Yelena Slesarenko

Yelena Slesarenko

Personal information
Nationality	Russia
Born	February 28, 1982 Volgograd, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 ^1⁄2 in)[1]
Weight	54 kg (119 lb)[1]
Sport
Country	Russia
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	1st (Athens, 2004)
Highest world ranking	1st (Budapest, 2004)
Personal best(s)	High jump (outdoor): 2.06 m (2004) High jump (indoor): 2.04 m (2004)[1]
Medal record Olympic Games 2004 Athens High jump World Indoor Championships 2004 Budapest High jump 2006 Moscow High jump 2008 Valencia High jump

Yelena Vladimirovna Slesarenko, née Sivushenko (Russian: Елена Владимировна Слесаренко, born February 28, 1982 in Volgograd) is a Russian high jumper.

Career

2004

Largely unknown before 2004, she kick started the season by clearing 2.04 metres and winning the World Indoor Championships. When the outdoor season started she won the SPAR European Cup with the same result, improving her personal best from 1.97 (achieved in 2002). She continued her good form at the 2004 Summer Olympics, winning the gold medal with a new national and personal record of 2.06 metres, beating the previous Olympic record, set by Stefka Kostadinova in 1996. After clearing 2.06 she made decent attempts at 2.10, which would have been a world record. She rounded off the season by winning the World Athletics Final.

2005

Injuries kept her away from most of the 2005 season, including the 2005 World Championships.

2006

Early in 2006, however, she won the World Indoor Championships with 2.02 metres. She finished fifth in the 2006 European Athletics Championships, failing to clear 2.00 m.

2008

At the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, Slesarenko finished fourth in the women's high jump with a jump of 2.01 meters, failing to clear 2.03 meters after three tries.^[2] However, in 2016 both she and her compatriot, bronze-medalist Anna Chicherova, were disqualified from this event after failing a retest of drug samples from Beijing.^[3][4]

Slesarenko retired in 2014 after a successful career,^[5] and is currently a director of a winter sports academy in Volgograd, her home city.

International competitions

Yelena Slesarenko in 2007 .

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Russia
2002	European Indoor Championships	Vienna	5th	1.90 m
2003	European U23 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	2nd	1.96 m SB
	Universiade	Daegu	3rd	1.94 m
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest	1st	2.04 m NR
	Olympic Games	Athens	1st	2.06 m OR
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo	1st	2.01 m
2006	World Indoor Championships	Moscow	1st	2.02 m SB
	European Championships	Gothenburg	5th	1.99 m
	World Athletics Final	Stuttgart	4th	1.94 m
	World Cup	Athens	1st	1.97 m
2007	World Championships	Osaka	4th	2.00 m
	World Athletics Final	Stuttgart	4th	1.94 m
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia	2nd	2.02 m
	Olympic Games	Beijing	DSQ (4th)	2.01 m[4]
	World Athletics Final	Stuttgart	6th	1.94 m
2009	World Championships	Berlin	10th	1.92 m
2011	World Championships	Daegu	4th	1.97 m =SB
	DécaNation	Nice	1st	1.95 m
	Diamond League		3rd	details

References

1. "IAAF: Elena Slesarenko - Profile".
2. "Athletics Women's High Jump Results – The official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games".
3. "IOC sanctions Anna Chicherova for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008". 6 October 2016.
4. "IOC sanctions 16 athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008". IOC. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
5. "IAAF: 2004 Olympic high jump champion Slesarenko retires- News - iaaf.org".

External links

• Yelena Slesarenko profile at IAAF