Kirill Olegovich Sosunov (russian: Кири́лл Оле́гович Сосуно́в; born 1 November 1975 in

Ryazan Ryazan ( rus, Рязань, p=rʲɪˈzanʲ, a=ru-Ryazan.ogg) is the largest city and administrative center of Ryazan Oblast, Russia. The city is located on the banks of the Oka River in Central Russia, southeast of Moscow. As of the 2010 Cens ...

) is a Russian

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a ...

er and

bobsled Bobsleigh or bobsled is a team winter sport that involves making timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Fede ...

der. He is the 1998 European champion, and that year he also set his personal best jump with 8.38 metres. The previous year he had won World Championships medals both indoor and outdoor. He switched to bobsled in 2005. Sosunov is married to

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 Olga Kaliturina.

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* * 1975 births Living people Russian male long jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Russia Russian male bobsledders Sportspeople from Ryazan World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade gold medalists for Russia Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub