Discipline | Place | Duration |
---|---|---|
Men's High Jump | 20 | for 15 weeks |
Men's Overall Ranking | 489 | for 2 weeks |
Discipline | Performance | Wind | Venue | Date | Records | Results Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
High Jump | 2.41 | Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha (QAT) | 09 MAY 2014 | 1278 |
Discipline | Performance | Wind | Venue | Date | Records | Results Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
High Jump | 2.42 | Praha (CZE) | 25 FEB 2014 | =AR, NR | 1287 |
Discipline | Performance | Wind | Place | Date | Records | Results Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
High Jump | 2.31 | Chelyabinsk (RUS) | 17 JAN 2019 | 1188 |
Performance | Place | Date | |
---|---|---|---|
2018 | 2.34 | Smolensk (RUS) | 29 MAY 2018 |
2017 | 2.32 | Yerino (RUS) | 10 JUN 2017 |
2016 | 2.35 | Moskva (RUS) | 18 JUL 2016 |
2015 | 2.32 | Hayward Field, Eugene, OR (USA) | 30 MAY 2015 |
2014 | 2.41 | Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha (QAT) | 09 MAY 2014 |
2013 | 2.35 | Luzhniki, Moskva (RUS) | 15 AUG 2013 |
2012 | 2.39 | Cheboksary (RUS) | 05 JUL 2012 |
2011 | 2.34 | Cheboksary (RUS) | 23 JUL 2011 |
2010 | 2.36 | Opole (POL) | 11 SEP 2010 |
2009 | 2.35 | Cheboksary (RUS) | 25 JUL 2009 |
2008 | 2.30 | Kazan (RUS) | 19 JUL 2008 |
2007 | 2.20 | Warszawa (POL) | 17 JUN 2007 |
2006 | 2.33 | Langen (GER) | 25 JUN 2006 |
2005 | 2.30 | Tula (RUS) | 04 JUL 2005 |
2004 | 2.15 | Cheboksary (RUS) | 28 JUN 2004 |
Performance | Place | Date | |
---|---|---|---|
2018/19 | 2.31 | Chelyabinsk (RUS) | 17 JAN 2019 |
2017/18 | 2.35 | Moskva (RUS) | 31 JAN 2018 |
2016/17 | 2.32 | Moskva (RUS) | 20 FEB 2017 |
2014/15 | 2.31 | Banská Bystrica (SVK) | 04 FEB 2015 |
2013/14 | 2.42 | Praha (CZE) | 25 FEB 2014 |
2012/13 | 2.30 | Hustopeče (CZE) | 26 JAN 2013 |
2011/12 | 2.34 | Moskva (RUS) | 23 FEB 2012 |
2010/11 | 2.38 | Hustopeče (CZE) | 29 JAN 2011 |
2009/10 | 2.38 | Banská Bystrica (SVK) | 04 MAR 2010 |
2008/09 | 2.40 | P&F Stadium, Pireaus (GRE) | 25 FEB 2009 |
2007/08 | 2.36 | Hustopeče (CZE) | 19 JAN 2008 |
2006/07 | 2.39 | Moskva (RUS) | 28 JAN 2007 |
2005/06 | 2.37 | Arnstadt (GER) | 04 FEB 2006 |
2004/05 | 2.29 | Yekaterinburg (RUS) | 07 JAN 2005 |
2003/04 | 2.12 | Volgograd (RUS) | 04 FEB 2004 |
Place | Discipline | Mark | Wind | Place | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | High Jump | 2.38 | Olympic Stadium, London (GBR) | 07 AUG 2012 |
Place | Discipline | Mark | Wind | Place | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
4. | High Jump | 2.35 | Luzhniki, Moskva (RUS) | 15 AUG 2013 | |
5. | High Jump | 2.32 | DS, Daegu (KOR) | 01 SEP 2011 |
Place | Discipline | Mark | Wind | Place | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | High Jump | 2.36 | Aspire Dome, Doha (QAT) | 14 MAR 2010 | |
2. | High Jump | 2.38 | Ergo Arena, Sopot (POL) | 09 MAR 2014 | |
3. | High Jump | 2.31 | Ataköy Arena, Istanbul (TUR) | 11 MAR 2012 |
Place | Discipline | Mark | Wind | Place | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2. | High Jump | 2.34 | Le Grande Stade, Marrakesh (MAR) | 13 SEP 2014 |
Place | Discipline | Mark | Wind | Place | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2. | High Jump | 2.31 | Estadio Olímpico, Barcelona (ESP) | 29 JUL 2010 | |
3. | High Jump | 2.30 | Letzigrund, Zürich (SUI) | 15 AUG 2014 |
