Sergey Mikhailovich Kucheryanu (russian: Сергей Михайлович Кучеряну; born in 1985) is a Russian

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er. His best performance is 5.81 m (

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, 2008) and he also reached 5.72 m twice in 2012 (1st at National Championships in

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), when he qualified for the

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. Between December 2010 and June 2011, Kucheryanu trained in Australia with the financial support of the

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. It was expected that he would receive Australian citizenship and represent his new country at the 2012 Olympics. Administrative delays and tougher rules for athletes changing citizenship countered those plans and Kucheryanu eventually returned to Russia, and competed for them at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

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* 1985 births Living people Russian male pole vaulters Olympic male pole vaulters Olympic athletes for Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia Russian Athletics Championships winners Australian Athletics Championships winners Russian people of Romanian descent {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub