Ivan Ukhov

Ivan Ukhov
Personal information
Full nameIvan Sergeyevich Ukhov
Nationality Russia
Born (1986-03-29) 29 March 1986 (age 38)
Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.92 m (6 ft 3+12 in)
Weight83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
Country Russia
SportMen's athletics
EventHigh jump
Now coachingSergey Klyugin
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)2.39 m
2.40 m (indoors)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Disqualified 2012 London High jump
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Doha High jump
Disqualified 2014 Sopot High jump
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Istanbul High jump
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2010 Barcelona High jump
Disqualified 2014 Zürich High jump
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Turin High jump
Gold medal – first place 2011 Paris High jump
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Kaunas High jump
Representing Europe Europe
Continental Cup
Disqualified 2014 Marrakech High jump

Ivan Sergeyevich Ukhov (Russian: Иван Сергеевич Ухов; born 29 March 1986) is a Russian high jumper. He won a gold medal at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships and is a two-time European Indoor champion (2009 and 2011). He was also the silver medallist at the 2010 European Athletics Championships and the winner of the high jump at the inaugural 2010 IAAF Diamond League. In the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, he won the gold medal, but it was later stripped for a doping violation.[1][2]

Ukhov has broken the Russian national record indoors four times: jumping 2.39 meters on 28 January 2007 in Moscow; besting that with a 2.40 m jump on 25 February 2009 in Athens. His best outdoor effort, 2.39 m, was set in Cheboksary on 5 July 2012. His leap of 2.40m (7 feet 10 1/2 inches) in 2009 made him the 11th man in history to jump 2.40 or better, and only four of those men have jumped higher (indoors and out); only three men have jumped higher indoors (Patrik Sjöberg, 2.41 in 1987; Carlo Thränhardt, 2.42 in 1988, and Javier Sotomayor, 2.43 in 1993).[3]

  1. ^ "The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) issues decisions in 12 first-instance disciplinary procedures concerning Russian track and field athletes" (PDF). Court of Arbitration for Sport. 1 February 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Doping bans for 12 Russian athletes including 2012 Olympic champion Ivan Ukhov". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  3. ^ High Jump All Time. IAAF (22 December 2010). Retrieved 31 January 2011.