Jan Niklas Patrik Sjöberg is a Swedish former high jumper. He broke the world record with 2.42 m in Stockholm on 30 June 1987. This mark is still the European record and ranks him third on the world all-time list behind Javier Sotomayor and Mutaz Essa Barshim. He is also a former two-time world indoor record holder with marks of 2.38 m (1985) and 2.41 m (1987). He is the 1987 World Champion and a three-time Olympic medallist. Patrik Sjöberg (Sweden) set the men's high jump world record of 2.42 m in Stockholm, Sweden on June 30, 1987. It stood 8 months, until Carlo Thränhardt's 2.42 m on February 26, 1988 (equalling it). Wiki link