Yelena Slesarenko

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Medal record
Yelena Slesarenko
Competitor for Russia
Women’s Athletics
Olympic Games
Gold	2004 Athens	High jump
World Indoor Championships
Gold	2004 Budapest	High jump
Gold	2006 Moskva	High jump
Silver	2008 Valencia	High jump

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

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.

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

[edit] Achievements

Yelena Slesarenko at the 2004 Olympic Games.

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Extra
2002	European Indoor Championships	Vienna, Austria	5th
2003	Universiade	Daegu, South Korea	3rd
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	1st	2.04 PBi
	Summer Olympics	Athens, Greece	1st	2.06 NR
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	1st
2006	World Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	1st
	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	5th
	World Athletics Final	Stuttgart, Germany	4th
	World Cup	Athens, Greece	1st
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	4th