- Yelena Slesarenko
Infobox Athlete
playername = Yelena Slesarenko
country = RUS
alias =
club =
datebirth = birth date and age|1982|2|28
placebirth = flagicon|RUSVolgograd
height = height|m=1.79
weight = convert|54|kg|lb|0
turnedpro =
retired =
pb = High jump (outdoor): 2.06 m High jump (indoor): 2.04 m [ [http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/letter=0/athcode=176990/index.html Yelena Slesarenko's IAAF profile] ]
olympics = 1st (Athens , 2004)
worlds =
highestranking = 1st (Budapest , 2004)
coaching =
updated =Yelena Vladimirovna Slesarenko, née Sivushenko ( _ru. Елена Владимировна Слесаренко, born
February 28 1982 inVolgograd ) is aRussia nhigh jump er.Career
2004
Largely unknown before 2004, she kickstarted 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 Tamara Bykova's record set in 1984. 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.2007
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. [ [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/AT/C73M/ATW071101.shtml#ATW071101 Athletics Women's High Jump Results - The official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games] ]Achievements
References
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