Sergey Petrovich Klyugin ( Russian: Сергей Петрович Клюгин; born 24 March 1974 in

Kineshma Kineshma (russian: Кинешма), the second-largest town in Ivanovo Oblast in Russia, sprawls for along the Volga River, 335 kilometers north-east of Moscow. Population: History Kineshma was first noticed as a ''posad'' in 1429. In 1504, ...

) is a Russian

high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

er. He won the gold medal at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

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.

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* 1974 births Living people People from Kineshma Sportspeople from Ivanovo Oblast Russian male high jumpers Olympic male high jumpers Olympic athletes of Russia Olympic gold medalists for Russia Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia European Athletics Championships medalists Russian Athletics Championships winners {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub