from batters to bowlers to jumpers and runners--they know that technique trumps raw strength and speed most of the time.
Jumping your height and higher is the expectation these days
Well, perhaps in metaphorical terms or in all the other arenas of life. I'm 65 now, but I still dream of high jumping; I did just last month.
*This guy is incredible*
Legend! Love his power and technique!
best high jumper of all time considering his height!!
1. What sport is that?
2. How do you know there is no midget who jumped higher "considering his height"?
@@nillejoslin you are absolutely right! I had totally forgotten about the Australian dwarf Jim Sumpter who at the height of two feet six inches using a modified Western roll cleared four feet three inches in the 1937 Kiwi Goodwill Games!
@@418cjpaul I'll be damned! :-)
Franklin Jacobs might just have him
Stefan Holm - Height 1.81 PB 2.40 (indoors) = 59 cm above own height
Franklin Jacobs - Height 1.73 PB 2.32 = 59 cm above
So they are in the same class
2:58...Blimey! Makes that look so easy.
Amazing high jumper! What a practice regimen!
Holm's is an athletic prodigy! I don't see any sophisticated penultimate step mechanics prior to entering his spring.
The upper and lower limb lengths (lever ratios) immediately draws my attention. The next factors of importance entail motor, and specialized muscular speed/strength development. Holm's is a remarkable athletic product!
Franklin Jacobs is another high jump spring monster that should not be forgotten!
Absolutely insane knee strength and explosiveness
No fair, having titanium compression springs built in there.
the mindset and focus are the most impressive
totally incredible!
Great video. It goes to show how hard work, dedication, strong will, effort, and execution made him achieve what many thought was impossible
The greatest high jumper I’ve ever seen!
Then you must have never seen Javier Sotomayer .....the current high jump world record holder.
Dereck Dean seen him plenty! Holm is only 5’11”!
@@dereckdean578Javier jumped 2 inches higher than Holm while standing 6 inches taller so Holm is still more impressive to me
5:54 he cleared the bar by a clear 2 inches, probably a little more. !!
RIGHT! On third attempt too!
wow should have millions of views. Hello from California , USA.
Hi! Thanks for this comment! It means a lot to me!
very impressive... what an amazing athlet
Great!
The bonus at the end is comical!
Wow, I always knew he was good, but I didnt know his technique was THIS good!
For those interested. He is 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
And shares the record for the greatest height cleared over own height with Franklin Jacobs. 59 cm (22-1/4" in.)
Wow!!
LABOUR AND PRACTICE NEVER DESTROY ...............
ONE A SUPPER EXTRAORDINARY PLAYER ..............
This dude really likes to jump
Legend
Amazing talent, but let us not forget Javier Sotomayor!
Nobody forgets the cocaine sniffer ..
Really nice video.
That boy has Incredible hops
I went to my first high school track meet with my junior high school track team. I liked the high jump even then. I went to watch the high jumpers and one very tall guy passed until making only one jump in his sweat suit 6'4" - that was it. He jumped for Akron Buchtel High School, OH. As to this guy, practice makes perfect. If today's jumpers learned to kick their feet over the bar like this guy did it here they would have a lot more success. Especially the women. I am not sure anyone will ever get over eight feet again but it would still be interesting. BTW, if you're wondering what year that was, you'll have to look it up. My running partner was a guy named Martin McGrady. Multiple world records at the time and one of the greatest runners of all time. The only person I have ever seen to come close to him in style is Athing Mu. It would be interesting to see a video of both of them running the 400m (or 440):-)
Dude what you talking about?
What a beast!
Stefan Holm is a living proof that its is not the the physical height but mental height you can conquer.
Absolutely!
That bar is just so far above his head
it's as if this is natural and how humans should be.
You haven't been to America lately.
Legend jumps like a video game character
He was amazing, but nothing lasts forever. I was a pretty good high-jumper as a young fella, now, approaching my 50th birthday, I look back at all those clips and wonder where did the time go. If I can jump 1 meter, I'll be happy. Unavoidable facts of life...
