Yelena Borisovna Yelesina (; 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. Representing 1987European Junior ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom 3rd1.84 m1988World Junior ChampionshipsSudbury, Canada 2nd1.96 m1989European Junior ChampionshipsVaraždin, Yugoslavia 1st1.95 m1990Goodwill Games Seattle, United States 1st2.02 m European Championships Split, Yugoslavia 3rd1.96 m1991UniversiadeSheffield, United Kingdom4th1.90 mWorld Championships Tokyo, Japan 2nd1.98 mRepresenting 1992European Indoor Championships Genoa, Italy 3rd1.94 mRepresenting 1998European Indoor Championships Valencia, Spain 3rd1.94 m1999World ChampionshipsSeville, Spain 2nd1.99 m2000Olympic GamesSydney, Australia 1st2.01 m2001World ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada13th (q)1.88 m2003World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom 2nd1.99 m
See also 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
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