Place | Discipline | Mark | Wind | Place | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | High Jump | 2.41 | Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha (QAT) | 09 MAY 2014 | |
1. | High Jump | 2.31 | Letzigrund, Zürich (SUI) | 30 AUG 2012 | |
1. | High Jump | 2.34 | Olympiastadion, Stockholm (SWE) | 29 JUL 2011 | |
1. | High Jump | 2.29 | Letzigrund, Zürich (SUI) | 19 AUG 2010 | |
1. | High Jump | 2.29 | Crystal Palace, London (GBR) | 14 AUG 2010 | |
1. | High Jump | 2.34 | Stade Louis II, Monaco (MON) | 22 JUL 2010 | |
1. | High Jump | 2.33 | Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne (SUI) | 08 JUL 2010 |
Place | Discipline | Mark | Wind | Place | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
5. | High Jump | 2.26 | Thessaloniki (GRE) | 12 SEP 2009 | |
5. | High Jump | 2.25 | Gottlieb-Daimler Stadion, Stuttgart (GER) | 10 SEP 2006 |
Place | Discipline | Mark | Wind | Place | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | High Jump | 2.38 | Palais Omnisports, Paris (FRA) | 05 MAR 2011 | |
1. | High Jump | 2.32 | Oval Lingotto, Torino (ITA) | 07 MAR 2009 |
Place | Discipline | Mark | Wind | Place | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | High Jump | 2.23 | Kaunas (LTU) | 23 JUL 2005 |
Place | Discipline | Mark | Wind | Place | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | High Jump | 2.32 | Kazan (RUS) | 21 JUL 2018 | |
1. | High Jump | 2.30 | Cheboksary (RUS) | 22 JUN 2016 | |
1. | High Jump | 2.30 | Moskva (RUS) | 25 JUL 2013 | |
1. | High Jump | 2.39 | Cheboksary (RUS) | 05 JUL 2012 | |
1. | High Jump | 2.35 | Cheboksary (RUS) | 25 JUL 2009 |
Place | Discipline | Mark | Wind | Place | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | High Jump | 2.31 | Moskva (RUS) | 13 FEB 2018 | |
1. | High Jump | 2.32 | Moskva (RUS) | 20 FEB 2017 | |
1. | High Jump | 2.38 | Moskva (RUS) | 18 FEB 2014 | |
1. | High Jump | 2.34 | Moskva (RUS) | 23 FEB 2012 | |
1. | High Jump | 2.31 | Moskva (RUS) | 28 FEB 2010 | |
1. | High Jump | 2.37 | Moskva (RUS) | 15 FEB 2009 | |
1. | High Jump | 2.32 | Volgograd (RUS) | 11 FEB 2007 |
Date | Competition | Cnt. | Cat | Race | Pl. | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
07 JAN 2019 | Yalamov Memorial, Yekaterinburg |
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F | F | 1. | 2.28 |
17 JAN 2019 | Lukashevich & Seryodkin Memorial, Chelyabinsk |
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F | F | 1. | 2.31 |
20 JAN 2019 | Battle of the Sexes, Moskva |
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F | F | 4. | 2.23 |
27 JAN 2019 | Stalingrad Cup, Volgograd |
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F | F | 1. | 2.23 |
31 JAN 2019 | High Jump Moscow Cup, Moskva |
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F | F | 1. | 2.31 |
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Updated 25 February 2014
Ivan UKHOV, Russia (High Jump)
Born: 4 April 1986, Yekaterinburg
Lives: Moscow
1.92m/ 83kg
Coaches: Sergey Klyugin, Evgeny Zagorulko
After bursting into the limelight as “the
jumper from the YouTube video,” Ivan Ukhov has proved that his results are also
worthy of attention. The Olympic title from London 2012 and the national indoor
record of 2.42m set in 2014 are solid credentials for someone who is still less
than 28 years old.
