Valeriy Nikolayevich Brumel was a Soviet-Russian high jumper. The 1964 Olympic champion and multiple world record holder, he is regarded as one of the greatest athletes ever to compete in the high jump. His international career was ended by a motorcycle crash in 1965. Valeriy Brumel set the men's high jump world record of 2.25 m in Sofia, Bulgaria on August 31, 1961. It stood 11 months, until Valeriy Brumel's 2.26 m on July 22, 1962. Wiki link