Очень интересно 🏸🏸 🏸
Я прыгал в высоту 2,17 в 1979г. СССР ☝
i was looking for 1 slam dunk!
Imagine if this guy decided to be a bank robber...the cops would NEVER be able to catch him.
👍👍👍
Two feet over his own head in the high jump. I'm 6'5" and only cleared 7'2" - nine inches different.
interesting side note... Stefan Holm actually had a very bad standing vertical jump... what made him so good was how efficient his body was at transferring the energy he brought into the jump... his body was essentially like a spring
Really no correlation ..
Standing jump is a static jump with no real correlation except that it’s a jump .....high jump is dynamic and whole body ..
"Really bad". Nah, maybe it wasn't spectacular. I have tried to look it up, but there aren't any official numbers for his vertical. I just remember Stefan himself saying that his own vertical wasn't that good. He didn't say it was very bad. It was maybe just not what you expected from a world class explosive type of jumper.
@@Magnus_Loov I don't remember the numbers but I do remember attending a lecture where he was used as an example of jumping technique. I remember his standing vertical jump as VERY average compared to other high jumpera
@@Poppillon Yup. Very average compared to other high jumpers, as I said above "just not what you expected from a world class explosive type of jumper".
But I don't think it was bad compared to even the elite non-jumping athletes (not to mention the "Average Joe", but that isn't what we are talking about).
It's interesting that he could transform his great approach speed to that world class upward jump. Guess it's a combination of very stiff tendons (with the right length attaching the muscles in the perfect way) giving back energy in plyometric type of jumps, great CONSISTENT technique and the fact that he often stayed injury free (he was almost never injured)
I got the impression that he was a very smart guy(I am Swedish and he has been, which of course helps too when it comes to such a complex sport as high jumping.
He seems to be the on the geeky side of things (almost borderline Aspie), being into statistics about everything(also being educated as a statistician) , builds things in LEGO as an adult still (which is perfectly fine and cool) etc.
Ie a guy that can analyze everything about training and himself and make the next session just a little bit better than the last.
It also helped that he had a father that was obsessed with the sport helping him as a great trainer something Stefan does with his son nowadays. It will be VERY interesting to see what Melwin Lycke Holm will be able to accomplish in a couple of years. He has already broken lots of unofficial age group records and, if he stays injury free, he could be the next great Holm jumper. I think he also is a little bit taller than Stefan was when he was as young as Lycke in the different age groups.
Maybe we could have the next Sotomayor if Melwin gets taller than Stefan by a margin...?
Olympic Champion
4 World Indoor Gold's
Undefeated for a full season
Cleared 2.40m
Simply awesome!!
4 World Indoor Gold is just too insane
Good jumper, but he's no Sotomayor.
@@NEKingdom241
Lol! What kind of statement is that?
Sotomayor is the greatest in history so no one compares to him. He is in an elite group of n=1!
@@jakkeday1 you make it sound like he was the greatest of all time
@@NEKingdom241
This is a video on Stefan Holm and I just listed some of his achievements. If you took these facts as "making him sound like the greatest of all time" - then that's on you because I never said or insinuated that!
Barney Stinson scoring on the field.
Now that's a bouncy boi
why he didnt do triple jump wr?
0:14 And that's where I took it personally
and im "only" 181. "only"
that left foot plant at 5:12. damn
Franklin Jacobs made me want to jump over my head. I did and I was 6' 2
Years ago saw this little guy at Princeton's Jadwyn gymnasium dunk a basketball with two hands standing flat footed. Guess who I found out it was?
Sotomayor 2.45 meters is the world record..
Jumped 2.40 ++ more than 20x in a sanctioned event..
So yeah, sotomayor is the GOAT
Sure. But Sotomayor is 12cm taller. Whats impressive with Stefan is that he could jump so high despite "only" being 181cm.
@@dannemannen18 is that an advantage or disadvantage? Is that an issue? Is their different classification in sanctioned high jump? No.