Ukhov’s first sport was basketball, which seemed
a natural choice for the boy who would become 1.92m man. However, he quickly
switched to athletics, specifically to the Discus Throw. “I don’t like team
sports, I am individualistic,” Ukhov said. “I thought that in athletics, where
everything depended only on me, I would achieve more.”
Tall and physically strong Ukhov was
progressing in the Discus rather fast. When he was 18, he went to the Russian
Junior Championships to throw the Discus and, just for fun, tried also the High
Jump. The result was phenomenal – 2.12m and the national title. “I did not have
any idea about the technique of the jump,” he said. “Nobody even explained to
me how it should look like. Still, I managed to jump even higher than my
height! I think I was just lucky, that I appeared to be in the right place and
in the right time, got noticed by the coaches, and found my event.”
Ukhov started high jumping under Vladimir
Savchenko, and after just one year in training, in 2005 became the European
Junior champion in Kaunas (2.23m). At the time he changed coach, switched to
Vladimir Kuntzevich, stayed with him for several weeks, and finally joined the
group of the Russian high jump guru Evgeny Zagorulko.
The group at the time included the 2000
Olympic champion, Sergey Klyugin, promising future (2008) Olympic champion
Andrey Silnov and Olympic medallist Anna Chicherova. Ukhov had to fight for his
place under the sun.
In 2006 Ukhov was second at the Russian trials
in Tula (2.28m) and qualified for his first major international event – the
European Championships in Göteborg. However, it was a disappointing start; in
Sweden Ukhov was only 12th with 2.20m. What made it even more disappointing was
that his training partner, Silnov, won the title, and so became the main star
of Zagorulko’s training group. Ukhov still remained just “promising.”
The 2007 indoor season brought him the
national record at 2.39m. But in summer, being only 13th at the national trials
for Osaka with 2.12m, Ukhov again proved the theory that his jumping indoors
and outdoors differ so much as if it belonged to different athletes. “Ivan is
extremely talented, with such speed, strength and flexibility,” Zagorulko said.
“But, in his technique, there are still many things to improve. After all, he
took up the High Jump only some years ago! And jumping indoors is easier
because there is no wind, and you are not influenced by the weather.”
The winter of 2008 was, for Ukhov, rather
modest – 2.36m in the start, but then only 4th place at the trials (2.33m) and
no qualification for the World Indoor Championships, in Valencia. The summer
was not much better. At the Russian Championships, in Kazan, which was the
final qualification event for the Olympics, Ukhov jumped not bad (2.30m). But
four other jumpers, behind the winner, Yaroslav Rybakov, cleared the same
height and, on countback, Ukhov finished 6th. Silnov, who in Kazan also jumped
2.30m, went to Beijing and became the Olympic champion. This turned out to be
the last straw in Ukhov’s relationship with the coach. After Kazan, Ukhov
departed Zagorulko’s group and was left on his own.
What happened in September in Lausanne made
Ukhov world famous – more famous, than any of his record jumps. The YouTube video of Ukhov, being badly drunk
and trying to jump, gathered record numbers of viewers. “This was my PR action
- after Lausanne they want to see me at every athletics meet in Europe,” Ukhov
smiled.
Back then it was not that funny. The head
coach of the Russian national team, Valentin Maslakov, emotionally said he did
not want to see Ukhov on the team any more. The All Russia Athletics Federation was going to cut his
salary. The IAAF issued a strong warning. What made Ukhov behave this strange
way and drink whisky right on the sector? “I am really sorry for what I’ve done
and I for sure will never repeat anything like that again,” Ukhov promised. “It
was my frustration. After Lausanne everyone turned away from me. Even in my
native town they simply crossed me out of their history. For some time I had
been deep in myself, as I could not find the support anywhere else. But
afterwards I found in myself the power to fight further. I washed off the dirt
and started my life from a new page.”
