Yelena Yelesina

{{short description|Soviet/Russian high jumper}}

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Yelena Borisovna Yelesina ({{langx|ru|Елена Борисовна Елесина}}; born April 4, 1970) is a Russian female high jumper. She won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics with 2,01m, one centimetre behind her personal best jump. She also won several other medals outside her Olympic gold.

International competitions

All results regarding high jump.

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colspan="6"|Representing {{URS}}
1987

|European Junior Championships

|Birmingham, United Kingdom

|bgcolor=cc9966| 3rd

|1.84 m

1988

|World Junior Championships

|Sudbury, Canada

|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|1.96 m

1989

|European Junior Championships

|Varaždin, Yugoslavia

|bgcolor=gold| 1st

|1.95 m

rowspan=2|1990

|Goodwill Games

|Seattle, United States

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|2.02 m {{AthAbbr|=PB}}

European Championships

|Split, Yugoslavia

|bgcolor=CC9966 | 3rd

|1.96 m

rowspan=2|1991

|Universiade

|Sheffield, United Kingdom

|4th

|1.90 m

World Championships

|Tokyo, Japan

|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|1.98 m

colspan="6"|Representing {{EUN}}
1992

|European Indoor Championships

|Genoa, Italy

|bgcolor=CC9966| 3rd

|1.94 m

colspan="6"|Representing {{RUS}}
1998

|European Indoor Championships

|Valencia, Spain

|bgcolor=CC9966 | 3rd

|1.94 m

1999

|World Championships

|Seville, Spain

|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|1.99 m

2000

|Olympic Games

|Sydney, Australia

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|2.01 m

2001

|World Championships

|Edmonton, Canada

|13th (q)

|1.88 m

2003

|World Indoor Championships

|Birmingham, United Kingdom

|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|1.99 m

See also

References