Sergey Petrovich Klyugin (

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: Сергей Петрович Клюгин; born 24 March 1974 in Kineshma) 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

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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) * Order of Honour (2001) *

Order of Friendship The Order of Friendship (, ') is a state decoration of the Russian Federation established by Boris Yeltsin by presidential decree 442 of 2 March 1994 to reward Russian and foreign nationals whose work, deeds and efforts have been aimed at ...

(2013) * Coach of the Year (2013)

Major achievements

Family

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

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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 for 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 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-highjump-athletics-bio-stub