The support Ukhov had finally found came from
the family duo of high jumpers – Sergey and Viktoria Klyugin. With Sergey, they
used to train in the same group with Zagorulko for some years. This time Ukhov
asked Sergey Klyugin to be his coach.
The 34-year old Sergey Klyugin could not
afford to coach full time. He was coaching his wife Viktoria, and mainly worked
as a state official at the Russian Sports Ministry. Moreover, apart from
Viktoria, Klyugin had never coached any professional athlete. “I could not say
“no” to Ivan because I saw I could help him,” Klyugin explained. “I understood
that, as we say in Russia, two bears do not live in one den, and there was no
way for Ukhov to continue training in Zagorulko’s group together with Silnov.
But I right away said that we would constantly consult with Zagorulko, as he
was my coach as well. If I am not sure about something, I’d always ask
Zagorulko for advice. Without his experience it would be very hard for me.”
Zagorulko said: " Sergey is his first
coach. But still we are all together. It is like a road with three lanes: my
group is driving in the centre, while Klyugin and Ukhov on the parallel lane,
but still our course, our destination are the same.”
Ukhov added: “Only with Sergey did I realise
what it was to believe 100 per cent in your coach, and when he fully believes
in you. We communicate on the same level, and not like he is a boss and I am a
student. We sometimes spend our free time together: go out for coffee, to the
cinema, watch some sports events. I am an often a guest at his house. I feel
like I’ve almost become the member of their family!”
The work with Klyugin started to bear fruit at
once: in winter Ukhov set another national indoor record (2.40m) and won his
first senior international title at the European Indoor Championships in
Torino. “I’ve never been lucky at the big meets – I hope Torino was only a
start,” Ukhov smiled.
Both very emotional, Klyugin and Ukhov found
the way to work effectively in training. To find this way was harder for
Klyugin than for Ukhov. “Ivan is a good guy, he always wants to jump, to train
more and more,” Klyugin explained. “But I see many mistakes in his jumps. First
it was very hard to manage my emotions and not to start crying: “What are you
doing? You must do this or that.” But very quickly I understood my emotions
were not acceptable in training. An athlete must be 100 per cent confident in
his coach, the coach must not leave any doubts he knows the way to success.
Only this case we would have the chance to find this way together.”
In the very first outdoor season with Klyugin
Ukhov qualified for his first World Championships in Berlin. The amazing 2.35m
jump at the trials brought him the title of national champion – also the first
outdoor Russian title for him. “Hopefully to win in Berlin it will be enough to
jump 2.15m but somehow it seems to me this is not very realistic,” Ukhov
smiled. “To be serious, I hope I’ll be able to jump high, maybe higher than at
the trials. In Cheboksary I refused my three attempts on 2.37m (after clearing
2.35m) because I had cramp in my leg. Before the competition I had lost some
weight, and the cramp came because of dehydration.”
The dream to jump higher than at the trials,
or at least not to let the expectations down once more, did not come true for
Ukhov in Berlin. He jumped the
qualification standard 2.30m in the third attempt, but in the finals stopped
already at 2.23m. The strong rain, that interrupted the men’s High Jump final
at the World Championships, affected Ukhov more than anybody else. In extreme
conditions, Ukhov proved that the lack of psychological and technical stability
was still something he had to overcome. While his compatriot, Yaroslav Rybakov,
became the World champion, Ivan emotionally left the stadium with only the 10th
place.
In winter 2010, the world again saw Ivan Ukhov
fighting for the record heights. Ahead of the World Indoor Championships, in
Doha, Ukhov set the World leading mark of 2.38m and made several quite close
attempts at the new national record of 2.41m. While Andrey Silnov was coming
back from injury and Yaroslav Rybakov was released from the trials as the
reigning World Champion, Ukhov for the third time in his career became the
Russian indoor champion with a 2.31m jump.
