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Yelena Slesarenko

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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 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yelena Slesarenko is the 2,286th most popular athlete (down from 2,045th in 2019), the 2,526th most popular biography from Russia (down from 2,501st in 2019) and the 120th most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Yelena Slesarenko ranks 2,286 out of 6,025. Before her are Franz-Peter Hofmeister, Katrin Dörre-Heinig, Maria Fricioiu, Ron Brown, Joachim Mattern, and Kelvin Kiptum. After her are Ollan Cassell, Stefano Baldini, Jess Thorup, Bernhard Glass, Eva Korpela, and Wesley Coe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Yelena Slesarenko ranks 244. Before her are Koichi Hashigaito, Ana Beatriz Barros, Stanislav Šesták, Jaycee Chan, Kim Jung-woo, and Anabel Medina Garrigues. After her are Susie Wolff, Svetlana Loboda, Tom Payne, Danja, Simon Rolfes, and Shunichi Nakajima.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yelena Slesarenko ranks 2,526 out of 3,761. Before her are Oleg Pashinin (1974), Svetlana Khorkina (1979), Polina Gagarina (1987), Eduard Ivanov (1938), Leyla Aliyeva (1984), and Alan Dzagoev (1990). After her are Andrei Bukin (1957), Igor Shalimov (1969), Masha Gessen (1967), Yevgeny Mironov (1966), Natalie Glebova (1981), and Magomedsalam Magomedov (1964).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Yelena Slesarenko ranks 120. Before her are Fyodor Simashev (1945), Yelizaveta Bagryantseva (1929), Serhiy Novikov (1949), Valentina Nikonova (1952), Ivan Udodov (1924), and Anfisa Reztsova (1964). After her are Yekaterina Fesenko (1958), Gulnara Samitova-Galkina (1978), Natalya Lebedeva (1949), Liliya Nurutdinova (1963), Nikolai Sologubov (1924), and Nailya Gilyazova (1953).

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