Yelena Yelesina

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Yelena Borisovna Yelesina (Russian: 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.

All results regarding high jump.

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Soviet Union
1987	European Junior Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	3rd	1.84 m
1988	World Junior Championships	Sudbury, Canada	2nd	1.96 m
1989	European Junior Championships	Varaždin, Yugoslavia	1st	1.95 m
1990	Goodwill Games	Seattle, United States	1st	2.02 m
	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	3rd	1.96 m
1991	Universiade	Sheffield, United Kingdom	4th	1.90 m
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	2nd	1.98 m
Representing  Unified Team
1992	European Indoor Championships	Genoa, Italy	3rd	1.94 m
Representing  Russia
1998	European Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	3rd	1.94 m
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	2nd	1.99 m
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	1st	2.01 m
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	13th (q)	1.88 m
2003	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	2nd	1.99 m

• List of Olympic medalists in athletics (women)
• List of 2000 Summer Olympics medal winners
• List of ties for medals at the Olympics
• List of World Athletics Championships medalists (women)
• List of IAAF World Indoor Championships medalists (women)
• List of European Athletics Championships medalists (women)
• List of European Athletics Indoor Championships medalists (women)
• List of high jump national champions (women)
• List of Russian sportspeople
• List of people from Chelyabinsk
• High jump at the Olympics
• High jump at the World Championships in Athletics

• Yelena Yelesina at World Athletics

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