After Berlin, he did change a lot – and not
only on the sector. Ukhov cut his traditionally long hair and refrained from
the habit of not talking to the press in the mixed zone. He still obviously
does not like it – but tries to be professional in everything. “Everything I
want to say, I can say with my jumps on the sector,” Ukhov comments.
At the 2010 World Indoor Championships, in
Doha, Ukhov won his first senior World Championships title in a style of his
own. Throughout the whole competition Ukhov failed only one jump – the first
attempt on 2.28m. When asked after the competition which jump was technically
his best, Ukhov quite seriously answered: “The first one on 2.28m.”
This title meant that Ivan finally joint the
elite of Russian high jumping. Beating the reigning World champion, Yaroslav
Rybakov, in Doha, Ukhov proved that his time of trouble was over. “When will
you start training for the European championships in Barcelona?” the press
asked Ukhov in Doha. “And when are the European champs, I don’t know,” Ukhov
answered.
In summer 2010, he already perfectly knew the
Barcelona schedule. Ukhov placed third at the national trials, in Saransk, and
the decision on his fate was left to the coaches’ council. The choice was again
between Ukhov and Andrey Silnov, who was fourth. That time the place on the
team went to Ukhov – and that looked fair.
In Barcelona, Ukhov again faced his worst
enemy – the rain. It was raining hard before the competition and in the
beginning of the event. Still Ukhov managed to jump 2.31m and win the silver
medal, behind his compatriot Aleksandr Shustov. Ironically Shustov also
represents Zagorulko’s training group.
“We joke with my coach, Klyugin, that we both
attract rain,” Ukhov smiled after Barcelona. “He won his Olympic gold in Sydney
when it was raining; I faced rain both in Berlin and in Barcelona. The thing is
that I jump in sprinting spikes, I cannot find jumping shoes that suit me. And
when it’s raining, I feel afraid because I realise that I can easily fall down
and get injured. I think at the Europeans I did well. For me silver in such
conditions is a great result.”
To end the great season, Ukhov won the
inaugural Diamond League series in the High Jump, and afterwards commented: “I
could not loose, I had promises a diamond ring to my wife.”
Ukhov is original in everything – in the 2011
indoor season he decided to compete at the European indoors, in Torino,
although most of the leaders of the Russian national team missed this
tournament. “I like to collect medals, another one from the European indoors
would be pleasant,” Ukhov smiled.
He is probably the only top high jumper in the
world who can afford to gain 20 extra kilos during the training camps. “It is
like I do weight training, only my extra kilos are with me not only in the gym,
but always,” Ukhov laughs. “I can lose 20 kilos in 2 weeks, it is no problem. I
have to follow my diet during the season, of course. Even when I was throwing
the discus, I was lighter than now.”
Ukhov won his second European indoor gold
easily and jumped his season best of 2.38m. Actually, it was already a question
if Javier Sotomayor’s World indoor record was achievable for Ukhov. He has now
regularly tried to jump it several seasons in a row, and had a couple of close
attempts. “But I don’t think too much about the record, it comes when it
comes,” Ukhov commented.
Ukhov came to the World Championships in Daegu
with the seventh best jump of the season – 2.34 m. He refused any
acclimatisation training camp, and came to Daegu straight from Moscow just
several days before the start. As it turned out, this could be the main mistake.
Ukhov jumped 2.32m in Daegu and placed fifth –
a disappointment for someone who had been dreaming to medal. Ivan refused from
any comments after the competition. “I believe Ivan’s main mistake was that he
did not take any time for acclimatisation before the competition,” Russian head
coach Valentin Maslakov said. “It could be ok with one-day events – when you
just go out and jump. But not with the World champs, where you first jump in
qualification, then have some rest and jump again. Ivan just did not feel fresh
because of the jet lag and high humidity in Daegu.”
As always, Ukhov was not going to give up
after the failure. He won the Russian Indoor Championships in Moscow with the fifth
best jump in the season – 2.34m, and decided to go to the World Championships,
in Istanbul. “First I did not plan to compete there, but after I won the
Russian trials I thought – why not? Though still the indoor season for me is
only preparation for the Olympics in London. I focus on my summer, now the most
important thing is to train well and stay healthy,” Ukhov admitted.
