Sergey Klyugin Explained

Sergey Petrovich Klyugin (Russian: Сергей Петрович Клюгин; born 24 March 1974 in Kineshma) is a Russian high jumper. He won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics with 2.35m, one centimetre behind his personal best jump from 1998. A bronze medal at 1998's European championships was his only other international medal.

Honors and awards

• Honored Master of Sports of Russia (2000)
• Honored Coach of Russia (2010)^[1]
• Order of Honour (2001)^[2]
• Order of Friendship (2013)^[3]
• Coach of the Year (2013)^[4]

Major achievements

Representing the
1991		Thessaloniki, Greece	bgcolor=silver	2nd	2.27 m
Representing the
1992		Seoul, South Korea	5th	2.20 m
Representing
1997	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	14th (q)	2.24 m
		Athens, Greece	11th	2.29 m
	Universiade	Catania, Italy	5th	2.23 m
1998	Goodwill Games	Uniondale, United States	7th	2.20 m
		Budapest, Hungary	3rd	2.32 m
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	24th (q)	2.20 m
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	1st	2.35 m
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	4th	2.30 m
	Goodwill Games	Brisbane, Australia	7th	2.20 m
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	12th (q)	2.24 m

Family

Married to Viktoriya Klugina, they have three children together, a daughter and two sons.^[5] Has two sons from a previous marriage.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Приказ Минспорттуризма России от 16.07.2010 № 99-нг "О присвоении почетного спортивного звания «Заслуженный тренер России» . https://web.archive.org/web/20110825192242/http://minstm.gov.ru/documents/91.shtml/xPages/item.2097.html . 2011-08-25.
2. Web site: Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 19.04.2001 г. № 450 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190404015713/http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/bank/16855 . 2019-04-04 . 2024-07-30 . Президент России . ru.
3. Web site: УКАЗ Президента РФ от 19.04.2001 N 450 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации спортсменов, тренеров, работников физической культуры и спорта» . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714201051/http://pravo.gov.ru:8080/page.aspx?35466 . 2014-07-14.
4. Web site: 2013-12-03 . Исинбаева и Меньков стали спортсменами года по версии ВФЛА . 2024-07-30 . Российская газета . ru.
5. Web site: У Клюгиных пополнение . 2024-07-30 . RusAthletics.
6. Web site: Валиев . Б. . Сергей Клюгин: Я спал с олимпийской медалью . https://www.webcitation.org/6GFYfyODZ?url=http://www.sovsport.ru/gazeta/article-item/76564 . 2013-04-29.