Rudolf PovarnitsynRudolf Pavlovich Povarnitsyn is a Ukrainian high jumper. He represented the Soviet Union and Ukraine.CareerCompeting in the high jump, his greatest achievement was a bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics for the USSR. His personal best jump of 2.40 metres, set in Donetsk, was also the world record from 11 August to 4 September 1985, when Igor Paklin beat it by one centimetre. Povarnitsyn's record is unique in that his personal best preceding his record setting competition was 2.26 m.