Considering his attitude, the third place at
the World Indoors was not a big disappointment. “Generally I jump better
indoors and have problems at the outdoor season, so hopefully this time it will
be vice versa,” Ukhov smiled. And it really was: at the national trials, in
Cheboksary, Ivan jumped his PB and season lead 2.39 m. In the amazing
competition, he beat Olympic champion Silnov who finished second with 2.37 m.
“For the first time I had been training for
summer being injury free, Ukhov explained his success. “I knew I would probably
need to jump my PB to win the trials. The main thing was about psychology, and
I managed to stand the pressure.”
Ukhov would not be Ukhov had he had won his
Olympics in classy stile, without any force majeur. Before his first 2.33 m
jump, Ukhov discovered that the T-shirt she jumped in before was missing. Ivan
quickly searched for it in his bag, under the bench, under other clothes – but
could not find it! It was already time to jump, but Ukhov had no other
competition T-shirt, and according to the IAAF rules, he was not allowed to
jump in his training jacket. The situation was saved by Ivan’s fiercest rival,
Andrey Silnov. The 2008 Olympic champion 2008 m, who was already eliminated at
2.25 m, gave his own T-shirt to Ukhov. And it was in Silnov’s uniform that Ivan
performed further. Ukhov made no fouls at 2.33, 2.36 and 2.38m, which
guaranteed him the Olympic title.
“I have no idea where the T-shirt had gone!”
Ukhov commented. “Maybe one of the jumpers who had already left the sector by
mistake took it with him. Already almost
two years passed, and still people keep asking me about the T-shirt, and
no one admitted that he had taken it.”
After his amazing victory, Ukhov even made one
attempt at the height of the national record 2.40m, and only after that started
celebrating. Though it was not even a real celebration – Ukhov quite seriously
said that the Olympic gold was not the biggest goal in his life. “Of course I
am quite happy, but I like the process of jumping itself and have many other
goals in life apart from sports. My family is the most important thing for me,
not the medals,” Ukhov commented.
Faithful to his principles, Ivan was not going
to miss the indoor season even after the hardest Olympic summer. Though Ukhov
decided not to compete at the European Indoors, he did several other meetings
and recorded an SB of 2.30 m.
Coming to the home World Championships, Ukhov
was obviously tired both mentally and physically. “May be I should have given
myself more rest after London, but to be honest I just did not know what to do
without trainings and competitions. OK, we went to the South with the family,
had nice holidays on the seaside, came back – and what further?” Ukhov said.
Ivan managed to peak his shape for the Moscow
Worlds, but a 2.35 m SB this time was not enough even for a medal. The star of
Bohdan Bogdarenko went really high as the Ukrainian jumped 2.41 m – higher than
Ukhov’s PB at the time. Ivan would have needed to repeat his 2.38 m jump from
London to medal in Moscow, but was clearly not fresh enough for that.
“I want to compete with Bondarenko, it is so
interesting,” Ivan said, and already in winter 2014 was again as strong as
ever. And again all the curious situations were again happening only with him!
On 16 January, in Chelyabinsk, at the Lukashevich Memorial, Ukhov jumped a
Russian Indoor record of 2.41m, but after re-measurement the judges discovered
the bar stood at 2.42 m. As it is prohibited by the IAAF rules to measure the
height of the bar after the athlete’s attempt, Ukhov was robbed of 1 cm.
Moreover, that evening he was going to jump the World record, but because of
the hassle the pause in the competition got too long and he lost his tempo.
“That was most annoying,” Ukhov said. “Who
knows, maybe such perfect conditions come once in a lifetime. I knew I could
jump the World record back in Chelyabinsk. But having about 20 minutes break in
competition is too much! All right, now I have my motivation higher than ever
to repeat that jump again.”