So it doesnt matter is one is taller or shorter.
tss in any aspect sotomayer is by far the goat
Yes he's the GOAT given his height advantage, no doubt.
Yea, Sotomayor is the G.O.A.T., he's from Cuba 🇨🇺, I'm from Cuba too, I hate the cuban government because I don't like communist, that's why I left Cuba 23 years ago and still counting and I never went back to my former country, but Sotomayor was a great high jump that's right.
super mario is jealous
How can people say they didnt like that is it jealousy or the way it was made I don't get it I no every one has their own thoughts
Only one who have tried to do High Jump, can really understand it ...
True. True.
I don't quiet understand how being tall helps in high jump. I'm sure it does but I can't seem to understand how.
In my mind, no matter how tall you are, you have to bring your feet above the bar and everybody's feet start on the ground
Taller people have a higher center of gravity(c.g.). High jump is about raising your c.g.. In other words, taller people start from a higher position when jumping compared to others.
@@user-sz5dh9uk5j Thanks a lot for your answer!
@@svevo You're welcome.
My guess is Valery Brumell's 1962 jump of 7'5 & 3/4 when he sails over the bar with 6 inches to spare probably exceeds this, but this is incredible none the less
Valery did it using the western roll not the flop.
7’5 3/4 omg lol can anyone decipher that ?
Technic , timing , closest to perfect or the best ... even hes not the highest jumper .
Am I the only one that does not understand how the flop works?
I just watched it at 1/4 speed and still do not under stand how they convert there horizontal speed to a vertical jump.
Fosberry must have been a genius to have figured this out. Either that or he lucked into it somehow.
I think this video at 3:30 explains it pretty well. ua-cam.com/video/HspzxKXhpzk/v-deo.html
Given his height his form has to be perfect to jump that high
Sotomayor stills hold the world record!
I don't understand what these visual acrobatics have to do with the music? This is a music video, after all? Isn't it? Those images just disturb the enjoyment of the sound - maybe you should have chosen a video showing people dancing, don't you think so?
HaHa. In my opinion, the music is great, but the "visual acrobatics" are much better.
who else thought 0:54 was a run up hahaha
don't forger that his weight is less too
Sutomayour 2/45 🇨🇺 koba
for stefan holm gravity doesn't exist for him
gravity.exe has stopped working
He doesn't even brush the bar. My favorite of the top 10!
He saw it before it ever happened. Mind.
How tall is he?
81cm = 1.81m = 5.94ft = 71.3in = 5′11 5/16″ ft. He's not a damned midget.
Ok 2:36 was nuts!
Hi, Javier Sotomayor had a technique of less effort and effectiveness
Not really. Jumping the highest height doesn't mean jumping most efficiently.
World record is 2.4m
2.45m Sotomayor. He's jumped over 2.4m more than 24 times. more than anyone.
Unbearable music. Ruined an otherwise good video.
Congrats on choosing the most annoying music possible.
I see this as an achievement.
It's so bad that it's good. 😪
Where shit music comes to die.
@@user-sz5dh9uk5j Not really
Lol 😂
36 haters LOL
Holm är alltid bättre än Sjöberg
Good. But still, not a swedish record holder
White man can jump
Who tf think white men cnt jump!?😂🤣🤣🤣
Not better than sotomayor
nahh javier sotomayer is by fa the best those technisue are just irrelevant
Music too loud........Dialogue to soft. Learn to author....thank you.
Great athleticism, very poor technique.
According to Doug the high jump expert?
Lol...with proper technique he could go over 10 feet ? What a maroon
@@jasonwilkerson9497 I've coached/studied the HJ for over 30 years. Delved into research, data from countries all over the world. Just because someone is extremely good at something doesn't mean they have great technique. That was my only point. And nice dose of negativity on the junior high level comment, Jason.
@@kenbrickman4412 10'? What are you talking about?
Such an ignorant comment. Clearly his technique is incredible because it allowed him to jump 2,40. The technique that he applied is what worked for him to achive amazing jumps. I think you might need to study another 30 years..