And Ukhov will have a perfect chance in Sopot
to make both of his dreams come true – beat Bohdan Bondarenko and the World
record. (Editor’s note: Bondarenko did not compete in Sopot)
“My best motivation to jump is my family,”
Ukhov says. His wife Polina and four year-old daughter, Melanie, always watch
him jumping on TV. “I don’t think I train too hard, I have plenty of time to
spend with my girls,” Ivan smiles. “Regularly, when I am in Moscow, I train
once a day five days a week. The training lasts only about 1.5 hours, the
hardest thing is to get there through Moscow traffic. Of course at the training
camp it’s different, but I try to take Polina and Melanie with me.”
Ukhov’s wife has nothing to do with sports,
and before they met even could not imagine what high jump was. “He saw me in
the disco, but first was so shy to come up to me,” Polina says. “He asked his
friends to ask for my phone number. They afterwards told me that he was a
famous athlete, but I had no idea of athletics. Ivan jokes when he says he does
not work hard. To be honest, I look at him and think that I would never have
this dedication and will power to be a professional athlete…”
Personal Bests
2.39 (2012); 2.42i (2014)
Yearly Progression
2004: 2.15/2.12i; 2005: 2.30 NJR/2.29i ; 2006:
2.33/2.37i; 2007: 2.20/2.39i NR; 2008: 2.30/2.36i; 2009: 2.35/2.40i NR; 2010:
2.36/2.38i; 2011: 2.34/2.38i; 2012: 2.39/2.34i; 2013: 2.35/2.30i; 2014: 2.42i
Career Highlights
2004 | q | World Junior Championships (Grosseto) | 2.10 |
2005 | 4th | Russian Indoor Championships
(Volgograd) | 2.28 |
2005 | 3rd | Russian Championships (Tula) | 2.30 |
2005 | 1st | European Junior Championships (Kaunas) | 2.23 |
2005 | 4th | World University Games (Izmir) | 2.23 |
2006 | 3rd | Russian Indoor Championships (Moscow) | 2.32 |
2006 | 1st | European Indoor Cup (Liévin) | 2.26 |
2006 | 2nd | Russian Championships (Tula) | 2.28 |
2006 | 12th | European Championships (Goteborg) | 2.20 |
2006 | 5th | World Athletics Final (Stuttgart) | 2.25 |
2007 | 1st | Russian Indoor Championships
(Volgograd) | 2.32 |
2007 | 13th | Russian Championships (Tula) | 2.12 |
2008 | 4th | Russian Indoor Championships (Moscow) | 2.33 |
2008 | 6th | Russian Championships (Kazan) | 2.30 |
2009 | 1st | Russian Indoor Championships (Moscow) | 2.37 |
2009 | 1st | European Indoor Championships (Torino) | 2.32 |
2009 | 1st | European Champions Clubs Cup
(Castellon) | 2.34 |
2009 | 1st | Russian Championships (Cheboksary) | 2.35 |
2009 | 10th | World Championships (Berlin) | 2.23 (2.30 in q) |
2009 | 5th | World Athletics Final (Thessaloniki) | 2.26 |
2010 | 1st | Russian Indoor Championships (Moscow) | 2.31 |
2010 | 1st | World Indoor Championships (Doha) | 2.36 |
2010 | 3rd | Russian Championships (Saransk) | 2.28 |
2010 | 2nd | European Championships (Barcelona) | 2.31 |
2011 | 1st | European Indoor Championships (Paris) | 2.38 |
2011 | 3rd | Russian Championships (Cheboksary) | 2.34 |
2011 | 5th | World Championships (Daegu) | 2.32 |
2012 | 1st
| Russian Indoor Championships (Moscow) | 2.34 |
2012 | 3rd | World Indoor Championships (Istanbul) | 2.31 |
2012 | 1st | Russian Championships (Cheboksary) | 2.39 |
2012 | 1st | Olympic Games (London) | 2.38 |
2013 | 5th | World University Games (Kazan) | 2.28 |
2013 | 1st | Russian Championships (Moscow) | 2.30 |
2013 | 4th | World Championships (Moscow) | 2.35 |
Prepared by Natalia Maryanchik for the IAAF
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